successful
wetlands conservation efforts -
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*Calabanga |
*Lapinig |
*Palompon |
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Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau |
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Laguna Lake Development Authority |
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Palawan Council for Sustainable Development |
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The IUCN releases its updated Red List of Threatened
Species, one of the key tools used to determine the status
of the Earth's biodiversity.
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Celebrating the World Wetlands Day, the Society for the
Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, in partnership with the
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, launched the
Wetlands Caravan: The Evolving CEPA Action Plan for the Wise Use of Philippine Wetlands.
It was held at the Visitors' Center of the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife
Nature Center (North Ave., Quezon City) in the
afternoon of 02 February 2006. The Wetlands Caravan aimed to work with the communities
in achieving the Ramsar Convention's goal through localized
action plans that will help catalyze change in the people's
behavior towards wetlands.
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The Wetlands Caravan
made its first stop at Laguna de Bay on 23 May 2006.
CLEAR had brought together stakeholders from lakeshore
communities of Cavinti, Lumban, Lucban, Magdalena,
and Pagsanjan to exchange information and discuss emerging issues
relevant to the conservation of Laguna de Bay. It focused on
Ecotourism in the area as an opportunity for sustainable
livelihood.
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Its second
stop was in
TawiTawi. On 19 & 20 September 2006, the
TawiTawi Economic and Environment Summit
was held in Bongao. The gathering was held aiming to
harmonize, consolidate, integrate economic and
environmental framework plan to serve as developmental
direction of the province of TawiTawi.
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The SCPW, through the membership of Laguna de Bay in the Living Lakes
Network, had played host to the 10th Living Lakes Conference on 15 to 19 May 2005
at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City. With the theme "The Lake and its People:
Responsible Stewardship by Lake Communities", it explored the role that communities
play as responsible stewards of lake ecosystems in densely populated areas.
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The 11th Living Lakes Conference
was hosted by China on
29 October to 03 November 2006 at Nanchang City.
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A CLEAR Youth Network Forum was successfully held on 01 October 20005 at the Visitors' Center of
the Ninoy Aguino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center in Ouezon City.
Youth from various groups crafted guidelines of their network and
discussed projects, activities, and their participation
and/or involvement in the
conservation of Laguna de Bay's environment and natural resources.
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Coinciding with the celebration of the UN World Environment Day
and the Philippine Environment Month, the CLEAR Youth Network
Congress was held on 03 June 2006 at the University of Rizal System
campus in Tanay, Rizal. The CLEAR Ecological Camp
graduates from Tanay, Los Ba�os, Muntinlupa and Lumban gathered
again to further strengthen the youth partnership and plan
common activities towards lake conservation. It was followed by seed collection activity at the URS campus.
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An
eco-camping was held on 25 to 27 October 2006
for the youth of San Pablo City.
Twenty-nine high school students from
various schools in the city participated in the camping.
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Earlier this year, an eco-camping was held on
18 to 20 April 2006 for the youth of Lumban, Laguna. Aiming to increase awareness and involvement of
the youth in the conservation and protection of Laguna de Bay, fifteen high school students from
three schools of Lumban participated in the camping.
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