Year of the Protected Areas

Amid the Philippines’ 7,641 islands are 247 protected areas that have been set apart for their unique biodiversity, ecological richness, and needed preservation.

This video series features six of the country’s natural treasures highlighted in the Year of the Protected Areas (YoPA) campaign that encourages sustainable ecotourism activities to help conserve the Philippines’ protected areas.

YoPA is a campaign of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Tourism (DOT), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of UNDP Philippines.