PACAP is looking for partners that are into microfinance to be the repository partner. Any interested institution may contact the PACAP office in Manila or provincial offices. For Agusan del Sur, you may visit the PACAP Provincial Project Office, Libarnes Bldg., Provincial Capitol, Patinay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Tel. No. 343-8483, mobile: 09189072817

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The Philippine Partnership for the Development of Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA-Mindanao) in partnership with Lutheran World Relief and Foundation for Philippine Environment is convening the Mindanao Conference on Climate Change to be held in Davao City, from June 10-12, 2009.

The conference is aimed at promoting a fluid exchange of ideas and knowledge on Global Warming between civil society organizations, local government units, private sectors and donor agencies operating in different areas of Mindanao and working on community development, poverty alleviation and environmental protection programs. It is also aimed to provide a stimulating frame for comparing acquired knowledge and information, and for discussing intimately what is Climate Change, how serious are its impact, what are global and local responses for its mitigation and adaptation, how will it relate to issues that can enrich or bring to the new level the practice of social development work.

For more info, please visit www.klimamindanao.ning.com

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Today, the world’s first certified palm oil under the Roundtable on
Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) <http://www.rspo.org/> arrives on European
shores. This certified palm oil originates from a plantation which has
palm oil grown on peatlands. Wetlands International strongly cautions
that palm oil cannot be certified “sustainable” as long as the sector
refuses to include a criterion on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from
land use change, in particular degradation of tropical peatlands. Read More…

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Dr. Thelma Estremos, Social Marketer, EIPADS, Inc.

The installation of the rice mill, warehouse and solar dryer as one of the components of the Project: Re-enforcing Community Initiatives in the River Bank Stabilization of Simulao River and Enhancing Protection and Conservation of Agusan Marsh Ecosystems at the site is a welcome treat among the farmers of Mambalili, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur and eagerly awaited by the whole community. Read More…

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

By Ben Serrano

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 18 (PNA) — Tribal leaders of the different tribes in Caraga Region during the conclusion of the three-day Roman Catholic church-sponsored CABUSTAM Indigenous Peopleʼs Summit held at the St. Peterʼs Seminary in Barangay Ampayon this city have called on for an end of what they described as silent but dangerous, unabated illegal logging and mining activities in the region. Read More…

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The Janitor Fish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus), is a tropical fish named for the armor-like longitudinal rows of scutes that cover the upper parts of the head and body (the lower surface of head and abdomen is naked) has been a pest in the rivers and lakes of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Read More…

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