The Philippines is blessed with abundant natural resources — this is our pride and soul. This is also our lifeline. This is where we get our food for everyday sustenance. This is why the economy thrives. This is how the country stands strong amidst global crises. But it can be more than that.
As the world recovers from coronavirus and adjusts to the New Normal, now is the perfect time to reboot the country and ensure proper attention to our lands this time around.
We must guarantee that the economy bounces back for the people and nature first, before profit. We must no longer allow abusive enterprises to go back to “business as usual” operations. They must learn to work ethically with our people and our natural resources. This begins the road to recovery now, for a thriving future tomorrow.
Who We Are.
We are a network of environmental NGOs inspired every day by the true caretakers of our lands: Indigenous Peoples, farmers, fisherfolk.
Their culture, systems, and practices put the environment at the forefront of everything. They survive and thrive if nature can provide.
For the past decades, we have witnessed injustices concerning them. It is high time we take action to enable them to continue nurturing our lands. After all, it is every Filipino who will also benefit from these worthy causes.
The Philippine Greenprint is a campaign promoting the passage of four bills critical to the conservation of natural resources and the protection of people who take care of these resources.
We encourage fellow Filipinos to invest in developments that will foster a better future while attending to concerns pertaining to nature. This is the kind of investment the world needs after a major crisis. And all it’s asking for: an investment of time and attention that can generate multitudes of progressive returns spanning beyond our generation’s lifetime.
“If our conserved territories and areas are destroyed, how will we meet everyone’s needs?”
— Teresa Gaspar, Butbut Tribe of Tinglayan, Kalinga
The Network
Kaisahan
We are a social development organization established in 1990, empowering marginalized groups in rural areas of the Philippines, especially farmers. We are committed to help accelerate implementation of agrarian reform programs and rural development. We serve as convenor of the Campaign for Land Use Policy Now Network.
The Haribon Foundation
Our vision is to transform every individual into a biodiversity champion. Since 1972, we have been advocating for biodiversity conservation in the Philippines through building constituencies, empowering communities and applying multi-disciplinary approaches.
Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme - Philippines
We are a collaborative network of NGOs, CSOs, and grassroots organizations empowering communities to strengthen, develop, and promote forest management strategies that are sustainable, culturally-appropriate, and gender-responsive. We serve as Secretariat to the Philippine ICCA Working Group and the Philippine National ICCA Assembly.
SOS-Yamang Bayan Network
We are a multi-sectoral alliance of indigenous peoples, non-governmental organizations, people’s organizations, faith-based groups, youth, and artists pushing for the Alternative Minerals Management Bill.