My Miss Macy

How much do we need to save our country’s natural resources? It is very interesting to learn that our country the Philippines is one of the 17 most diverse countries in the world in terms of ecosystem with more diversity of life per hectare than any other nation around the globe. But with the current deteriorating state of our natural resources with more deforestation, overwhelming pollution, bad land and water management biodiversity loss is now at an alarming rate. Biodiversity in the Philippines In a meeting held last December 11 at Makati Diamond Residences, notable speakers together with some invited people from the media discussed the issue of biodiversity in the Philippines. To address the imminent threats, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), other national government agencies, academe, civil society and development partners, has devel...