Philippine cockatoo’s last refuge in peril

Wildlife conservationists from around the world came together at the Bowery Hotel in New York City to celebrate the winners of the 2015 Sabin Conservation Prizes. The awardees this year are Arturo Muñoz and Claudia Cortez for amphibian conservation, Sabine Schoppe (in the photo above) for turtle conservation, and Maria Cecília M. Kierulff for primate conservation. This…

Despite serious concerns from the civil society, the affected municipal government, environmental groups and experts, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) under the chairmanship of Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra endorsed the construction of a 15MW coal-fired power plant in Panacan, Narra, Palawan. The proposed site for the plant is about a kilometer away from…