From Thailand to Ecuador, from Philippines to Costa Rica, BIOFIN-supported crowdfunding campaigns are aiming to make a real difference not only for nature, but for the lives of hundreds of people who lost their livelihoods due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more
Philippines
The public came together in the Philippines and across the world to support the crowdfunding campaign 'Together for Tamaraws', raising money to save tamaraws from extinction and help protect the livlihoods of park rangers who protect them. With the original aim of raising $23,000, $32,000 was raised...Read more
Donation campaign launched by UNDP to support conservation communities during the COVID-19 pandemic The world’s national parks have suffered tremendously from the loss of income due to COVID-19. Iconic parks like the Yellowstone, Serengeti, Kruger or the Great Barrier Reef are either fully, or parti...Read more
Story written by Angelique Ogena, BIOFIN Philippines Information and Communications Assistant; Edited by Anabelle Plantilla, BIOFIN Philippines Project Manager and Annabelle Trinidad, BIOFIN Global Technical Advisor Manila, Philippines – The Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPA...Read more
Representatives from different sectors came together in October to witness how the Tamaraw Conservation Programme (TCP) and Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park (MIBNP) rangers risk their lives to protect the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), a wild buffalo found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippi...Read more