Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "mapping"

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    • Benham Rise renamed Philippine Rise 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, May 23, 2017, on page 1-5)
      EO 25 stated that the undersea region, previously known as Benham Rise, is located within the Philippine exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. The area is also subject to the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of ...

    • Benham Rise: Nurturing our God-given blessings 

      Ramos, Fidel V. (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2017, on page 11)
      There should be no problem for the Philippines over Benham Rise because (1) the Philippines is the sole claimant; and (2) the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled in 2012 that Benham Rise is ...

    • Du30 asserts PH Rise 'ours' but breaks promise to visit 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, May 17, 2018, on page 7-14)
      President Rodrigo Duterte asserted the Philippines’ sovereign rights over the Philippine Rise but did not make good on his promise to visit the undersea region on Tuesday. He does not distinguish between “sovereign rights” ...

    • Du30 stand on Benham well-grounded - Atienza 

      Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, March 5, 2018, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough stance on Benham Rise, or the so-called the Philippine Rise, was well ground amid threats, according to Buhay Party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza. “The entire 13 million hectares of Benham ...

    • Du30 visiting Benham Rise 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, May 9, 2018, on page 6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Benham Rise next week. “The President will be commemorating the renaming of Benham Rise to Philippine Rise by visiting the Philippine Rise itself,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque ...

    • Gov’t objects to China’s naming of PH Rise underwater features 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2018, on page 4)
      A week after President Duterte ordered foreign research teams to leave the Philippine Rise, Malacañang has strongly objected China’s naming of five underwater features in the said area. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ...

    • The language of climate change 

      Cabreza, Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 21, 2015, on page A9)
      Global warming has become a catch-all phrase to explain everything that goes wrong in the environment these days, even among Filipinos, whether they live in urban centers or out in the farms or the hinterlands. But while ...

    • Mapping exercise to protect coral reefs 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, June 15, 2010, on page B-10)
      With this year's celebration of International Year of Biodiversity, conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines) and the Davao Gulf Management Council (DGMC) unveiled a complete mapping of ...

    • Mapping technology being touted to develop mussel farming industry 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (BusinessWorld, July 23, 2018, on page S2/8)
      The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) and the University of the Philippines (UP) are seeking to develop the mussel farming industry using geolocation technology. In a statement by Philippine Council for Agriculture, ...

    • PH Rise now protected area 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, May 16, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Onboard BRP Davao del Sur: President Rodrigo Duterte has declared portions of Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) and Eastern Kalayaan as protected areas. Duterte signed the proclamation on board BRP Davao del Sur to mark the ...

    • Phl, Japan experts partner in mapping of mangroves 

      Ordinario, Cai U. (BusinessMirror, July 5, 2020, on page A5)
      Filipino and Japanese researchers proposed a new mangrove vegetation index (MVI) to map mangroves and maximize its benefits. The MVI is a mangrove-specific index or measure that distinguishes mangrove areas from other ...

    • Researchers sample enormous oceanic trash vortex 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, August 16, 2015, on page C-8)
      Researchers returned on Sunday from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-born crew works to refine a clean-up strategy it will roll out globally. ...

    • Tech startup develops 3D geospatial mapping of marine areas 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, August 8, 2019, on page B10)
      A tech startup has developed capability to undertake marine or underwater three-dimensional geospatial mapping and analytics that can be used for marine resources mapping and conservation. The 3D underwater geospatial ...