DENR OIC Assistant Secretary and Biodiversity Management Bureau Director in concurrent capacity Ricardo Calderonawards the Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Ed Sunico, vice president for sustainable business and communications of Unilever Philippines, for serving as resource speaker during the culminating activity for the Month of the Ocean, with theme “Closing the Loop: Opportunities for Collaboration,” held recently at the Manila Peninsula in Makati City. Sunico discussed the initiatives of Unilever Philippines to make the packaging of their products safe for the environment, such as the pilot testing of refilling stations for their shampoo products. He also revealed the company is targeting to shift to environment-friendly packaging by 2025. A study by Ocean Conservancy and McKinsey Center for Business and Environment indicated that the Philippines is among the top marine plastic polluters in the world. ###

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Published: 03 June 2019

Chef Rex Angelo Viray (2nd from right) of Wise Meals demonstrates how to cook “SinaingnaGalunggong” as Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) Assistant Director Armida Andres (2nd from right) looks on, during the “Samu’tSaringTikim Fair” held in consonance with the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD) on May 22, 2019 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City. Viray emphasized that cooking can be “zero waste” as food wastes can be used for composting. Also in photo are the event’s emcee, Ms. Noelle Uy-Tuason (left) and Mr. David Simon Reyes (right). ###

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Published: 03 June 2019

Dr. Leila Africa, director of the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food at the University of the Philippines- Los Baños, gives a lecture on diet diversification on traditional and sustainable Filipino diets the celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, 2019at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City. In her lecture, Dr. Africa said that a person must eat nine servings of diverse fruits and vegetables to prevent heart diseases, while for cancer, it should be 7.5 servings. This year’s IDBD’s theme is: “Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health.” ###

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Published: 31 May 2019

Ms. Diffeny Vernie Chua (3rd from the left) of Healthy Baby Food Ideas PH demonstrates to the audience how to prepare akamote donut at the “Bulilit Tikim” portion of the “Samu’t Saring Tikim Fair.” The food fair highlighted local celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD), themed “Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health” held at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City on May 22, 2019. Also in photo are (L-R) Biodiversity Management Bureau’s Ms. Fides Sandoval (extreme left) and the master of ceremonies for the program, , Ms. Noelle Uy-Tuason and Mr. David Simon Reyes, andMs. Chua’s 3-year old daughter Sage. ###

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Published: 31 May 2019

OIC Assistant Secretary and Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) Director in concurrent capacity Ricardo Calderon (right) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) leads the launching of two environment books during this year’s celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD) held May 22, 2019 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center in Quezon City. The two books, “Public Parks and Open Green Spaces” by the Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Reconstruction and the “Native Plants of Boracay Wetlands” by the Energy Development Corporation were published in cooperation with the BMB. Also in photo are (from left): BMB Assistant Director Armida Andres, Ms. Roselyn Veneracion of ASSURE and Atty. Allan Barcena of EDC. ###

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Published: 30 May 2019