Browsing by Subject "Climatic changes"

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    • 1 M species risk extinction due to humns - draft UN report 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2019, on page 4)
      Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by Agence France-Presse that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which ...

    • 1st Mangrove Congress on Research & Development set 

      (The Philippine Star, November 25, 2012, on page B-12)
      The 1st ASEAN Mangrove Congress on Research and Development unfold on Dec. 3-7, at the Century Park Hotel, Manila with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (DENR-ERDB) ...

    • 200 Aklan employees to plant 8,000 mangroves 

      Villanueva, Venus (The Daily Guardian, January 17, 2014, on page B6)
      About 200 employees of the Provincial Capitol of Aklan will plant 8,000 mangrove propagules on January 22 at the Bakhawan Eco-Park in New Buswang here. Activity organizer Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) ...

    • 350-ha mangrove reforestation up in Capiz 

      Guillermo, Jemin (Panay News, May 16, 2014, on page 4)
      Three hundred fifty hectares of mangrove areas in Capiz are set for reforestation. These mangrove areas are in the municipalities of Ivisan, Panay, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas and Sapian, said Valentin Talabero ...

    • 50 student leaders join climate change initiative 

      Noarbe, Elyrose (The Daily Guardian, May 31, 2016, on page B6)
      The camp is a brainchild of the JBLFMU Community and Extension Services (CES) spearheaded by Mary Mar Esmaña in cooperation with the Research Department under Dr. Melchor Magramo. Aside from Guimaras youths, the camp also ...

    • ₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2015, on page 11)
      The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ...

    • 52nd Fish Conservation Week: Highlights Stiffer Philippine Fisheries Code 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 22, 2015, on page 5)
      Only a month after the promulgation of its newly signed implementing rules and regulation (IRR), Republic Act (RA) 10654, which amended the Philippine fisheries code 1998, is the highlight of this year's celebration of the ...

    • $7 billion for marine protection 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 8, 2017, on page 15)
      A global conference to better protect marine life has raised more than $7 billion and won commitments to protect huge swathes of the Earth's oceans. The European Union, which organized the Our Ocean conference in the Maltese ...

    • 7-eleven leads tree planting at watershed 

      (The Manila Times, July 26, 2018, on page B6)
      Employees and officers of 7-Eleven came together to plant trees at the Marikina Watershed as part of the week-long celebration for 7-Eleven Day, which falls on July 11. 7-Eleven celebrated 7-Eleven Day by planting 1,550 ...

    • Act to transform climate 

      La Viña, Dean Tony (Manila Standard, June 6, 2015, on page A9)
      Last Wednesday, at the Kaminzimmer Conference Hall of the Bonn World Conference Center, the agreement on Climate Transformation 2015 or ACT 2015 hosted a side event where in our paper entitled "Getting specific on the 2015 ...

    • Activists, UN celebrate pope's call to arms on climate change 

      Hepinstall, Sonya (Malaya, June 19, 2015, on page B4-B5)
      Pope Francis’ appeal to save the planet won praise from climate change activists, scientists, and the United Nations on Thursday as a moral imperative to governments to make 2015 a turning point in efforts to slow global ...

    • ADB joins global effort on climate change 

      Torres, Ted (The Philippine Star, June 12, 2015, on page B-4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined a global Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to provide the highest-quality scientific data and tools to help developing countries improve their climate change planning. ADB vice ...

    • Addressing climate change thru our young 

      Borgueta, Sandra Joyce (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 31, 2016, on page A14)
      The drought has caused a heavy loss in the agricultural sector. The DA reported that a total of 134,321 metric tons of crops have been damaged as of March 7, 2016, by the dry spell. This affects an estimated 12 million ...

    • Adhesives work wonders for coral repair 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 18, 2016, on page A8)
      Carrying special adhesives, 30 scuba divers plunged 20 feet deep underwater at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here on Dec. 13 to transplant coral fragments, part of a process needed to revive the park’s degenerating ...

    • After warding off mass tourism: Hong Kong's last fishing village faces climate threats 

      Beh, Lih Yi (Malaya, October 26, 2018, on page A11)
      Located about two hours from downtown Hong Kong, rural Tai O is the last fishing village in the territory and is home to over 2,000 people. Fishing, the area’s traditional industry, is dying out after a 2012 government ban ...

    • Agriculture before the 2016 elections 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 10, 2015, on page B3)
      At the start of 2015, we should focus on agricultural development instead of being unduly distracted by the 2016 elections. This especially applies to the possible misuse of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) proposed ...

    • Agriculture Fisheries 2025 not 'ningas cogon' 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 17, 2015, on page B4)
      The main convenors of the AF2025 Conference were Agricultural Secretary Proceso Alcala, Congressional Agricultural Committee Chairs Senator Francis Pangilinan and Rep. Mark Mendoza, and private sector leaders from agriculture ...

    • Agriculture remains our greatest hope 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2015, on page 10)
      When the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was set up in Los Baños, Laguna, in 1960, with the support of the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Philippine government, it proceeded to undertake ...

    • Aklan agri-fishery council aims for nat'l Gawad Saka 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, June 6, 2017, on page 5)
      The Aklan Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council (PAFC) is vying for honors in the national Gawad Saka search for outstanding agricultural achievers. The council was recognized as regional awardee for Outstanding ...

    • Alcala assures PH climate adaptation 

      See, Dexter A. (Manila Standard, January 27, 2015, on page B6)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country is on the right track toward food security and climate change. “I think we are laying down a good foundation,” Alcala told the media here, citing the Benguet Agri-Pinoy ...