Allah Valley Tboli
T'boli, South Cotabato
The DENR created the conservation of the Allah Watershed, covering a total of 92,450 hectares, which straddles the provinces of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat. The program will address biodiversity loss and to better improve the management of natural resources in the area while helping the indigenous communities. It seeks to reduce threats to biodiversity, particularly at the community level. I ...
ndividual programs such as the Bantay-Gubat in T'boli, South Cotabato will protect the remaining forest cover of Barangay Datal from illegal loggers.
Allah Valley Forest Tboli News
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Lapsay, Where Jellyfish Dont Sting
A jellyfish sting hurts, as people who have suffered from it would know. So imagine swimming with hundreds of them.
Doing so at Lapsay Lagoon, however, could change how many people view jellyfish.
At Lapsay, a cove on Tinago Island, jellyfish don't sting.
The type of jellyfish in Lapsay, in Tagana-an town, Surigao del Norte province, is called the Darwin, and they don't sting humans.
Though they have venom, too, the Darwin uses this only on zooplanktons or small organisms that drift in the ocean.
Mayor Cesar Alsong Diaz of Tagana-an town said Darwins had become one of the town's ... -
Web Based App Monitors Cotabato Forests
At least 120 forest rangers and technicians can now use a web-based mobile application to gather critical information in real time and address threats to the Cotabato region's natural forest and biodiversity.
The forest field men recently underwent training on the application called LAWIN (Landscape and Wildlife Indicators) Forest and Biodiversity Protection System (LFBPS).
Director of the region's environment office, Datu Tungko M. Saikol encouraged the forest rangers to learn and apply the system as this would make their job easier and more efficient.
Under the system, patrol ranger ... -
Into The Heart Of The Guardians Lake Holon
January 2, 2015, marked the day of what I thought was just a usual lake trip with friends but turned out as my first ever trek and camping experience. It was my first trip to Lake Holon. I really thought that it's just like a walk in the park, get there and go home, but Lake Holon is filled with so much surprises.
The trip started at the tourism office of the Municipal Hall of T'boli, where we were welcomed by the accommodating Municipal Tourism Officer, Rodel Hilado. We registered our names and contact information after which the tourism staff endorsed us to the habal-habal drivers who too ... -
Development Of Ecotourism Sites In South Cotabatos Lake Holon Starts
The municipal government of T'boli in South Cotabato is closing down the ecotourism sites at the famed crater-lake Holon for at least nine months to pave the way for the area's rehabilitation and improvement.
Rodel Hilado, T'boli municipal tourism officer, said Tuesday the local government decided to totally shut down the entire 304-hectare Lake Holon to visitors and any activity to ensure the proper implementation of its comprehensive rehabilitation and development program for the area.
He said the area's closure will begin on June 15 and will extend until March 15 next year, in time fo ... -
South Cotabato to Restore Denuded Forests in T boli
The provincial government of South Cotabato is planning to rehabilitate some 40 hectares of a denuded timberland area in T'boli town as it continues to build up the province's forest reserves.
Mary Jane Manlisis, chief forester of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO), said Wednesday the local government has approved an initial budget of P1 million for the project, which is part of the province's continuing community-based upland and natural resources management program.
She said the initiative had been endorsed by Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes as among the province's priority ... -
Tbolis To Aquino Protect Our Land From SMC
Indigenous Peoples belonging to the T'boli tribe in the remote barangay Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato want the President-elect Benigno Aquino III to look into their plight and demand that their ancestral domain claim be spared from extractive projects including coal mining.
This developed after San Miguel Corporation (SMC) acquired three coal mining projects with a total land area of 17,000 hectares that would impact the ancestral domains of the T'bolis and the Ned Agrarian Reform Community (ARC).
"We bring to the President's attention the fact that San Miguel has now acquired a governm ...