Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Agusan Marsh"

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    • Agusan marsh vital bird sanctuary in Asia 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 23, 2005, on page S3/8)
      A scientific expedition to the Agusan marsh in Northeastern Mindanao is scheduled late this year to highlight the need to preserve the area's biodiversity, a scientist said. Dr. Jurgenne Primavera, a senior scientist of ...

    • Agusan Marsh's natural beauty 

      Agatep, Charlie A. (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2010, on page B-10)
      While preparing an adventure to Agusan Marsh, Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera, scientist emerita and a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation under the US-based Pew Environment Group, sent me this text: "You'll be enchanted by the ...

    • ‘Bantay Danao’ reactivated for Agusan Marsh Protected Area 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 13, 2019, on page 16)
      In an effort to strictly protect the Agusan Marsh Protected Area (AMPA) and other protected areas within and along Agusan River, the Bantay Danao Conservation Group (BDCG) was reactivated in the marsh communities/municipalities ...

    • 'Buwaya' in the limelight 

      David, Rina J. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2011, on page A13)
      Crocodiles or buwaya are once more in the news, but this time in their original incarnations and not their human versions. We’ll get to those in time. Crocodiles are back in the limelight after the capture of a 6.4-meter-long ...

    • DENR warns vs use of fire in fishing 

      Crismundo, Mike (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2015, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has warned villagers, farmers, and fisher folks against using dire in catching fish, particularly in sensitive peatlands within the largest area of Agusan Marsh ...

    • 'Lolong' died of lung disease 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, February 22, 2013, on page 1-19)
      A serious lung disease may have caused Lolong's death, initial findings from a necropsy performed on the giant saltwater crocodile showed. Citing the preliminary report submitted by a team of veterinarians and biology ...

    • 'Lolong' may have died of pneumonia, says DENR chief 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 22, 2013, on page A12)
      "Lolong," the world's largest captive crocodile whose sudden death stunned the public earlier this month, may have died of pneumonia, initial findings from the necropsy showed. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the ...

    • R&D in Agusan Marsh 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2010, on page A14)
      The Agusan Marsh comprises 11 habitat types and subtypes—the freshwater swamp forest (with Terminalia, peat swamp and sago palm forest subtypes), secondary scrub forest, herbaceous swamp forest, open water (oxbow/floodplain ...

    • Save Agusan Marsh 

      Agatep, Charlie (The Philippine Star, October 3, 2010, on page B-6)
      In 2008, 34 international companies joined an initiative of the Conference of Parties to the UN-Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and committed to implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects that would ...

    • Tales from my travel: From Basilan to the Spratlys 

      Guerrero, Amadís Ma. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 24, 2022, on page C2)
      The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (110,000 hectares) in Agusan del Norte is a forbidding place. A pump boat ride through the marsh is quite an experience for a first-timer, like something out of a Joseph Conrad novel ...