by: Gerald Regondola Photo by: Andrei Von Tirona In the rugged karst forests of Surigao del Norte, where steep slopes and sharp limestone formations make fieldwork demanding and high risk, an important conservation record was recently achieved. After weeks of surveys, the Mindanao Bleeding-heart was documented through camera trapping in the Mt. Hilong-Hilong Key Biodiversity Area in December 2025. This record provides strong evidence that the remaining forest habitat in this

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