Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "deforestation"
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1 M species risk extinction due to humns - draft UN report
(Manila Bulletin,April 27, 2019 , on page 4)Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by Agence France-Presse that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which ... -
Act to transform climate
(Manila Standard,June 6, 2015 , on page A9)Last Wednesday, at the Kaminzimmer Conference Hall of the Bonn World Conference Center, the agreement on Climate Transformation 2015 or ACT 2015 hosted a side event where in our paper entitled "Getting specific on the 2015 ... -
Amazon could be gone in 50 years as it crosses threshold
(Manila Standard,March 13, 2020 , on page B3)The Amazon rain forest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savannah within half-a-century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, ... -
Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2018 , on page B3)Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ... -
Brazil scientists fear golden mussel threat to Amazon River
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 6, 2015 , on page A25)The world’s mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China. Since hitching its way to South America in the early 1990s, the golden mussel has claimed ... -
Climate change signals Earth in danger zone
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 17, 2015 , on page A23)Climate change and high rates of extinctions of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind’s impact on nature said on Thursday. An international team ... -
Deforestation+climate change= dead and for wildlife
(Manila Standard,July 10, 2019 , on page A5)Climate change combined with galloping tropical deforestation is cutting off wildlife from life-saving cooler climes, heightening the risk of extinction, researchers said Monday. Less than two-fifths of forests across Latin ... -
DENR'S ten priority agenda: Protect environment, Protect life
(The Daily Guardian,December 18, 2018 , on page 3)Scaling up of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Program: This priority program seeks to strengthen food supply from the rich coastal and marine ecosystems as it also enhances the capabilities of both ecosystems as carbon sinks. ... -
Destruction of habitats threatens RP fish resources
(Daily Business Times,August 15, 1989 , on page 9-11)The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Aquaculture Department based in Tigbauan, Iloilo has expressed concern over the careless destruction of fish habitats which has diminished the fishery resources ... -
Earth day 2019: Protect our species
(Malaya,April 22, 2019 , on page A3)Each year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970 (Earth Day Network, 2019a). Earth Day aims to raise awareness of a specific theme with various events held ... -
Earth Day 2019: Protect our species
(The Manila Times,April 22, 2019 , on page B4)Scientists point this massive decline to habitat destruction, exploitation and climate change as the driving forces for the loss of half of the world’s wild animal population. On to marine life, more than 650,000 marine ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,February 12, 2018 , on page D11)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers' livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods -- these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
Fighting climate change
(Manila Standard,June 5, 2018 , on page C2)Intense rainfall persisting over days, droughts threatening the farmlands and the farmers’ livelihood, continuously rising sea levels and alarming flashfloods – these are only some of the negative effects that the mankind ... -
Fortifying Boracay's green line of defense: the 'bakawan'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 1, 2018 , on page A6)Known worldwide for its powdery white beaches and lately, for its polluted waters and six-month closure to tourists, Boracay Island holds another secret that has been a virtual lifesaver to its marine life: the mangrove ... -
Global discourse on Blue Carbon solutions in East Asian Seas Congress in Iloilo City
(Panay News,November 16, 2018 , on page 10)Beyond the wide array of marine biodiversity and ecosystems, the East Asian region hosts the world’s largest coastal carbon stocks, which play a vital role in the global carbon cycle. Endowed with four million hectares of ... -
Haribon completes training course to protect Naujan Lake
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 13, 2017 , on page A14)Environmental group Haribon Foundation had launched its Biodiversity Fellows Program, a training course for local leaders and environmental officers in towns surrounding the biodiversity-rich Naujan Lake National Park in ... -
Ilonggo authors to book on coastal plants
(The Daily Guardian,November 25, 2012 , on page 1-10)Two Ilonggo scientists will launch an environmental book on Beach Forest Species and Mangrove Associates in the Philippine at the Camiña Balay nga Nato in Arevalo, Iloilo City on November 16, 2012. Dr. Jurgen H. Primavera ... -
Kiko pushes for protection of mangroves forests
(The Philippine Star,September 5, 2019 , on page B6)Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is pushing for protection of all mangrove forests, which will help provide forest products and sustain the fisheries industry. Pangilinan filed Senate Bill 239 seeking to establish Mangrove ... -
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 ... -
Man's ruin pushes 7,000 species to the brink
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 20, 2019 , on page A7)Mankind’s destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an “unprecedented” rate, the leading wildlife conservation body warned on Thursday as it added more than 7,000 animals, fish and plants to ...