Eco Advocate: Bob Natural

1. Give a brief background on yourself as an environmental advocate. I’ve always loved wildlife and the outdoors. I grew up in a small and simple town in Masbate City where I have been exposed to the natural environment. My passion for conservation and biodiversity research broadened and deepened way back in 2010 during the 19th [...]
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On Saving Tamaraws and Climbing Mountains

My tree-hugging, tamaraw-loving self takes this to mean each of us have a role to play, and, if you aren’t yet, it is time to get involved A visual journal and some thoughts. The tamaraw is a critically endangered species found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. As of April 2018, there [...]
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Exploring Occidental Mindoro

From here, I hope that you find yourself there in the mountains of Iglit-Baco. Listen to what these people have to say because the tamaraws couldn’t speak. Exploring Occidental Mindoro Eco Explorations envisions to create sustainable eco-tourism that contributes to communities it involves with. It was in December 2018 when the community organization announced its [...]
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Biocamp for Conservation

By preserving biodiversity and ecosystems, we are retaining the ability of the planet to sustain our prosperity ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION The slopes of Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park (MIBNP) serve as the tamaraws’ natural habitat. Tamaraws are found only in the island of Mindoro located in the central-west of the Philippines. Although commonly mistaken [...]
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Dodging Bullets and Angry Tamaraws they Brave Odds for Mindoro Wildlife

“If the rangers disappear, the tamaraws disappear. So we can say our rangers are key to sustaining the natural habitat of the tamaraws.” MINDORO — Trapped on the banks of an angry swollen river, the old Taw’buid woman trembled in the pelting rain, protected by nothing but a flimsy banana leaf. I, too, was cold, [...]
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