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February 21, 2024

Wild Expeditions in Central Mindanao

Wild Expeditions in Central Mindanao Forests within Libungan River Watershed Forest Reserve (LRWFR) New records, high biodiversity, an enthusiastic team, and a promising landscape worth protecting for – this briefly […]

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November 15, 2021

The Story of Ada – Siquijor Hawk Owl

This is the story of Ada, the owl from the mystical island of Siquijor. A rescued bird that made its way back to the wild with the help fo Ody Lalim and her family...

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November 15, 2021

How Pilareneos saved endangered wildlife

In an isolated lowland forest in the town of Pilar in Western Visayas survives a large bird that sounds like a bleating goat. This is the Rufous-headed hornbill...

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January 18, 2021

Restore Forests For Wildlife And People

A lot of tree planting activities rarely focus on bringing an entire forest back to life or extend the habitats of endangered species. Restoring a forest landscape that will...

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July 12, 2020

Increasing hornbill count in Negros

In what could be an interesting development, the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PhilBio) reported the increasing number...

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July 10, 2020

Unearthing Tabon
Facts

In a remote island in Sulu Sea lies a nesting field of the Tabon Scrubfowl. Tabon is a local name given to a large, ground-dwelling bird that has huge (mega) feet (pode)...

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June 4, 2020

Citizen Scientists Count Endangered Black Shama

Filipinos can do more than merely trek and camp in the forests – they can help count birds too, all for a good cause. Twice a year, the Sil...

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June 2, 2020

Hope for Sulu
Hornbill (Tawsi)

In the southernmost part of the Philippines are clusters of smaller islands recognized as global biodiversity hotspots: Sulu and Tawi-Tawi arch...

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June 2, 2020

Making Scientists Out of Filipino Citizens

Six hundred forty-seven Citizen Scientists joined the Synchronized Bio-monitoring and Hornbill Count from March 2017 to December 2019 in four...

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May 30, 2020

Wildlife Quiz Bowl Journey

Brynx Junil Alegarbes represented his Alma Mater, Negros Occidental High School, in the annual Negros Occidental Wildlife Quiz Bowl from 2016 - 2...

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Publications

August 5, 2023

PhilBio Annual Report 2022

The year 2022 opened with great excitement as we are all finally going back to the outdoors and meeting our partners face to face. It was the right time to expand into areas with high biodiversity and needs the greatest conservation attention.

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September 21, 2022

Annual Report 2021

PhilBio on its 15th and 30th year still standing strong in delivering better results that benefit people, wildlife and nature in a year of unparalleled challenges.

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November 23, 2021

Visayan Hornbill population

The Visayan Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini is an Endangered species endemic to the islands of Negros and Panay in the Philippines. Very few studies have been...

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November 23, 2021

Ecology of Philippine Scrubfowl

Ecological observations of the Philippine Scrubfowl Megapodius cumingii were conducted from March 2017 to December 2019 on Puerco Island off Palawan...

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January 18, 2020

Annual Report 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic reminded us on what we have inflicted to the Earth and its nature. We are now in the state where we are experiencing and facing the impacts of...

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November 15, 2019

Annual Report 2019

In line with this, PhilBio supported a number of regional and species action plans to align with the provincial, regional and national direction. Plans were...

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November 15, 2018

Annual Report 2018

Three more action planning workshops with DENR Region VII were focus on developing conservation action plans for threatened and poorly...

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September 17, 2018

New species of Amyema

Our recent fieldwork in the island of Negros, Philippines resulted in the discovery of a species new to science, Amyema lisae (Loranthaceae), and a new...

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