Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "mangroves"

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    • 5,000 mangroves planted in Anilao 

      PN (Panay News, May 28, 2017, on page B2)
      A total of 5,000 mangroves seedlings composed of potted bakawan (Rhizopora apiculata) and bungalon (Avicennia officinalis) were planted in Barangay San Carlos, Anilao, Iloilo, recently. The tree-planting activity was in ...

    • 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 ...

    • 500,000 mangroves for Olango 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, February 13, 2010, on page 14)
      As part of its effort to ensure the preservation and protection of coastal resources here, the Kanepackage Group Inc. through its KP Green Earth project in collaboration with the Region 7 office of the Department of ...

    • 5T bangus in open sea 

      Melliza, Pet (Panay News, September 22, 1995, on page 2)
      The Provincial government is releasing 5,000 marketable size bangus (200 grammers) in open sea to celebrate the National Fish Conservation Week Oct. 16-21. "We are replenishing sabalus (bangus breeders) and tell the people ...

    • Abandoned fishpond is now mangrove sanctuary 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, October 10, 2018, on page 13)
      A formerly abandoned fishpond is now teeming with Miyapi (A. rumphiana) mangrove trees. In November 2017, the town of Leganes, Iloilo has planted 15,000 trees in the 7.5-hectare area in Sitio Panus-on, Brgy. Nabitasan. It ...

    • Aboitiz Group helps save the Pawikan 

      (Malaya, March 1, 2019, on page A7)
      Aboitiz Group Through Aboitiz Foundation and AboitizPower business unit Davao Light and Power Company renewed its commitment to intensify conversation efforts for the marine turtle or pawikan particularly the critically ...

    • 'Action plan' vs oil spill on a roll 

      PN (Panay News, July 13, 2020, on page 1-14)
      An environment management plan (EMP) addressing the environmental impact of the oil spill following an explosion from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district on July 3 is on a roll. AC Energy Philippines, owner ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Agri-nipa-aquaculture' technology developed 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, November 17, 2002, on page 1)
      Here's a new technology that can prove viable and profitable for people in coastal areas. Called "Agri-nipa-aquaculture technology," it combines nipa (and palm) and agricultural crops with fish production, variations of ...

    • Aklan brgy has widest natural mangrove area 

      Bandiola, Odon S. (Panay News, March 18, 1999, on page 7-6)
      Despite being considered as the province's fishing sanctuary at the Sibuyan sea, barangay Bogtongbato, a coastal barangay in this town 39 kilometers west of Kalibo, still continues to remain thriving on subsistence fishing ...

    • Aklan town vies for largest mangrove in Asia 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, July 1, 2010, on page 3-6)
      This bustling town in the Western part of the province is vying to have the largest mangrove in Asia. Mayor Lulu Miraflores said a group of Japanese experts has arrived in the town recently to document the mangrove in the ...

    • Aklanons to plant more mangroves 

      (Panay News, August 21, 2014, on page 7)
      This is the Isla Capispisan mangrove forest in New Washington, Aklan. Some 81.809 hectares of mangrove areas in New Washington will be reforested this year. Mangrove areas in Batan, Nabas, ibajay, Makato, Tangalan, and ...

    • Along comes…‘The Iloilo Nature Conservation Society’ 

      Buenaflor, Luis Jr (Panay News, April 9, 2018, on page 8-14)
      Tuesday last week, April 3 to be exact, moi was “hijacked” by good friend and “brother”, international designer Edgardo Lopez Suelo, to attend with him a meeting/forum of stakeholders concerned with the ongoing construction ...

    • An amazing walk in a Mangrove park 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 24, 2010, on page A11)
      Researchers of the Iloilo based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development CenterAquaculture Department (Seafdec-AQD), including Primavera, first took notice of the pristine mangroves of Ibajay in 1996 while conducting field ...

    • Aquaculture Week 2001 

      (The News Today, July 6, 2001, on page 7)
      Rationale: Aquaculture Week is a yearly activity of Fish World that builds understanding among school children and teachers on the importance of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity and the research and development programs ...

    • As sea engulfs coastline, Indonesians pay high price to shield homes 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, December 2, 2019, on page 6)
      His meager income is being further strained by having to borrow cash to shore up his home against lapping waves coming further inland on this vulnerable coastline. “If you have a house on land and then work at sea, it’s ...

    • As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 16, 2015, on page B-8)
      On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and ...

    • As tides rise, Indian villagers find a friend in mangroves 

      Basu, Moushumi (Malaya, November 28, 2018, on page B5)
      Pushpo Mandal still remembers the day, nine years ago, when Cyclone Aila struck and the slender creek at the southern edge of her village swelled into a watery monster.Tall tidal waves broke through the earth embankment, ...

    • Asean ministers' spouses plant mangroves in Aklan 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, March 12, 2017, on page 4-14)
      The spouses of Foreign Ministers of Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) went mangrove planting at the Sitio Lugutan mangrove site ...

    • ASEAN tackles mangrove management 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2017, on page B-9)
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will try to work out a collaborative sustainable mangrove management in the region amid climate change in a Mangrove Congress September 4-8 in Manila. The Department of ...