A transcipt from the message of Mr. Dennis I. Salvador, Executive Director Good afternoon, everyone. I want to talk today not about targets, reports, or timelines—but about who we are when things are hard, unnoticed, and uncertain. Because conservation is not built only in moments of celebration. It is built quietly, patiently, and often invisibly—by people who choose to act even when no one is watching. Let me take you back to a difficult chapter in our history. When we move

Dr. Jayson C. Ibañez Davao City  – Scientists from the University of the Philippines Mindanao–Philippine Genome Center (PGC) and the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) have completed the first mitochondrial genome study of Philippine Eagles from the Greater Mindanao Faunal Region (GMFR), providing new genetic information to guide captive breeding and future releases to the wild.   Published in the open-access journal Ecology and Evolution, the study analyzed mitochondrial geno

ALERT LEVEL: HEIGHTENED BIOSECURITY ALERT As recently reported, over 1,000 ducks were depopulated in New Antique, North Cotabato, following a confirmed case of Avian influenza by BAI. The affected site is located approximately 154 kilometers from the Philippine Eagle Foundation by land and about 55 kilometers by aerial distance. In light of this development, the Foundation is implementing heightened preventive and biosecurity measures to safeguard all birds within the facilit