TITLE: Local Animal Shelter "Happy Animals Club" ordered to close by the City Health Office

AUTHOR: Jinkie Bangcot

DATE PUBLISHED: October 22, 2023

KEY INFO: Jinkie Bangcot a female content creator inviting the citizens of Davao to take action in signing a petition to let the Animal shelter "Happy Animals Club" continue their rescue operations and help save over 300 cats and dogs.

TITLE: DENR, NBI seize over 450 smuggled animals in Davao Oriental

AUTHOR: Ken E. Cagula

DATE PUBLISHED: April 9, 2019

KEY INFO: With illegal trading of wildlife still prelevant. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) together with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) conducted a raid in Baranggay Dahican Davao Oriental, wherein 450 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles, including Black Palm Cockatoos, wallabies, and Echidna. These exotic animals were kept to be disposed a week after.

TITLE: Webinar on Philippine Eagle Distribution Modeling AUTHOR:DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau

DATE PUBLISHED:September 20, 2022

KEY CONTENT: Philippine eagle experts Dr. Jayson Ibanez and Dr. Luke Sutton share their findings on the population distribution of the critically endangered bird shedding light on the challenges faced by these wonderful creatures and emphasizes the urgency of the conservation efforts. They discuss about using telemetry studies to estimate population and track the distribution of Philippine Eagles throughout Mindanao.

TITLE: Davao Region’s Natural Treasures(Tanging Yaman ng Rehiyon Onse)

AUTHOR: Regional Inter Agency Committee On Environmental Education

DATE PUBLISHED:Jan 2019

KEY CONTENT: This book aims to provide a better understanding about the environment and natural resources providing information about the proper way of planting trees, wildlife conservation and protection, protected areas, and the classification of lands. With this information it is intended to promote the importance of taking care and to conserve the environment keeping it clean and green for the animals and the future generations.

TITLE: Illegal wildlife trade

AUTHOR:World Wild life Fund

DATE PUBLISHED: Unknown

KEY INFO: This is about World Wildlife Fund's page on illegal wildlife trade. It contains information about the various aspects of this issue, including its impact on biodiversity, ecosystems, and efforts to combat it.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371069491_Overview_of_priorities_threats_and_challenges_to_biodiversity_conservation_in_the_southern_Philippines

TITLE: Overview of priorities, threats, and challenges to biodiversityconservation in the southern Philippines

AUTHOR:Angelo Rellama Agduma, Francisco Gil Garcia Ma Teodora Cabasan, Jonald Pimentel, Renee Jane Ele, Meriam Rubio, Sedra Murray, Bona Abigail Hilario-Husain, Kier Celestial Dela Cruz, Sumaira Abdullah, Shiela Mae Balase, Krizler Cejuela Tanalgo

DATE PUBLISHED:May 19, 2023

KEY CONTENT: In Mindanao, according to data from Global Forest Watch (2022), the total tree cover loss from 2000 to 2021 was approximately 5.11 × 10^6 hectares. Because of deforestation, increased agricultural production, and mining, compared to other regions the northeastern region has had a greater loss of tree cover than. The places with the highest documented species densities also have the highest losses in tree cover, those are home to birds, reptiles, and amphibians. These have negative implications to the biodiversity as these harm the habitat of species relying on the trees for shelter.

TITLE: E4J Global Podcast Series - Episode 2: The illegal wildlife trade in the context of zoonotic disease

AUTHOR: UNODC

DATE PUBLISHED: SEP 18, 2020

KEY INFO: The video delves into the illegal wildlife trade and its link to zoonotic diseases, suggesting its role in various outbreaks like COVID-19.

TITLE: How Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking Works |Wildlife Trade Explained | ENDEVR Documentary

AUTHOR: ENDEVR

DATE PUBLISHED: October 13, 2021

KEY CONTENT: This documentary shows how greedy people and big criminal groups are causing rare animals to disappear by hunting them illegally. It explains why they're doing it and who's buying these animal parts, like ivory and rhino horns.

TITLE:Restoring biodiversity Philippine Eagle Center initiates planting of 3M trees

AUTHOR: Ian Espinosa

DATE PUBLISHED: October 28, 2023

KEY INFO: The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) initiated the Forest-RegAIN project at their Malagos conservation center in Davao City on October 27, 2023. 

The project aims to plant three million native trees across 1,200 hectares of land and restore grassland and brushland biodiversity in indigenous territories, specifically areas near Philippine Eagle nesting sites. Aiming to restore what was lost due to human encroachments and unsustainable land use.

TITLE: "Philippine Eagle"

AUTHOR: Kitty Harvill

DATE PUBLISHED: Unknown

KEY CONTENT: This is a wallhanging portrait of an endangered Philippine eagle flying above its habitat. During the painting process up until current times, the subject that is shown in the painting, the Philippine Eagle, predominately found in Mindanao, is still a part of the list of critically endangered species, inspiring the artist to create this art piece and invoking awareness of this concurrent issue. Through the sale of this artwork, the artist will donate 15% of the sale to the Philippine Eagle Foundation, a conservation center for the endangered Philippine eagle.

TITLE: MOBIOS+: An extensive database for advancing Mindanao Island’s biodiversity

AUTHOR: Pensoft blog

DATE PUBLISHED: Oct 13, 2023

KEY INFO: The data is a new set to revolutionize our understanding of the rich biodiversity in Mindanao. Information (MONIOS+) database aims to bridge these critical data gaps by compiling biodiversity information from the 21st century.

TITLE: I'm getting these endangered animals to help with conservation.

AUTHOR: Mikey Bustos Vlog

DATE PUBLISHED: June 3, 2021

KEY INFO: This Filipino vlogger "Mikey Bustos Vlog" is helping these poor endangered animals by taking care of them. Through conservation it will contribute to the extinction of a certain species. Given that these animals have a chance to live and to be well preserve will surely give thwm a new life. He is partnered with some biologist to help in this conservation process.

TITLE: Biodiversity Facts - Status and trends of biodiversity, including benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem services

AUTHOR: CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

DATE PUBLISHED: Sep, 2022

KEY INFO: Through this website you can see Statistics about the ratee of some sprcies in the Philippines. The Endemism of plants and animals are undoubtably high, since the Philippines is rank fourth on the bird endemism, and also one of the worlds biodiversity hotspots.

URL:https://bmb.gov.ph/protected-area-development-and-management/philippine-protected-areas/

TITLE: Philippine Protected Areas

AUTHOR: Biodiversity Management Bureau

DATE PUBISHED: March 18, 2024

KEY INFO: The Philippines has always been considered one of the mega diverse country in the world. It shows here Republic laws concerning Biodiversity in the Philippines and how to address it.

TITLE: WildLife Is Here

AUTHOR: Philippine Eagle Foundation

DATE PUBLISHED: February 20, 2023

KEY CONTENT: This poster is for the WildLife is Here event, highlighting the province of Sarangani's unique and abundant biodiversity and programs to protect and restore the area's blue and green habitats.

TITLE: Save the Philippine Eagle Foundation from COVID-19

AUTHOR: Dan O'Neill Wildlife 

DATE PUBLISHED: June 10, 2020 

KEY CONTENT: The Philippine Eagle Foundation is in an urgent crisis due to the pandemic's public closure. This has resulted in a significant loss of income and the possible inability to care for over 100 animals, including 31 critically endangered Philippine Eagles, the nation's national bird. 

TITLE: One-eyed Philippine Eagle Rescued in Davao

AUTHOR: Ivy Marie Mangadlao

DATE PUBLISHED: January 05, 2024

KEY CONTENT: On Tuesday, January 2, a severely injured Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), which is highly endangered, was saved from the wild near the Lipadas River at the Mount Apo Natural Park in Davao City. The two-year-old Philippine eagle, Lipadas, gets its name from the river and is blind in his right eye. The rescue crew included a forest guard from the indigenous Bagobo-Klata community, wildlife caretakers, and biologists from the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF).

TITLE: Pangolins are the ‘world’s most trafficked mammal.’ This man wants to save them

AUTHOR: Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN

DATE PUBLISHED: June 15, 2021

KEY INFO: Vietnamese conservationist Thai Van Nguyen has established rehabilitation centers and trained government rangers in different ways to help catch poachers, deal with technology, and aid the care of the Pangolins, who are critically extinction.

TITLE: A stray dog’s second chance at life | Look Through: Saving Strays

AUTHOR: INQUIRER.net

DATE PUBLISHED: Nov 12, 2022

KEY CONTENT: Animal advocators share the origin of why they chose to run an animal sanctuary and share their thoughts about the rise of the stray animal population say that they need to solve the root of the problem through spay and neutering. 

TITLE: Australia Fires: Search & Rescue, Helping Animals in Need

AUTHOR: The Humane Society of the United States

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb 11, 2020

KEY CONTENT: Due to the forest fires in Australia, specifically on Kangaroo Island, wild animals such as koala bears and kangaroos are being incinerated by the fires, with many animal carcasses, animal rescue teams offer their assistance to the wildlife in need.