Tuesday 7th February 2012

Conservation

NFEFI Biodiversity Conservation Center: A Haven for Endangered Negros Wildlife

The Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation, Inc. (NFEFI) is just a stone’s throw away from the Provincial Capitol yet many Negrenses are still unaware of its existence nor the efforts they make in biodiversity conservation. NFEFI has been fighting to reforest hundreds of hectares of denuded forest areas since 1984. Intensive agriculture and logging has [...]

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Spotting the Rarest Deer in the World

The Visayan spotted deer (Cervus alfredi) is considered as the most endangered deer in the world. They used to be widely distributed in the six islands in the Visayas but are now considered extinct in four of these islands and are now believed to exist in the islands of Negros and Panay. It is listed [...]

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Saving the Visayan Warty Pig

The Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) or baboy talunon, as we locally call it, is considered the most critically endangered species of wild pigs in the world. The Visayan warty pigs are endemic to the six islands in the Visayas but are already extinct in four islands. They can only be found now in their [...]

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Nine Lives Are Not Enough to Save the Visayan Leopard Cat

The first time you see a Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori) kitten, the first thought that might cross to mind is Puss in Boots in the movie Shrek. They look so adorable and vulnerable that you would want to take them home as pets. They are vulnerable, yes, but they are not suitable as [...]

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No Freedom of Flight for the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill

The Visayan Tarictic Horbill (Pedelopides Panini) is endemic to the Philippines in the islands of Negros , Guimaras, Masbate, Panay and offshore islands of Sicogon and Pan de Azucar. The tarictic hornbill is now considered endangered specie with only about that 1,800 remaining in their natural habitat in the islands of Panay and Negros. The [...]

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Piglets Brought Joy to Conservation Center

Conservation advocates has more reasons to celebrate this year with the birth of four piglets of Visayan Warty Pig at the Negros Forests & Ecological Foundation’s (NFEFI) Biodiversity Conservation Center in Bacolod City last December 20. The Visayan Warty Pigs are critically endangered and their number is dwindling in the wild due to poaching, hunting [...]

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