The BusinessMirror was awarded the Asean Champion of Biodiversity for the Media Category in 2014 for being the “only newspaper in the Southeast Asia region with an environment section and a dedicated biodiversity page.”
The award was given by the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the ACB-GIZ Biodiversity and Climate Change Project on Wednesday at a hotel in Mandaluyong City.
The BusinessMirror was recognized for being a newspaper that “makes biodiversity a priority topic.”
“Living up to its commitment of providing a ‘broader look at today’s business,’ the BusinessMirror is promoting biodiversity conservation through its day-to-day reportage and special reports, as well as its evaluation and presentation of stories across all sections,” the certificate of recognition said.
The BusinessMirror comes out with an environment section, the Green Section, that has the Green, Biodiversity and Science pages every Sunday.
“It is the ‘only newspaper in the Southeast Asia which gives importance to environment and biodiversity,” Rolly Inciong, head of Communication and Public Affairs of ACB, said during the awarding ceremony.
The other awardees were two Youth Sector champions. Adeline Tiffanie Suwana was awarded for having founded the Sahabat Alam (Friends of Nature), an environmental education and youth-empowerment program with 25,000 members. She is from Indonesia.
Another Youth Sector champions are Gabriella and Giovanna Thorir for the Bekantan Twins Project that works to stop the loss of the endangered proboscis monkey. They are also from Indonesia.
The first Asean Champions of Biodiversity award was held in 2011, where the BusinessMirror bagged third place in the Media Category.
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