Browsing by Subject "erosion"

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    • Brazil resort town disappearing into the sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2022, on page 7)
      Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean ...

    • Capitol seeks to plant 10T mangroves today 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, May 19, 2018, on page 3-14)
      The provincial government hopes to plant 10,000 mangrove propagules today in the municipalities of Leganes and Dumangas. Some 5,000 mangrove propagules are being targeted for planting in Barangay Bigke, Leganes and another ...

    • Capiz kicks off 1M tree planting project 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, July 8, 2020, on page 5)
      The “1 Million Kahoy” project kicked off during the recent Arbor Day celebration in this province. Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras led the opening part of the project through an early morning mangrove and upland tree planting ...

    • Darwin's Arch in Galapagos Island collapses 

      BBC (Panay News, May 19, 2021, on page 5)
      A famous rock formation off the Galapagos Islands known as Darwin’s Arch has collapsed. The Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment said it was due to “natural erosion.”

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • Gov't agencies hold Boracay shutdown walkthrough 

      Rendon, Jennifer; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Ronda, Rainier Allan; Talavera, Catherine; Mercurio, Richmond; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, April 24, 2018, on page 1-10)
      The Western Visayas police office and the Metro Boracay police task force demonstrated how residents, workers and other personnel would enter and exit the world-famous island starting Thursday. Cagban port, which faces ...

    • Houses lost, industries collapse Atlantic Engulfs Brazil coastline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 18, 2022, on page A13)
      Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean ...

    • Iloilo plants more trees riverbanks 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, May 9, 2015, on page 4)
      The Iloilo province has embarked on reforestation of riverbanks to prevent siltation and erosion. The initiative is part of the Rainwater Harvesting and Watershed Board Strengthening Project which focuses on stabilizing ...

    • Maasin watershed's vulnerability to climate change being assessed 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, August 27, 2010, on page B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 and other stakeholders are now conducting an assessment on the vulnerability of the Maasin Watershed to climate change. The assessment is part of the five-day on going ...

    • Major causes of Laguna mass fish kill traced 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2002, on page B-10)
      Mass fish kill in Laguna de Bay has been traced to four major causes - dissolved oxygen, pollution, turbidity, and diseases. Eighty percent of reported fish kill incidents occur between May and September. These were the ...

    • MGB clears miners, quarries of blame on Marikina River flooding 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, February 17, 2021, on page B-2)
      Mining operations within the Marikina River Basin should not be blamed for the massive flooding that engulfed some parts of Marikina and Rizal province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses, the deadliest and most ...

    • RP is vulnerable to climate change 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, March 9, 2018, on page A5)
      Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ...

    • Seawall to save coastal village 

      Lazaro, Freddie G.; Beleo, Erwin G. (Manila Bulletin, June 24, 2013, on page 15)
      Bauang, La Union- After the completion of a seawall, also a flood control project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in the coastal Barangay Pilar of this town, local residents are optimistic that this ...

    • West Africa sets out to protect dying mangroves 

      Thompson, Felicity (BusinessWorld, March 12, 2010, on page S3/8)
      Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks. In Sierra Leone, one of Africa's ...

    • When development is good for the environment 

      Cruz, Neal H. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2012, on page A18)
      The recent flood spawned by the monsoon rains that hit Metro Manila and parts of Central Luzon have triggered widespread finger-pointing. Many were quick to blame the squatters who had built their shanties along the banks ...