Biodiversity strategy needs P334B

The Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has developed the Philippines Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan that will serve as a road map in conserving biodiversity and critical ecosystem services in the country for the next 13 years.

To implement the action plan, the bureau said at least P334 billion (P24 billion annually) is needed to cover actions on forest, coastal and marine resources, inland wetlands, caves and cave systems, protected areas, invasive alien species, agrobiodiversity, access and benefit-sharing and urban biodiversity.