Browsing by Subject "urbanization"

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    • Aboitiz group moves to save Davao turtles 

      (Manila Standard, June 12, 2016, on page B3)
      For a caretaker's son at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park, coming home is all about re-learning the lessons of family and environmental stewardship. The Philippines—an archipelago of 7,500 islands, nearly each with its own tongue ...

    • Agri dept eyes increased RE use 

      Cariño, Conrad M. (The Manila Times, July 2, 2020, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will push for the optimization of renewable energy (RE) to grow food using aquaponics and hydroponics technologies. Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Monday received from Weather ...

    • Agriculture-related investments boost Davao del Norte 

      Francisco, Carmelito (BusinessWorld, January 28, 2015, on page 4/S1)
      Industries supporting the agricultural export sector and urban development projects are bringing in some P12 billion worth of investments into Davao del Norte, according to data from the Department of Trade and Industry's ...

    • Climate-oriented dev't to save millions from poverty 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, December 2, 2016, on page A2)
      More than 100 million people from Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines may fall into extreme poverty by 2030 without climate-oriented development in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...

    • Closed Season 

      (Panay News, November 21, 2016, on page 14-14)
      Feom Nov. 15, 2016 to Feb. 15, 2017 it is prohibited to catch sardines, herrings and mackerels in the Visayan Sea – a rich fishing ground bordered by the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Masbate. The annual closed season ...

    • DA launches integrated urban fish-garden farming 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2020, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is bringing urban garde­ning closer to homes as it formally launched its urban aquaponics program early this week, which will provide interested municipalities with the proper equipment ...

    • DA taps renewable energy for urban agriculture program 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 30, 2020, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will maximize the use of renewable energy to sustain food production under its Urban Agriculture Project. In a statement on Monday, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said he has received ...

    • DA, Aboitiz team up for RE use in food production 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, June 30, 2020, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture and the Aboitiz Group will optimize the use of renewable energy in pushing for urban farming in a bid to boost food production in the country. Aboitiz-led Weather Philippines Foundation Inc. ...

    • DENR starts reviving mangrove trees along a portion of Manila Bay 

      (BusinessWorld, January 4, 2021, on page S1/8)
      The environment department has started planting nilad trees at the Baseco lagoon to revive the mangrove species along Manila Bay, the agency announced last week. “Nowadays, we can hardly find nilad growing in this place. ...

    • DILG: Inventory Manila Bay's informal settlers 

      Cabrera, Romina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2019, on page 12)
      The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed barangays to conduct an inventory of the informal settler families (ISFs) living along Manila Bay’s shoreline and the bay’s tributaries, an official ...

    • Fishpond in the urban farm 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 28, 2015, on page B-6)
      Photo shows a cemented water tank that can be used to grow tilapia in the urban garden. This one is in the model urban of Sen. Cynthia Villan in Las Piñas City. The fish can be for home consumption or for sale in the market.

    • Indonesian leader: Sinking Jakarta needs giant sea wall 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, July 29, 2019, on page 18)
      Indonesia’s president said in an interview that he wants to see the speedy construction of a giant sea wall around Jakarta to prevent the low-lying capital from sinking under the sea, lending renewed backing and a sense ...

    • Laguna de Bay: A vision for the future 

      Palafox, Felino Jr. (BusinessWorld, August 31, 2010, on page S1/4-S1/5)
      Strategically located in the country’s center of urban and industrial development, Laguna de Bay (LdB) is the largest inland body of water in the Philippines and the second largest lake in Southeast Asia. It has a surface ...

    • 'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B.; Wakefield, Francis T.; Antonio, Raymund F.; Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2016, on page 4)
      Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...

    • Measures lined up to save dying Iloilo River 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (BusinessWorld, September 24, 2010, on page S1/1)
      An estimate one million cubic meters of wastewater is dumped in the Iloilo River daily, environment officials said this week. Noel Z. Hechanova, Iloilo City environment and natural resources office (CENRO) chief, said 200 ...

    • 'Metro Cebu wildlife sanctuary threatened by urbanization' 

      Fernandez, Rudy (The Philippine Star, November 9, 2017, on page B6)
      Metro Cebu’s Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary (OIWS) continues to be threatened by urbanization. The Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary is a 5,800-hectare expanse in Metro Cebu that encompasses inter-tidal flat lands, ...

    • 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 ...

    • New council to open markets to agriculture, fishery sectors 

      Mateo, Wenceslao E. Jr. (The Daily Guardian, January 5, 2015, on page 2)
      The creation of the Highly Urbanized City Agricultural and Fishery Council of Iloilo City (HUCAFC-IC) will help spur the agriculture and the fisheries sectors of the city. The council was created through an ordinance ...

    • P16.9M in livelihood projects for fisherfolks 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (The Daily Guardian, August 24, 2018, on page 3-15)
      Iloilo City needs P16.9 million for the proposed project “Enhancement of Fisherfolk Capacity and Livelihood Development for Community Resiliency” for the fisherfolk sector of the community. According to City Agriculturist ...

    • 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 ...