May is the Month of the Ocean
Where does our single-use plastic end up? In March 2019, a cuvier beaked whale was found dead in Compostela Valley containing 40 kilos of garbage: 16 rice sacks, 4 banana plantation bags and multiple shopping bags. Plastics have long lifespans and can travel from the uplands through rivers and downstream into our oceans, where marine animals accidentally mistake them for food, choke or get sick by ingesting them. Plastics then find their way back to us, in less visible form (microplastics), when they are consumed by fish that we in turn eat. The plastics we produce, consume and do not dispose properly pollute our lands, damage our oceans and our health.
Bantay Bukid Report for 1st Quarter 2019
To start the year, 71 Bantay Bukid volunteers conducted biodiversity monitoring, with an increase in the number of species recorded compared to last quarter’s patrol. They planted over 800 seedlings in our riverbanks and monitored previously planted areas to replace seedling mortality due to El Niño. They also continued protecting our river waters from waste pollution, collecting up to 110 kilos of garbage from 4 clean-up drives. Our volunteers likewise committed to help in the monitoring of the reported Tabak – Kalatong illegal entry, occupation and poaching in the ancestral domain of the Obu-Manuvu in Brgy. Carmen. Enforcement on Environmental Laws – one incident of illegal fishing violating the City’s Watershed Code reported in March documented Biodiversity Monitoring and Reforestation – Trek to Mt. Tipolog last March 2019 showed sixty six (66) species of trees and plants, forty (40) species of mammals, five (5) species of birds, one (1) species of amphibians identified using their local terms. River Monitoring – Amount of garbage collected in riverbanks more than doubled with 110 kilos compared to last year’s 43 kilos. The water quality in Panigan-Tamugan river remains to be of high quality Class A based on the community-based water monitoring measuring basic parameters. Organizational activities and Community Action – 7 Organizational Activities, 8 LGU/Community Activities, 4 Participation to CSO events including bayanihan to clear trails for students/farmers and help in securing water for community, participation to BLGU flag ceremonies for watershed reporting/updating, planning for Davao City integrated watershed management and zero waste month celebration. For government action: Establishment of materials recovery facility and garbage collection points Strict implementation and monitoring of Solid Waste Management and other ordinances in watershed areas Kalatong-Tabak tree poaching and illegal entry Read the full report.
BK on Public Parks
Improving public parks and developing more accessible green open spaces in Davao.
BK on Permeable Pavements
Learn about this viable alternative to concrete paving, a technology seen to help reduce floods in our urban centers and add more green spaces to our city. IDIS has conducted a research that assessed various establishments using permeable pavements in Davao City and results confirmed the manifold benefits of this technology from reducing surface water runoff to trapping CO2 and surface cooling. Download BK on Permeable Pavements Newsletter
IDIS Annual Report 2018
2018 was a fruitful year for environmental policy work in Davao City with at least four ordinances passed, including the long-awaited declaration of Brgy. Sibulan as an organic zone and the amendments to the City’s Zoning Ordinance to protect the Urban Ecological Enhancement Sub-Zone portion of Shrine Hills. Green practices continued to be replicated from private individuals and organizations to the Local Government Units who were recognized for the first time in last year’s Lunhaw Awards. Partnerships likewise expanded in 2018 to South Central Mindanao as well as with international organizations in Japan for anti-aerial spraying campaign and IPEN for our campaign against toxic chemicals. https://mostbet-games.net/ru/ Download full report here – Annual Report 2018 (link).
Learn how to Adopt A Riverbank
Adopt a riverbank brochure 2016