D'Aboville Foundation

19/06/2026

Happy Birthday, Ate Juanita "Nina" Saet! ✨

Thank you for your dedication to guiding and coordinating our field teams and for representing DAF in engagements with Indigenous Peoples and other stakeholders. Your wisdom, leadership, and commitment to people and conservation continue to inspire us and strengthen our mission. As our Gender Champion, you have helped create a safe, respectful, and inclusive space where women feel supported and empowered. May your special day be filled with meaningful moments, and may the year ahead bring you continued purpose, fulfillment, and countless reasons to celebrate. 🎂🎈

07/06/2026

Maligayang Kaarawan, Kuya Arnold Dangupon! 🎂🎉

Thank you for your support and contributions to DAF and for your dedication to strengthening communication and collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples communities in the SADIK area. Your experience, commitment, and positive spirit continue to support our mission and inspire those around you. Wishing you a joyful birthday and a year filled with good health, happiness, and success! 🎈

05/06/2026

🌊 Let’s turn the tide together this World Environment Day weekend! 🌊

Calling all ocean lovers in Puerto Galera! Join us tomorrow morning to clean our coastline and provide raw materials for an inspiring youth art workshop.

📍 Where: Aninuan Beach (Meet at the Tamaraw Resort Entrance), Puerto Galera
⏰ When: Tomorrow, Saturday, June 6th | 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
🎒 Bring: Reusable water bottles and hats!

✨ From Beach Clean-Up to Collaborative Art ✨

The waste we collect will be immediately upcycled in a hands-on coral-themed art workshop for the children of the Stairway Foundation as the beneficiaries.

This creative session will be proudly led by the D'ABOVILLE Foundation and Puerto Galera Most Beautiful Bay, Inc., teaching the kids how to transform discarded beach fragments into a beautiful collaborative masterpiece.

See you on the sand at 6:30 AM tomorrow to start our weekend with purpose! 🌅🦀

04/06/2026

22/05/2026

🌿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 🌿

The International Day for Biological Diversity began with the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where world leaders adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a global agreement to protect life on Earth, use nature sustainably, and share its benefits fairly. It remains a call to safeguard the planet’s living wealth.

The Philippines, one of the world’s megadiverse countries and part of a global biodiversity hotspot, is home to many species found nowhere else. In Mindoro, unique and endemic wildlife depend on remaining forest habitats that continue to face pressure from land-use change and degradation.

Through Thriving Together with Tamaraw, conservation efforts in Mindoro focus on protecting critical habitats, supporting Indigenous Peoples’ stewardship, and promoting coexistence between people and wildlife. It is a reminder that protecting biodiversity means protecting both nature and the communities that depend on it.

In photo: Ms. Narcisa Damaso, a Park Ranger from MIBNP-PAMO during one of the Interpretational and Intergenerational Consultation Workshop for Bale Fagfuyongan.

22/05/2026

This year’s theme, “𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁,” recalls the saying of the French philosopher, sociologist, and theologian Jacques Ellul. It summarizes an ecological approach to modernity that advocates for citizen resistance to the excesses of technological society.

This well describes our endeavor in building sustainable landscapes for both wildlife and people, and emphasizes the Mindoro Indigenous Peoples whose upland communities struggle to maintain a lifestyle close to nature.

16/05/2026

15/05/2026

13/05/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗼: 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆

After two years of fieldwork in the forests of Aruyan-Malati, Municipality of Sablayan, in the island of Mindoro, we are proud to share that the scientific article resulting from the collaboration with the DENR - Tamaraw Conservation Program Office, Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of Sablayan.

“Camera-trapping reveals globally threatened mammalian biodiversity in Mindoro, Philippines” documents the camera trap surveys conducted between 2020 and 2022 with Andrew Tilker, Emmanuel Schütz, Fernando Garcia Gil and Christophe Bonenfant.

The absence of Philippine deer (𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢) records, despite evidence of former presence, underline conservation needs, while the presence of domestic dogs and cats deep in the forest raises concern of the local small fauna.

The study highlights the importance of protecting the Aruyan-Malati and supporting conservation approaches that work closely with local Taobuid communities while strengthening protection efforts on the ground.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Mandai Nature, Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP), French Association of Zoos (AFdPZ), Berlin Tierpark, as well as our local partners, field assistants, Indigenous communities, and collaborators whose contributions made this work possible.

Read the full article here: https://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/articles/esr01490