Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "Man-induced effects"
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Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes
(The Philippine Star,September 27, 1999 , on page 18)A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ... -
Boracay waters being rid of coral-devouring starfishes
(The Philippine Star,September 18, 1999 , on page 18)A campaign to rid the waters of the world-famous tourists island of Boracay in Aklan of crown-of-thorns (COT) starfishes in on. Since last year, some 10,000 COTs have been manually gathered by local dive shop operators, ... -
Boracay waters safe for swimmers-DENR: Environment chief notes absence of algal blooms on beach after island rehab
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 27, 2019 , on page A8)These days, visitors to White Beach need only a quick glance at the shoreline to conclude that the water quality in the country’s premier tourist destination has improved, according to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu. ... -
Boracay wetlands being threatened
(Manila Bulletin,February 24, 2017 , on page 13)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) wants to preserve the wetlands in the country’s premier beach destination, Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. DENR Director for Western Visayas Jim Sampulna said the ... -
Boracay: Man vs Nature
(Manila Standard,May 6, 2018 , on page A5)For one of those rare times in Philippine history, the government ordered the temporary closing of an island—for environmental reasons. Last month, Boracay, an island famous for its white sand beaches and for being one of ... -
Brgy execs in ‘hot water’ over Punta Taytay shore garbage
(Panay News,November 23, 2018 , on page 2-14)Photos on Facebook showing a swarm of garbage gathering along the shoreline of Purok Katilingban, Barangay Punta Taytay caught the attention of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran. This is the responsibility of the barangay, the ... -
Can 'weak' El Niño trigger coral bleaching epidemic?
(The Philippine Star,December 8, 2002 , on page 12)Will this year's "weak" El Niño trigger another round of mysterious "bleaching" that savaged economically-vital coral reefs in a clocklike-wave of infection in 1998?. Scientists J. H. Primavera and E.D. Gomez have documented ... -
Can the DENR hack it?
(Manila Standard,January 22, 2019 , on page A5)This Sunday (Jan. 27) the Department of Environment and Natural Resources begins implementing a 10-year plan costing a whopping P42 billion to revive Manila Bay from decades of pollution and urban blight. You will recall ... -
Carbon dioxide threatens: Tropical coral reefs
(Manila Bulletin,February 3, 2000 , on page B-11)As if there weren't already enough threats to coral refs, now scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in seawater could be a direct threat to these ... -
Carbon from Indonesia fires exceeds US emissions: green groups
(BusinessWorld,October 23, 2015 , on page S3/4)Fires raging across huge areas of Indonesia are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day than the US economy, according to estimates from global environment watchdogs. For nearly two months, thousands ... -
China: Reclamation almost done
(Manila Standard,June 17, 2015 , on page A4)Despite calls by the united states and the Philippines for China to stop its reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea, Beijing announced that it is about to complete some of its land reclamation in the ... -
Chinese ecocide
(The Philippine Star,March 29, 2019 , on page B5)Ecocide, or ecocatastrophe, is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that ... -
Chinese ship waste endangering reefs
(SunStar Philippines,July 14, 2021 , on page 4)Swarns of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, causing algae blooms that have damaged coral reefs and threatened fish in an unfolding catastrophe, a ... -
Citizen’s group supports Manila Bay rehabilitation
(The Manila Times,February 14, 2019 , on page B5)The nationwide citizen’s movement Maypagasa has thrown its support for the “Battle of Manila Bay” led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maypagasa is a multi-sectoral group that advocates good ... -
Cleaning up Manila Bay
(Manila Standard,January 10, 2019 , on page A5)President Duterte could be embarking on what can only be termed as the most ambitious environmental cleanup project in the country. This is the cleaning of Manila Bay. If he succeeds, it will be one of the crowning ... -
Climate Change is real
(BusinessWorld,January 23, 2015 , on page S1/9)In a surprise move, US Senate Republicans joined Democrats and went on record on Wednesday acknowledging that climate change is real. The symbolic amendment attached to a controversial bill authorizing construction of the ... -
Climate change warming Asian waters, altering monsoon
(Manila Bulletin,July 7, 2016 , on page B8)The all-important monsoon forecast becomes a national priority, with more than 70 percent of India's 1.25 billion citizens engaged in agriculture and relying on weather predictions to decide when they will sow their seeds ... -
Climate debate takes global pulse before summit
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2015 , on page A1-A21)From the typhoon-ravaged Philippines to the Arizona desert, thousands of people began gathering Saturday, June 6 in small groups in 79 countries for what was touted as the biggest public debate on climate change. Results ... -
Coastal cleanup
(The Philippine Star,September 16, 2019 , on page 16)As the country marked the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law last Saturday, about 20,000 people gathered around Manila Bay for a different type of observance: International Coastal Cleanup or ICC Day. The ... -
Coastal management
(Panay News,December 3, 2017 , on page 7)Let us implement our environmental laws, plant mangroves or restore coral reefs, whichever is applicable. We should bring back the bounty and restore the ecological integrity of our threatened bodies of water. Moreover, ...