As many as 72 species of birds have been documented in Davao City’s Shrine Hills. Twenty of these recorded birds are found only in the Philippines. The area is seen as an urban forest, a much needed green space in the urban district and hailed as the city’s last potential large-tier park based on the […]
Make Shrine Hills Publicly Accessible Open Space
Davao City — Environmental groups are pushing for a win-win solution to protect Shrine Hills while providing private developers returns for their investments through the adoption of the privately-owned publicly open spaces (POPOS) concept in the City’s Zoning Ordinance. Ecoteneo and Interface Development Interventions (IDIS), NGO members of the Local Zoning Review Committee, along with […]
IDIS Calendar 2018
You won’t miss out on any environmental event for the year as we have marked them all on the 2018 calendar for you. This year, we feature how the Sustainable Davao Movement, which IDIS is a member of, plans to localize and ensure the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in […]
City government to compensate volunteer forest guards
Mayor Sara Duterte vowed to provide financial compensation for the forest guard volunteers who have been in the frontlines of protecting Davao city’s watersheds. “Thank you to the Watershed Management Council for their policy work but thank you very much to those people working on the ground, our bantay bukids (forest guards) and bantayo aweg […]
Water unites Davao City’s opposing sectors
It’s rare to see environmental groups working with private, for-profit sectors especially on the issue of sustainable management of natural resources. But for water, especially in a city which houses eight watersheds and prides itself to have one of the world’s highest quality potable water, all sectors have a stake and therefore invited to the annual Davao City […]
LUNHAW AWARDS expands to youth and government sectors
Davao City’s annual awards for environmental initiatives brings the spotlight to the youth and the government sector this year, recognizing their critical role in the long-term success of environmental efforts in the city. Lunhaw Awards, now on its 6th year, has added youth category for its Green Champion Award and encouraged barangay-led and city government-led […]