MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) notes that it is ironic that such a buzzword as "mainstreaming" in biodiversity conservation, if applied in our current conditions may actually do more hard as this article shows. But we do agree that "Protecting species and specific ecosystems alone will not stop biodiversity loss, we have to stop its drivers. Unsustainable production and excessive consumption are the main causes. Governance and policies to specifically halt the destructive forces behind biodiversity loss must be at the heart of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)." This is why our Green Agenda on Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation goes hand in hand with the rest of the GREEN AGENDA that responds more on the drivers of these destruction in our biodiversity and habitat. READ HERE: https://naturepartyph.weebly.com/political-agenda.html
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MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) welcomes these Responsible Seafood Sourcing (RSS) principles constituting a set of rules & standards in purchasing, harvesting, and processing seafood and seafood products responsibly. However, the country is good at setting and adopting rules and standards and unfortunately continue to be weak in consistent enforcement and implementation. And many of the causes of our failure to curb the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing is simply insufficient capacity of authorities to enforce; including the political will to do so and the rampant violations is a direct result. So while we welcome yet another set of rules & standards, we believe, more effort must be done in building capacity and the political movement to push these enforcement. Also, we should also start shifting demand for food consumption of Filipinos from animal-based sources to mor sustainable plant-based diets. Our marine resources are really more a complex and extremely important ecosystem that provides multiple benefits to human beings and other being we share this planet with and not just a source of food. We need to move beyond this human-centric views of fisheries. To understand more the Biodiversity Conservation & Habitat Conservation Green Agenda of MAKAKALIKASAN, please read this: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/biodiversity--habitat-conservation.html
JOIN to ACT through our appropriate FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.biodiversityconservation To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article About 70 percent of Philippine fishing grounds are currently overfished. If this continues, future generations won’t have fish to eat. Limiting our catch is one way to preserve marine biodiversity and to save the livelihood of almost two million Filipino fisherfolk. If everyone collects just enough fish for themselves, we allow the remaining fishes in the sea to reproduce. We consistently harvest fish faster than they can multiply. Because of this, we don’t allow fishes to grow and this will eventually keep the seas empty. This is why implementing fishing limitations and strictly monitoring fishing activities is critical. 50 percent of the Filipino’s protein diet comes from fish and with the proper use of our resources, we will be able to fight hunger and feed future generations. Read more MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) agrees with ACB and we laud the actions of our Bureau of Customs. Wildlife should not be kept as pets. We should enforce strictly all our laws on illegal wildlife trade. In fact we should restart to think about the whole idea of pets. All animals, play crucial parts in a balance ecosystem. We should instead do our role as stewards of all life on earth and learn the knowledge of our ever changing ecosystem and biodiversity, learn our role in it as one of the species that is part of this ecosystem and protect and conserve these ecosystems, including habitats of wildlife.
JOIN to ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.biodiversity.conservation JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html Be a Founding Member, JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakakalikasan.assembly #biodiversityconservation #biodiversityconservationPH #illegalwildlifetrade #ASEANCenterforBiodiversity #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article Tarantulas and scorpions as pets? Think again. The head of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) expressed concern over the recent cases of illegal wildlife trafficking seemingly influenced by trends of keeping these threatened species as pets, an ACB news release said. The Philippines’s Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently reported the seizure of a package containing 20 endangered tarantula spiders and eight scorpions at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last month. Read more MAKAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) congratulates all the winners of this award and
we hope more recognition is also done locally and at the national level on the many more local environmental laws enforcers we have; especially the volunteers; oftentimes including Indigenous Peoples and farmers. We are for the strict implementation of all our environmental laws, especially for biodiversity conservation. JOIN to ACT: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.biodivesity.conservation JOIN MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html Be a Founding Member, JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly #BiodiversityConservation #ASEANEnvironmentalEnforcementAwards #MAKAKALIKASANParty Original article LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Feb. 20 -- The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) congratulates the winners of the 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards held on 17 February 2021, which were conferred by the UN Environment Programme on government officials and teams that have excelled in enforcing laws against environmental crimes, such as illegal wildlife trafficking. Illegal wildlife trafficking is reported as one of the leading drivers of biodiversity loss and destruction of habitats in the ASEAN region. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), wildlife and forest crime in the East Asia and Pacific region is generating around USD 19.5 billion every year, making it a ‘lucrative business’ that is often hard to detect. In 2020, government institutions and officials from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia successfully completed investigations and seizure operations against notorious wildlife traders, as well as illegal waste smuggling. Read more |
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