USAID Capacitates Forest Protection Officers in Busuanga, Palawan
USAID’s Biodiversity and Watershed Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) Program capacitated twenty seven members of the Busuanga Pasture Reserve Forest Protection Officers (BPRFPO) in support of the DENR’s drive to boost patrolling operations and increase patrol presence around the 16,939-hectare Busuanga Pasture Reserve (BPR). The week-long activity was held on September 4-8, 2017 in Coron, Palawan.
DENR-CARAGA partners with Local Government to Strengthen Forest Protection
DENR-CARAGA and the local government unit of Esperanza in the province of Agusan del Sur forged a partnership to strengthen forest protection through a memorandum of agreement signed on September 4, 2017 by DENR-CARAGA OIC Regional Director Dr. Charlie Fabre and Esperanza Mayor Leonida P. Manpatilan. The partnership, which was facilitated by USAID’s B+WISER Program, is the first DENR-LGU partnership for forest protection in the CARAGA region.
USAID’s B+WISER program achievements in enhancing natural resources management recognized by local stakeholders
Over the past five years, DENR and USAID’s B+WISER have worked closely with local stakeholders in seven sites to conserve natural forests that provide important ecosystem services that benefit people and serve as habitat for various species of wild animals. Through a series of appreciation events held in August, program accomplishments in each of the seven sites were recognized by local stakeholders.
DENR publishes Handbook on Law Enforcement in Protected Areas
USAID’s Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) Program supported the Philippines’ Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) to develop the Handbook on Law Enforcement in Protected Areas.
