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Online Call for Nominations to the FPE Visayas Regional Advisory Committee Members from Negros Island
Posted on June 5, 2018FPE Visayas is inviting everyone to nominate exemplary individuals working on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development from Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to complete the vacant positions for FPE Visayas’ new Regional Advisory Committee members.
READ MORESibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid and Romblon Electric Cooperative arrive at milestone agreements: Recognition of IP as host community, schedule of payment of royalty fees, and creation of Joint Monitoring Team
Posted on April 30, 2018On April 21, 2018, the Sibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid (SMT), an indigenous people's group in Sibuyan Island, Romblon, entered into a Kalatas ng Kasunduan (Memorandum of Agreement) with Romblon Electric Cooperative (ROMELCO)...
READ MOREGEF-CSO Network Philippines adopts Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan (2018-2025)
Posted on April 25, 2018Last April 10-11, 2018, 25 leaders from various CSOs nationwide converged at the Verjandel Hotel in Kalayaan Avenue, Quezon City to discuss the future of the Global Environment Facility-Civil Society Organization (GEF-CSO) Network in the Philippines...
READ MOREVisayas RCG Meeting Gathers New Partners
Posted on April 17, 2018The FPE successfully conducted the meeting and workshop of the Regional Consultative Groups (RCG) for Visayas on April 12, 2018 at the Big Hotel, Mandaue City, Cebu. Held every two years, the RCG is one of the major mechanisms of FPE to...
READ MOREEnergy Department adopts FPE recommendations recognizing Indigenous People’s rights and access to benefits as host communities of energy facilities
Posted on April 16, 2018On February 9, 2018, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Department Circular 2018-03-0005 which prescribes the guidelines to recognize the rights of indigenous cultural communities (ICCs)/indigenous peoples (IPs) in their ancestral...
READ MOREFPE expresses deep concerns over the inclusion of Ms. Beverly Longid, FPE Trustee, in DOJ’s petition to declare as terrorist the CPP and NPA
Posted on March 26, 2018FPE expresses its deep concerns over the inclusion of Ms. Beverly Longid, FPE Trustee, in the DOJ’s petition to declare as terrorist the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP and NPA)...
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