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Philippine Association for Conservation and Development, Inc. |
About us
PhilConserve is a registered Philippine non-profit, non-governmental organization. It operates the long-term Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Project (PESCP) and other local conservation and development projects financed from both national and international sources, for example, the United Nations and Frankfurt Zoological Society. It is affiliated or has cooperated with, among other organizations, the Aklan State University and the Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippine Government; the Frankfurt Zoological Society and Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany; and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
.PhilConserve is dedicated to help protect and preserve the remaining forests and endangered species of the Philippines, particularly those located in Panay Island, home to many of the world’s highly endangered plants and wildlife. Although PhilConserve is based in the Philippines, its membership is open to Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike, in whatever country they may reside.
Download our brochure "Aims and scope of PhilConserve" (pdf format)
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Articles of Incorporation of
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Philippine Association for Conservation and Development
(PhilConserve) Inc.
Elaborating on Certification by the Incorporators of 3 March 2005:
The purpose or purposes for which the association is incorporated are:
- To help preserve biodiversity in the Philippines;
- To assist communities, government agencies and its offices, the private sector, individuals, POs and NGOs in designing, implementing, or sustaining progress, projects and fora that directly or indirectly support biodiversity, conservation and resource management, precautionary sustainable economic development of rural communities, including, but not limited to, livelihood projects, reforestation and training seminars on improved agricultural techniques and forests and watershed protection and restoration. Given financial or other constraints habitat protection will be given preference to all other agenda;
- To disseminate information in the Philippines and elsewhere, relevant to environmental conservation and resource management, through community-based information campaigns, school programs, programs for youth, the distribution of literature, the publication of popular articles and scientific papers and through participation in or creation of other media;
- To conduct research on the components of biodiversity and on the interrelationships of these components in terrestrial ecosystems;
To accept donated, confiscated or rescued wildlife for the purpose of conserving, rehabilitating, releasing and/or breeding species indigenous to the Philippines, contingent on the capacity of the rescue facilities managed under the umbrella of the NGO. Preference will be given to wildlife indigenous to Panay;
- To raise funds, from both Philippine and external sources, to finance the above activities.
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Philippine Association
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Last amendment: 2 Aug 2006
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