The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), will showcase over 100 Protected Areas through a monthly online conference via Facebook Live starting June 22
The launching of the monthly 60-minute program, 12 episodes in all, dubbed “Protected Areas for a Protected Future” coincides with the second anniversary of the enactment of Republic Act 11038, or the Expanded-National Integrated Protected Areas System (E-Nipas) Act of 2018.
The online conference is in partnership with, and will be hosted by environmental advocate Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda.
Under E-Nipas, that amended RA 7586 the Nipas Act of 1992, the number of legislated Protected Areas increased from 13 to 107.
“All 107 Protected Areas will be showcased starting on June 22. There will be a two-minute to three-minute portion where the Protected Areas will be featured. There will be 12 Protected Areas per [monthly] episode,” said Assistant Secretary Ricardo Calderon, concurrent director of the DENR-BMB.
He said a live interaction hosted by Legarda will give a chance to the Protected Areas Superintendents and DENR regional executive directors with jurisdiction over the Protected Areas to discuss the importance of the area, and the various programs to protect and conserve the rich biodiversity in the area.
“We want to highlight our Protected Areas as a way of ensuring that our future is protected in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Calderon said.
The DENR official underscored the need to protect and conserve the country’s rich biodiversity, which is one way of protecting and preserving human life against future pandemics.
The monthly conference, he said, will also showcase the people behind the scenes, the foresters and the staff of the Protected Area Management Office and the DENR’s partners who help protect the important areas set aside for conservation.
He said they decided to use Facebook to reach wider audiences, noting the popularity of the social-media platform among Filipinos, young and old alike.
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