Browsing by Subject "endangered species"

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    • Farmer held for selling P30-M 'taklobo' in Cebu 

      Cordova, Calvin (Tempo, October 16, 2022, on page 1-2)
      Authorities arrested a 46-year-old farmer for selling endangered giant clams locally known as “taklobo” worth P30 million in Barangay Bongoyan, Borbon, Cebu last Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Anecito Pogado of ...

    • Green sea turtle released to its natural home 

      (DailyGuardian, August 17, 2022, on page 8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Community ENR Office of Cadiz City together with the City ENR Office of Escalante rescued male Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Guiwanon, Old Poblacion, ...

    • Green turtles rescued in Tibiao 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, January 24, 2023, on page 4)
      Three green sea turtles stranded in the coastal area of Barangay San Isidro, Tibiao, Antique were rescued. The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and ...

    • Groups strengthen efforts to protect ‘pawikan’ nesting site, coral reefs in Subic Bay 

      Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2022, on page A8)
      Carrying trash bags, local licensed scuba divers went into the waters off All Hands Beach Resort here on Friday to collect underwater garbage as part of a multisectoral initiative to protect the marine and coastal environment ...

    • Int'l dolphin day: Protect our Irrawaddy Dolphins 

      Mangrove Matters PH; Earth Island Institute (SunStar Philippines, September 12, 2023, on page 6)
      The International Dolphin Day is celebrated annually every September 12 and it was created a year ago by Sea Shepherd, a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Washington in the United States, to ...

    • Joining fight to protect wildlife 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2020, on page B-6)
      The International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently partnered with the Katala Foundation, Inc. to implement a wildlife research and conservation project within Palawan's Victoria- Anepa'an Mountain Range ...

    • Lawmen seize giant clams worth $3.3m 

      (Manila Standard, March 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine authorities have seized illegally harvested giant clam shells worth $3.3 million as smugglers turn to the endangered creatures as substitute for the illicit ivory trade. In one of the biggest operations of its ...

    • 'Paeng' wipes out 'pawikan' nesting sites in Quezon 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 1, 2022, on page A8)
      Several nesting sites of “pawikan,” or sea turtles, along the coast of Tayabas Bay in Sariaya town in Quezon province were destroyed at the height of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), an environmental ...

    • PCG rescues trapped whale shark in Bacolod 

      Bañaga, Dominique Gabriel (Panay News, November 19, 2022, on page 3)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Northern Negros Occidental rescued a whale shark or butanding that got trapped in a fish pen in Barangay Banago here on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16. Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, PCG-Northern ...

    • Save the 'pawikan' in San Jose, inday Sen. Loren urged 

      (Panay News, November 8, 2022, on page 7)
      Environmentalist in Antique are urging Antiqueña senator Inday Loren Legarda to help save endangered marine turtles (locally known as pawikan) in San Jose, Antique. they are counting on the good senator to address the ...

    • Save the hawksbill sea turtle 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2022, on page B-9)
      Banwa Private Island has long been a favored nesting site for these turtles, and conservation projects are continuously implemented to protect preferential areas for them to lay their eggs. May 23 is World Turtle Day, an ...

    • Sea cows, abalone, pillar coral now threatened with extinction 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, December 11, 2022, on page 6)
      Dugongs-large herbivorous marine mammals commonly known as "sea cows" -- are now threatened with extinction, according to an official list updated Friday. These gentle cousins of the manatee graze on seagrass in shallow ...

    • SMPC reseeds 500 endangered clams on Semirara Island 

      (Panay News, July 8, 2022, on page 6)
      Integrated energy company Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), together with the Department of Energy and barangay local government units, reseeded 500 endangered clams on March 16 and 17, 2022 at the 138-hectare ...

    • 'Turtle trip' in Iloilo 

      (DailyGuardian, April 27, 2023, on page 8)
      The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Sara recorded its first encounter with a Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) that was spotted laying eggs on the shoreline of Bantigue Islet, Brgy. Gabi ...