Wetlands International Philippines

Garcia welcomes Wetlands International Philippines

Vice Gov. Cris Garcia warmly welcomed representatives of Wetlands International Philippines to the province. The global non-profit organization recently came to Bataan to promote mangrove restoration and ask local leaders to develop policies on wetland conservation and management. Garcia, together with Provincial Environment and Natural Resources OIC Raphael De Leon and Bataan Peninsula State University […]

NGO urges government to revert AUU fishponds back to mangroves

NGO urges government to revert AUU fishponds back to mangroves

Wetlands International Philippines calls on the Philippine government to fast-track the reversion of abandoned, undeveloped, and underutilized (AUU) fishponds back to mangroves. The NGO conducted a 2-day activity in Bataan that included orientation of government workers and communities on wetlands protection, inspecting wetlands in the province particularly in the towns of Balanga, Abucay and Orion, […]

Wetlands International wants to recover mangrove lands

Wetlands International wants to recover mangrove lands

The Wetlands International Philippines, a non-profit entity concerned with the conservation and restoration of mangroves is now campaigning hard to get back 450 hectares of land in different parts of the country which used to be planted with mangroves but are now fish ponds or beach resorts. This was disclosed by Wetlands International during its […]