Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
BS Agroforestry’s “plant and live” tree-planting drive, where 128 students and 3 faculty members adopted and planted trees (February 2026).
Read the story →The Center for Environmental Studies and Wetlands International validated 27 mangrove sites across Mindoro for the DENR–PhilSA BakaJuan Project (June 2024).
Read the story →What MinSU reports for this goal in international sustainability rankings, with the supporting documents.
15.2.1 Does your university as a body support and/or organise events aimed to promote conservation and sustainable utilisation of the land, including forests and wild land? Yes
Event about sustainable use of land.pdf15.2.3 Does your university as a body work directly to maintain and extend existing ecosystems and their biodiversity, of both plants and animals, especially ecosystems under threat? Yes
Maintain and extend current ecosystem biodiversity.pdf15.2.3 Maintain and extend current ecosystems' biodiversity.pdf15.2.4 Does your university as a body offer educational programmes on ecosystems (looking at wild flora and fauna) for local or national communities? Yes
Educational Programs on Ecosystem.pdf15.2.6 Does your university as a body offer educational programme/outreach for local or national communities on sustainable management of land for tourism? Yes
Community Based Tourism.pdf15.2.5 - Does your university as a body offer educational programme/outreach for local or national communities on sustainable management of land for agriculture? Yes
Training on Sustainable Agricultural Production on Mangyan Communities in Mindoro.pdf15.2.5 Sustainable management of land for agriculture and tourism (educational outreach).pdf15.3.1 - Does your university as a body have a policy to ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems associated with the university, in particular forests, mountains and drylands? Yes
MinSU Land-use and Development Plan.pdf15.3.1 Sustainable use, conservation and restoration of land (policy).pdf15.3.4 - Does your university as a body have a policy to reduce the impact of alien species on Campus? Yes
MinSU Land-use and Development Plan.pdf15.3.4 Alien species impact reduction (policies).pdf15.2.2 - Does your university as a body have policies to ensure that food on campus is sustainably farmed? Yes
15.2.2 Sustainably farmed food on campus.pdf15.3.2 Does your university as a body have a policy to identify, monitor and protect any IUCN Red Listed species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by the operation of your university? Yes
Protection and conservation of species.pdf15.3.2 Monitoring IUCN and other conservation species (policies).pdf15.3.3 - Does your university as a body include local biodiversity into any planning and development process (e.g. construction of new buildings)? Yes
MinSU Land-use and Development Plan.pdf15.3.3 Local biodiversity included in planning and development.pdf15.3.5 - Does your university as a body collaborate with the local community, e.g. through partnerships, in efforts to maintain shared land ecosystems? Yes
Barangay Alcate Presentation.pdf15.3.5 Collaboration for shared land ecosystems.pdf15.4.1 - Does your university as a body have water quality standards and guidelines for water discharges (to uphold water quality in order to protect ecosystems, wildlife, and human health and welfare, etc.)? Yes
Water Test.pdf15.4.1 Water discharge guidelines and standards.pdf15.4.2 - Does your university as a body have a policy on reducing plastic waste on campus? Yes
MinSU-General-Policy-on-Ecological-Solid-Waste-Management..pdf15.4.3 - Does your university as a body have a policy, process or practice on waste disposal - covering hazardous materials? Yes
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