Communities nationwide came together for Philippine Eagle Week (PEW) 2025, celebrating the country’s iconic bird while renewing their commitment to protect it and the forests it calls home. With the theme Soaring Together: Empowering Communities, Educating Minds, and Protecting the Philippine Eagle, this year’s observance brought together local leaders, youth, Indigenous peoples, and partner organizations to push for stronger conservation action.

Led by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), the week featured events in Luzon and Mindanao to raise awareness, educate, and inspire action.

 

 

DAVAO CITY: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

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The week opened at the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Malagos, Davao City—home of the country’s main captive breeding and education hub. Hundreds of students, teachers, families, and local officials joined guided tours, workshops, and film screenings highlighting the eagle’s plight and the need for forest protection.

 

 

A FIRST FOR LUZON

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For the first time, PEW was also celebrated in Luzon, following a rare eagle sighting in the Sierra Madre. In partnership with SM City Cabanatuan, PEF mounted a public event featuring student artworks inspired by the eagle. The exhibit drew crowds of families and mallgoers curious to learn about the eagle’s role in keeping forests healthy.

Mr. Gerundio Fernandez of the DENR Nueva Ecija described the eagle as a “gigantic guardian of our forests and a symbol of our heritage.” PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvador called the event “a historic moment” and urged communities in Luzon to protect remaining forests and help the eagle population recover.

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COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS VOICES IN DAVAO

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Back in Davao, the three-day event at SM City Davao Annex drew Indigenous leaders, students, volunteers, and conservationists. Exhibits and talks covered eagle biology, breeding programs, and stories from the Obu Manuvu and Sumpaw Nang Magkatikadung Sang Maragusan communities, who have helped locate eagle nesting sites. Dr. Franklyn Buenaflor of DENR XI emphasized that “the eagle’s survival depends on our forests—and our forests depend on our united action.”

 

 

PARTNERSHIPS KEEP THE EAGLE SOARING

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The Davao event was supported by Inlife Foundation, Ulticon Builders Inc., the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor Project, Lakpue Drug Inc., Arellano University, BPI, FDC Utilities, and the Davao City Government. PEF’s partnership with COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises, through its Citizen COMCO movement, will further spread its conservation message.

As PEW 2025 wraps up, PEF calls on all Filipinos to keep working together to protect the Philippine eagle—and the forests that sustain us all.