Lord of the Forest Book Launch
Lord of the Forest: The Fall and Rise of the Great Philippine Eagle, the long-awaited sequel to Alain Pascua's original Haring Ibon, has finally launched!
We want to thank everyone who came to the launch of Alain Pascua's latest book, Lord of the Forest: The Fall and Rise of the Great Philippine Eagle.
We are incredibly grateful to Theresa Mundita Lim, former Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and DENR-BMB; Dr. Susan Mercado, former WHO Director for Program Management in the Western Pacific Region; Naderev M. Saño, former Climate Change Commissioner and Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia; Dr. Segfredo R. Serrano, former DA Undersecretary for Policy and Planning; Darlow Parazo, CEO of DBA Global Shared Services; and Leonardo "Ka Leny" M. Manalo, author of Passage Through Consciousness and Chairman of Kaakbay ng Guro for sharing their insights, and giving a short message into their parts in creating Lord of the Forest with Alain.
Our kind regards to Mike Lu, President of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines; Anthony Arbias, President of Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society Inc.; Rainier Manalo, Program Director of Crocodylus Porosus Philippines, Inc.; Ms. Mari Almeda, DENR-BMB Ecosystem Management Specialist; Anson M. Tagtag, DENR Wildlife Resources Division Chief; and WBPP trustees Chin Fernandez, Djop Tabaranza, Prof. Bert Madrigal, and Loel Lamela for gracing the presence of the book launch.
We want to thank Ron Canimo, author of Mga Tala at Tula, and Deejay Santiago, two rising poets who contributed a Filipino and an English poem to each of the book's chapters, and for reciting these poems during the book launch!
Lastly, to Professor Blas Tabaranza and Dr. Neil Aldrin Mallari, who wrote the Forewords; to Professor Juan Carlos Gonzalez, who wrote the book's introduction; and to Atty. Felix S. Alicer of DENR-BMB for giving recorded video messages for the launch.
Special thanks go to Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines' very own Bert Briones, Christian Benavidez, and Vinz Pascua for documenting the book launch!
