by: Claro A. Lanipa
Pagadian City, May 10 (PIA) – To raise people’s awareness on the need for the protection of migratory
birds and their habitat, every second weekend of May has been declared as World
Migratory Bird Day. This year it falls on May May 12 and 13 with the theme,
“Migratory Birds and People Together Through Time.”
This is an annual awareness raising
campaign initiated in 2006, where people
around the world take action and organize public events such as bird festivals,
education programs and bird watching activities.
Considering the cultural, social,
historic, economic and spiritual connections we have with birds, it becomes
clear that migratory birds and people are inseparably connected in many
different ways and on many different levels.
Migratory birds can be found almost everywhere
on the planet, so virtually wherever you go, birds will be there too. Some
people may have more affection and deeper bond with birds then others, but when
one starts to really thing about the cultural, social, historic, economic and
spiritual connections we have with birds, it becomes clear that birds and
people are linked in many different ways on many different levels.
In Zamboanga del Sur, the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Field Office IX, has
scheduled a migratory bird watching and counting in Tukuran and Lakewood on May
11 and 12. This activity will be participated by DENR officials together with
the officials of the local government unit concerned. (DENR9/CAL/PIA9)
