Orlando Ravanera today is a well respected journalist in Mindanao running columns in several major local newspapers. He is the Chairperson of 2 major environmental movements in Mindanao - the Task Force Macalajar Bay and the Task Force Kinaiyahan and National Chairperson of the the Makakalikasan - Nature Party Philippines, an emerging national green political party. He is former Undersecretary and Chairperson of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)