Ecology and Environment

Findings Underscore the Need for Strategic Biodiversity Protection Worldwide   September 27, 2024. As global leaders focus on conserving biodiversity in the face of rapid development, the newly launched Nature Conservation Index (NCI) provides critical insights into the effectiveness of conservation…

September 13, 2024 – On September 11, Uproot Plastics (a coalition organized by civil society groups based in Korea to ‘root out’ plastic problems) held a press conference urging the Korean government to take a strong stance in the upcoming…

by Junifer Gambolao Felix In an era where educational paradigms are shifting to encompass a broader understanding of our role as stewards of the Earth, there is a growing recognition of the need to appreciate and care for our natural…

Quezon City, Philippines – Rights of Nature (RoN) PH and Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the “Kalikasan, Karapatan, Komix” Online Drawing Competition, which aimed to raise awareness on environmental issues through the creative…

August 28, 2024 – A collective letter written by the Centre for Financial Accountability,  International Accountability Project, National Hawkers Federation, GAIA-Asia Pacific, and Break Free From Plastics and endorsed by 174 civil society organizations, regional and global networks, and activists, is…

A new study shows methane (CH4) emissions behaving like a sprinter on speed, setting decadal records. This is bad news. It’s 80 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat. “Global emissions of methane, a powerful planet-heating gas, are ‘rising…

Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. fully supports the recent resolution (Provincial Resolution No. 2024-164) by the Quezon Province Sangguniang Panlalawigan, rejecting the controversial Kaliwa Dam project. The Kaliwa Dam project has been fraught with issues from its inception, primarily due to…

It all began one morning when Christina Biggs, lost species officer for Re:wild, saw a giant millipede crawling over her boot. “I filmed it for a while because I thought it was cool, having no clue that it was an…

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is the world’s leading epicenter of toxic radioactive water released into the ocean. Yet, these activities are no longer closely monitored by mainstream media. As it happens, Tokyo Electric Power Company is the electric utility…

28 June 2024, Quezon City, Philippines.  As the effects of the triple planetary crisis of climate emergency, collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution are brought to light, civil society groups called on duty-bearers, governments and industries in particular, to take…