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    • 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 ...

    • The Mabini Reef 

      Arcilla, Rey O. (Malaya, May 27, 2014, on page B4)
      The government says it will exhaust all diplomatic and legal means to prevent China from turning Mabini Reef into another Mischief Reef. As I said in my last column, web should do as Vietnam has done in the disputed Paracels ...

    • Mabini, the diving heaven bounces back 

      Supetran, Bernard L. (BusinessMirror, December 19, 2020, on page A9)
      Mention Mabini, Batangas and instantly, scuba diving comes to mind. The municipality has been synonymous with scuba diving, being the birthplace of this underwater recreational sport. Situated within the world’s so-called ...

    • Macabebe, Masantol fishers get fuel discount cards from BFAR 

      De Leon, Jovi; Arcellaz, Princess Clea (SunStar Philippines, October 11, 2022, on page 3)
      Some 637 fishers in Macabebe and 355 in Masantol towns on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively, received P3,000 worth of fuel discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to mitigate the effects ...

    • The macro-scale nightmare of microplastics 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, May 16, 2023, on page A4-A5)
      Last week, two scientists from Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology shared the results of a study they conducted in December 2021, which showed that there are microplastics in the air in all 17 cities ...

    • Magat Dam cleanup campaign protects fisherfolk livelihood 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, July 9, 2020, on page A7)
      Some 200 fisherfolk and community leaders have expressed concern over the proliferation of water lilies and driftwood that flowed into the Magat Dam, causing damage to fish cages that affected their livelihood. Responding ...

    • Magnet fishing clearing out French Rivers, scouring history 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2019, on page A13)
      Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France's rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance. Sometimes, too, they fish other more unexpected ...

    • The magnificent mangroves of panay 

      Labiste, Ma. Diosa (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 8, 2004, on page A18)
      Unlike the bamboo or coconut, the mangrove has yet to take its place as a "tree of life " in Philippine lore, despite being ubiquitous, useful and magnificent. If names given to places indicate popularity, mangroves probably ...

    • Magsaysay town fights for sea turtles' survival 

      Gorit, Gerry Lee (The Philippine Star, July 25, 2019, on page B4)
      A study by the Australian Academy of Science indicates the world is heating up, and the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, in the Earth’s atmosphere are causing the planet’s climate system to retain ...

    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 30, 2020, on page 5)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...

    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 29, 2020, on page 7)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...

    • Mahalagang anunsyo: Walang kumakalat na sakit sa mga tilapia 

      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) (SunStar Philippines, June 28, 2020, on page 7)
      Bunsod ng paglaganap ng isang balita tungkol sa sakit ng tilapia at hipon, mariin na pinasisinungalingan ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ng Department of Agriculture ang nasabing kumakalat ng balita. Nais ...

    • 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 ...

    • Major challenge: boat operators: no money for modern hulls. 

      PN (Panay News, August 30, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The lack of financial resources to secure technologically-improved hull materials is a major challenge to boat operators and associations of Iloilo and Guimaras that have been told to change their wooden-hulled boats to ...

    • Major fishing firms oppose trackers before SC 

      Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, October 13, 2023, on page A6)
      The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a consolidated case challenging a lower court's decision that declared unlawful a government order requiring commercial fishing vessels to install tracking devices. ...

    • Major shifts in fish feed formulations 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, May 25, 2012, on page A9)
      Fish Feed formulations are undergoing major shifts, away from fishmeal and toward the plant, protein concentrates. One reason is the pressure that fish meals and fish oil- for - example, from anchovies, sardines, sprats, ...

    • Majority of Filipinos back Boracay closure - survey 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, July 4, 2018, on page 9)
      Malacañang on Monday welcomed the results of a survey showing majority of Filipinos support the closure of Boracay Island. This means President Rodrigo Duterte was right to decide to shut down the island for six months, ...

    • Make ban on certain imported fish permanent - Pamalakaya 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, December 17, 2022, on page 2)
      A fisher group is asking government to make permanent the ban on certain imported fish in local wet markets. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the Department of Agriculture (DA) and ...

    • ‘Make city waters swimmable again’ 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, March 31, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The goal is to make the coastal waters “swimmable again.” The local government unit here conducted yesterday a massive cleanup drive dubbed as “One Time, Big Time,” which covered 26 coastal villages in the city. The ...

    • 'Make peace with nature' 

      (Daily Tribune, February 7, 2021, on page B16)
      January marked the beginning of what many within the United Nations and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives,” the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said, launching a major ...