Browsing by Subject "endemic species"

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    • DOST backs devt program from PH fishery sector 

      See, Dexter A. (Manila Standard, May 28, 2017, on page D2)
      The Department of Science and Technology and the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines have teamed up in adopting Sustainable Development Goals to provide the much-needed enhancement programs for the ...

    • EDC contributing P10m for Boracay rehabilitation 

      Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, February 3, 2019, on page C2)
      Geothermal producer Energy Development Corp. is investing P10 million in the rehabilitation of its adopted wetland in Barangay Balabag here over a three-year period. “Under our memorandum of agreement with the DENR [Department ...

    • Feed efficiency measure up 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2008, on page 1)
      A feed Efficiency determinant through bioenergetics can be a means of identifying feeds that are most suitable for aquaculture fishing as part of the government's aim of maximizing fish production. Southeast Asian Fisheries ...

    • Fish Ark PH: Keeping hope afloat for conservation of native freshwater fishes 

      Darvin, Loureeda C. (Panay News, March 3, 2013, on page D7)
      Through Fish Ark Philippines, UPLB has succeeded in the induced spawning and larval rearing of the silver therapon or "ayungin". That fish need a boat to survive seems counterintuitive but Fish Ark Philippines aims to be ...

    • Fishkill in Taal Lake spreads to Lipa, 2 towns in Batangas 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2011, on page A1-A22)
      Showing no signs of abating, the Taal Lake fishkill has spread to two more towns and a city over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday reported tons of farmed and endemic fish species turning belly up in new areas of the ...

    • Going beyond business as usual in saving endangered species 

      Lim, Theresa Mundita S. (BusinessMirror, May 24, 2020, on page A7)
      The Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) joined the international community in observing the Endangered Species Day last week, and urged reflections on the actions to be taken to reverse biodiversity decline across the ...

    • Hope for palawan forest turtle conservation 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, August 4, 2018, on page B8)
      Hope springs for the critically endangered Palawan forest turtle after conservationists successfully hatched a single egg following about 10 years of hard work. An extremely sought-after species in the illegal wildlife ...

    • ISU home of Phl 1st freshwater fisheries center 

      Ronda, Rainer Allan (The Philippine Star, June 29, 2018, on page B16)
      The Isabela State University (ISU) will be the home of the soon-to-be-established Cagayan Valley Freshwater Fisheries Center (CVFFC) after becoming one of the first awardees of the Niche Center of Science and Technology ...

    • Lakeside property regards environment as ‘first customer’ 

      Salazar, Tessa R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2013, on page B2-3)
      The isolated town of Buhi in Camarines Sur is home to the world’s smallest fish, the Mistichthys luzonensis, known among the natives as sinarapan. But Buhi, and its picturesque lake where the fish live, is also home to the ...

    • LGUs told to protect flora, fauna in Iloilo 

      De Los Santos, Michael Angelo (The Daily Guardian, November 22, 2016, on page 2-7)
      Manila graced the 3rd Iloilo Biodiversity and Watershed Week opening ceremonies, Nov. 21, 2016 at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office led by lawyer Arturo Cangrejo led the ...

    • Maranaos oppose Lake Lanao reclammation 

      Jannaral, Julmuniri (The Manila Times, May 28, 2018, on page A7)
      The Maranaos of Lanao del Sur are opposed to any expansion of the shores of the Lake Lanao in Marawi City as a reclamation area where tons of war debris as filling materials would be dumped. Limnologists or experts on the ...

    • [ Personnel of Parks and Wildlife Zone Management ] 

      (The News Today, September 17, 2004, on page 1)
      Personnel of Parks and Wildlife Zone Management Rommel Parreño and Rodrigo Umadhay apply first aid to revive the wounded sea green turtle whose upper eyelid was believed to have been hit by a motorized banca's propeller ...

    • Protecting the underwater fast-food joint 

      Agoot, Liza T. (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2015, on page B-9)
      The reclamation activities of the Chinese in the West Philippine Sea has allegedly destroyed a large parcel of coral reefs, threatening to affect the supply of fish and other marine products for the Philippines including ...

    • Reef Alert 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 9, 2016, on page A14)
      There is no way attention will be directed at the crying urgency of protecting the coral reefs unless we belabor the issue and repeat ourselves. At the rate coral reefs are being destroyed by human activity or damaged by ...

    • Revisiting the country's first crocodile farm 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, March 19, 2015, on page B-9)
      If there’s one more thing Palawan is known for aside from its tourist attractions like the secret lagoons, the white sand island coves of El Nido, the cleanest Kayangan Lake of Coron, and the extraordinary Puerto Princesa ...

    • Save Agusan Marsh 

      Agatep, Charlie (The Philippine Star, October 3, 2010, on page B-6)
      In 2008, 34 international companies joined an initiative of the Conference of Parties to the UN-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and committed to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects that would ...

    • Saving the 'Taklobo' giant clams of Samal 

      Lopez, Alexander D. (Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2015, on page 18)
      Adecor, Island Garden City of Samal - Fifteen years ago, giant clams locally known as "Taklobo" were already considered rare in the areas of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) as their numbers have continued to ...

    • Science comes to endangered Lake Sebu 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, October 12, 2018, on page A2)
      A new species of freshwater crab was discovered last year in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The Sundathelphusa miguelito crab is "very likely to be endemic in Mindanao, and further study," says Jose C. E. Mendoza, a lecturer ...

    • Scientist invents new hatchery tech to save endemic ayungin 

      PN (Panay News, December 14, 2019, on page B8)
      The declining population of the native freshwater fish ayungin, also known as silver therapon,is set to get a boost after a scientist devised a new system of growing its larvae in captivity. The hatchery technique was ...

    • SEAFDEC's fish museum 

      Treñas, Jerry (Panay News, April 6, 2001, on page 5)
      There us another museum, repository of our natural bounties that is beginning to catch public attention: the fish museum of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in Tigbauan town. If you want your kids to ...