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It was the growing list of environmental problems in 1978 affecting different areas in the country and the seeming lack of awareness and concern that a group of young people and their teachers from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (Delfin Ganapin, Jr., Dr. Percy Sajise, Sr. Aida Velasquez, Pastor Delbert Rice among others as convenors) were imbued to organize and call an environmental congress to signify their concern and the need for action in the problems of the environment.  In that first congress, the PFEC was born.

The PFEC was the first environmental network in the Philippines bringing together more than 200 NGOs-POs in its initiative to raise environmental consciousness and concerted efforts to find appropriate actions and solutions to environmental issues and concerns.
 

Despite the risks involved in advocacy work during the Martial Law period, the PFEC led campaigns against environmentally destructive projects such as the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, the Chico dam, the Cellophil Plant, the Kawasaki Sintering Plant, the export of logs and other host of issues.         

From the time of its establishment in 1979 to 1991, it maintained itself as a voluntary organization composed of individuals and organizations from all parts of the country and served as a hub for exchanges of environmental information and action on critical environmental issues.  In 1991, PFEC was given support by the Dutch Embassy to establish an office and formalize its organization.  This opportunity strengthened PFEC’s networking initiatives, forged linkages with organizations not only based in city/provincial centers but reached rural based organizations.
 
As more environmental networks were established at the regional and island-wide levels in the mid-90’s, the PFEC focused its energies in forestry issues and in providing services to people’s organizations engaged in community-based forestry.  Since 1996, PFEC has provided support and assistance to struggling people’s organizations in community forestry.
 

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PFEC Mobilizes Local Stakeholders' Action Towards Sustainable NRM and Social Enterprise in Mt. KitangladMALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon - Taking part in the 13th celebration of Adlaw ta Kitanglad, the Philippine Federation for Environmental Concern (PFEC), an environmental non-government organization, formally started implementing its program in the municipality of Talakag and the city of Malaybalay, both in the province of Bukidnon that is aimed at helping the communities to effectively manage the natural resources of their Community-Based Forest Management Areas (CBFMA) andat the sme time engage in sustainable livelihood activities.In a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on Nov. 12 and entered among various stakeholders in Imbayao during the third day celebration of this year's Aldaw ta...Read more...
PFEC Campaigns for Planting of Indigenous Trees in Philippine Forests Rehabilitation and Development
The Philippines is known all over the world for its hardwoods. From 1972 to 1988, the logging industry leveled 8.57 million hectares of forest. During the same period, the industry devastated 3.88 million hectares of forest. Due to the unabated destruction of our forest, only 6-8% of natural vegetation remains. Considered to be one of the world's richest repositories of biological diversity, we have about 3,879, identified tree species of which 3,574 are indigenous and 305 are introduced species. Unfortunately, nationwide reforestation efforts have limited itself to planting a number of species-gmelina, mahogany and narra.Read more...
Climate Change Issues Take Center Stage in PFEC’s 15th National Environmental Congress in Laguna
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna- Responding to the recent calamities that pummeled the country, the Philippine Federation for Environmental Concern (PFEC) has organized the 15th National Environmental Congress on Oct. 14-16 to tackle the impacts of climate change.                 Taking up the theme, “Strengthening the Community’s Coping Mechanisms with the Challenges of Climate Change-Induced and Human-Aggravated Natural disasters,” some 100 participants, including experts, have gathered for the three-day congress held at the SEARCA Drilon hall of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB), Laguna.                 Dr. Luis Rey Velasco, Chancellor of the UPLB, welcomed the participants, stressing that the event was “timely” as the country is still...Read more...

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