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FPE-Supported Arakan Forest Corridor Project Bagged Yale University's Innovation Prize
Posted on February 2, 2015Originally a lowland tropical forest, the Arakan Valley in North Cotabato, Philippines has lost 94% of its forests. What remains are confined in three forest islands, two of which are global KBAs.
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FPE Echoes Pope Francis’ Call to Care for Mother Earth as it Celebrates 23 Years of Environmental Conservation
Posted on January 23, 2015Celebrating “23 years of partnership with people and nature,” FPE remains as a leading national organization promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable development (BCSD) in the Philippines...
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FPE Moves to Help Rehab Damaged Ecosystems in Guiuan, Gigantes Islands
Posted on November 30, 2014The Foundation for Philippine Environment (FPE) has set in place programs to boost rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems and build climate and disaster-resilient communities in Gigantes Islands and Guiuan, in the Visayan region.
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Reviving Culture, Regaining Paradise
Posted on November 21, 2014Felipe Sagiyod from Sitio Kili in Tubo, Abra, one of the elders of the Maeng tribe, recounts the early years of the tribe, when the ancestral domain boasted of a rich biodiversity, with a wide array of flora and fauna...
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Ecosystem Needs to Recover Too from the Yolanda Onslaught
Posted on November 20, 2014Restoration in Yolanda-hit areas does not only concern the provision of food and basic necessities, reactivation of government services and the resumption of socio-economic activities.
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The Maeng Women: A Study in Gender Empowerment
Posted on November 20, 2014Wilma Saguiyod-Gattud served three consecutive terms (from 2004-2013) as mayor of Tubo, Abra, a municipality populated by the Maeng tribe. The tribe is recognized as the first ethnic group to have...
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