Biodiversity

Biodiversity The Philippine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (formerly the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau), teaming up with Conservation International Philippines (CI Philippines) and the Haribon Foundation, delineated terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Philippines in a 2006 publication entitled, “Pr. [...] (Click the image to view the map in full resolution, or click here to download the map in PDF format.) In brief, a total of 228 KBAs were identified in the Philippines, integrating a selection of 128 terrestrial and and 123 marine KBAs delineated in 2006 and 2009, respectively. [...] Site-scale conservation is currently the best accepted norm for conservation efforts as the target areas include natural territories of the world’s most vulnerable species while also providing the best potential for manageable and sustainable conservation approaches. [...] Furthermore, the combined efforts of the triumvirate of CI Philippines, DENR-BMB, and Haribon Foundation serve to reinforce and refine the mandate of the NIPAS (National Integrated Protected Areas System) Act of 1992. [...] Further, the KBAs are a refinement of existing lists of priority conservation sites as already defined by the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priority-setting Program (PBCPP) of 2002, among others.