Featured Cause-Oriented Organization: Bantay Kalikasan
Bantay Kalikasan (Nature Watch) is††ABS-CBN Foundationsís environmental arm. †Started on July 21, 1998, it is a media-based project supported by a multi-sector network of government agencies, private institutions, and non-government organizations. It was launched to serve as a catalyst in addressing the concern over the worsening state of the Philippine environment characterized by air and water pollution, denudation of forests, irresponsible waste disposal and their life-threatening effects. It originally as a radio program in DZMM, addressing environmental problems raised by its listeners.
Bantay Kalikasan committed itself to undertake and catalyze initiatives by maximizing media resources to help ensure an actively protected, adequately rehabilitated, and sustainably developed environment.
Objectives
Its current objectives are as follows:
- Develop and implement strategic environmental projects;
- Raise public consciousness on environmental issues and concerns;
- Provide a venue for publicizing and addressing environmental issues, problems and similar concerns; and
- Urge the effective enforcement of relevant environmental policies and laws.
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Projects
To date, Bantay Kalikasan has the following projects:
- Save the La Mesa Watershed Project which consists of the La Mesa Eco-Park and La Mesa Nature Reserve
- Bantay Baterya
- Bantay Langis
- H2Hope
- AdvocaSea
- Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig
- Magandang Pilipinas Eco Tourism.
For more info, please visit:†www.bantaykalikasan.com
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Contact Information
In the Philippines:
ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.
Mother Ignacia (corner Scout Albano)
1103 Quezon City, Philippines
Tel: (632) 922-4842
Email: jocelyn_saw@abs-cbn.com
In North America:
150 Shoreline DR
Redwood City CA 94065
Tel: +1(650) 5086117
Email: angelie_agbulos@abs-cbn.com
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