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    • 'Buwaya' in the limelight 

      David, Rina J. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2011, on page A13)
      Crocodiles or buwaya are once more in the news, but this time in their original incarnations and not their human versions. We’ll get to those in time. Crocodiles are back in the limelight after the capture of a 6.4-meter-long ...

    • East Asian states issue declaration for sustainable marine resources 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 6, 2018, on page B6)
      Eleven countries bordering the seas of East Asia have issued a joint declaration affirming their commitment toward the conservation and sustainable development of coastal and marine resources in the region. The Iloilo ...

    • Huge global mangrove loss confirmed 

      Chavez, Chito (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2015, on page B-8)
      The Global Forest Watch (GFW) – under the World Resources Institute based on its satellite data – has confirmed the huge loss of mangrove forests in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other neighboring countries. ...

    • Iloilo 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, December 29, 2002, on page 14)
      Seventeen aquaculture specialist from 10 Asian countries completed the Third Country Training Program on Responsible Aquaculture Development (TCTP-RAD) conducted recently at a Southeast Asian center in Tigbauan town. A ...

    • Iloilo Declaration for healthy oceans 

      La Viña, Tony (Manila Standard, December 4, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Confidence, optimism and determination reigned in Iloilo City last Thursday, 29 November 2018, as the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress concluded. After three days of events and sessions that brought together various ocean ...

    • PH seeks more climate action for Coral Triangle 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, December 20, 2018, on page B5)
      The Philippines sees the need for more international climate action that will better protect the 6- million-square-kilometer coral triangle, the marine area experts cited as center marine biodiversity on earth. Environment ...

    • Reg'l cooperation key to Coral Triangle protection - Cimatu 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, December 15, 2018, on page B8)
      Environment secretary Roy Cimatu has called for strengthening of regional cooperation to protect the Coral Triangle and its marine resources from the devastating effects of climate change. Cimatu made the call during the ...

    • Starfish threatens famed coral reefs 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 7, 2013, on page S3/9)
      A coral-killing starfish has begun infesting a channel of water in the Philippines famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world, the government said Friday. The appearance of the crown-of-thorns ...

    • Starfish threatens Phl coral reefs anew 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, June 1, 2019, on page 16)
      A coral-killing starfish has again begun infesting a channel of water in the Philippines famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world, the government said yesterday. The appearance of the crown-of-thorns ...