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DENR LEADS CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINE EAGLE WEEK

As the country celebrates the Philippine Eagle Week, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jim Sampulna said Filipinos should be reminded of their responsibility as caretakers of the wildlife and the importance of the Philippine eagle in sustaining life. With this year’s theme, “Kapayapaan at Kalayaan: Ang Agila at Mamamayan, May Kaugnayan,” the […]

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DENR EYES SENDING PH EAGLES TO US – CIMATU

The environment department is looking at the U.S. in a bid to expand efforts to rescue and conserve the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), the critically endangered national bird.   Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu raised the possibility after his department recently sent a pair of Philippine eagles to Singapore for breeding […]

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DENR-SINGAPORE PARTNER TO CONSERVE PHILIPPINE EAGLE – CIMATU

The Philippine government has made history in its bid to prevent the extinction of the Philippine eagle while helping enhance diplomatic relations between the country and Singapore through conservation of the country’s endemic but critically endangered raptor. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently formalized the wildlife loan agreement on lending a pair […]