This Ramsar COP10 National Report Format (NRF) has been approved by the Standing Committee for the Ramsar Convention’s Contracting Parties to complete as their national reporting to the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Convention (Republic of Korea, October/November 2008).

This report presesents the consensus of more than 300 expert scientists and decision-makers from more than 100 local and international institutions, on the most biologically important areas in the Philippines. The intent of the report is to present the results of the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priority-setting Program (PBCPP) in order to influence conservation and development planning throughout the Philippines.

This is a summary report on the CMS Implementation in the Philippines for the years 2005 to 2008.

Aimed primarily at disseminating information on the First National Report, this booklet presents a short profile of the country's biological resources, as well as a summary of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP).

Aimed primarily at disseminating information on the First National Report, this booklet presents a short profile of the country's biological resources, as well as a summary of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP).

The Fourth National Report focuses on assessing the country’s progress towards meeting the 2010 biodiversity target: “Achieving by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth”.

The Fourth National Report focuses on assessing the country’s progress towards meeting the2010 biodiversity target: “Achieving by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate ofbiodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to povertyalleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth”.

Interconnected Lives is the popular version of the Second Philippine National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This report explains biodiversity, packages it as the incalculable treasure that it is, enumerates the pertinent policies for its conservation, discusses the initiatives based on the policies, and presents the continuing challenges to plans and actual practice.

Interconnected Lives is the popular version of the Second Philippine National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This report explains biodiversity, packages it as the incalculable treasure that it is, enumerates the pertinent policies for its conservation, discusses the initiatives based on the policies, and presents the continuing challenges to plans and actual practice.

The Third Philippine National Report to the CBD (3NR) went through as the usual highlyparticipatorypreparation process consisting of research, survey and interviews, meetings, workshops,and several levels of public consultation.

This booklet is the simplified version of the Third Philippine National Report of the Philippines to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD or CBD). As a Party or a signatory to the Treaty, the country is required to report on its compliance to the obligations stated in the Articles of the Convention. These obligations are also elaborated on in the Decisions made during the regular Conference of the Parties (COP).

In 2005, WWF-Philippines started to monitor its process and results standards to transform current management practice from adhoc to programmatic management of field projects. These standards were constituted into a program life cycle (PLC). The cycle is divided into 6 phases – entry, baseline studies, plan development, capacity-building, mainstreaming/stabilization and phase-out. The PLC depicts a multi-player arrangement and the phased approach to conservation. It is possible that a project is designed to work within a phase or to advance from one phase to the next.

The country experienced a 5.4% GDP growth of 5.4% in 2006 as a result of reduced fiscal deficits and renewed business confidence. Growth came alongside falling indicators on social progress and governance. While business confidence improved, the country’s corruption rating, press freedom and worker exodus worsened. Poverty at 40% and a burgeoning population of 85 million exert pressure on natural assets. The depletion of forest and marine resources continue at alarming rates.

Another year, yet another round of hard-won victories. Throughout the dynamic year that was 2007, KKP broke remarkable ground in conservation work. Apo Reef National Marine Park, the largest marine park in the country, was finally declared a "No-take" zone. The Tubbataha Reef National Park was expanded from 32,000 hectares to 96,000 hectares. Fish biomass in the park reached 210 metric tons per square kilometer, a level not seen since the days befored the devastating El Niño event of 1998. The Environmental Users' Fee was finally implemented in Puerto Galera, ensuring a continuing source of funds for coastal resource management in the years to come. A network of MPA's was established in Batangas across nine local government units.

Conservation and the Human Footprint - these are the two meta-goals around which WWF's global program is built. As essential and complementary components of sustainable development, addressing one, without the other, only results in a string of unaddressed needs that tend to skew development away from dynamic balance. The last 12 months have been a watershed year for WWF, here in the Philippines, in the process leading to the attainment of these parallel concerns.