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Wetlands, water and life are inseparable: Protect NOCWCA, protect lives
Wetlands are unheard body of waters to some, but they play a critical part in our natural environment. They protect the shores from wave action, prevent flooding, and serve as a habitat for terrestrial and aquatic wildlife ...
- February 18, 2021
Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands: PHL’s 8th wetland of international importance
The Philippines marked its celebration of the World Wetlands Day on February 2 with the designation of Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands (SPCW) as the country’s 8th Wetland of International Importance, or Ramsar Site. The ...
- February 7, 2021
Iloilo town farmers get livelihood support under CFOS-IA's 'ABANTE' program
Another farmer from one of the upland barangays in San Joaquin, a coastal town in southern Iloilo, was happy to be the latest recipient of fingerlings from the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean ...
- June 18, 2022
Marcos urged to create fisheries department
Various fisheries groups are asking President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent a bill creating the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) to unlock the full potential of the country’s fisheries ...
- June 28, 2022
Navotas fisherfolks get fishing nets
The City Government of Navotas, through the Kadiwa Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), distributed fishing nets to 92 registered fisherfolks. Of t his number, 75 received 500 to 700-meter nets used to catch ...
- June 3, 2022
Agri-fishery projects for IPs in Antique assessed
Recognizing and promoting the rights of the indigenous cultural communities, the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas’ organized a two-day consultative and participative meeting with the indigenous people (IPs) ...
- March 23, 2021
Loren pushes reef protection
Returning senatorial candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday stressed the importance of conserving and preserving the country’s coral reefs to sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and to promote livelihood. “Beyond aesthetics, ...
- April 4, 2022
Taal fisherfolk move to save catch
The Taal Lake Aquaculture Inc. (TLAAI) has appealed to government authorities to give its members sufficient window hours every day to feed and harvest thousands of tons of healthy, marketable fish still in their cages. ...
- February 3, 2020
Nestlé Philippines, WWF tackle plastic waste in Donsol
Food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé Philippines has entered into an agreement with World Wide Fund for Nature – Philippines (WWF-PH) to tackle plastic waste in Donsol, Sorsogon, where whale shark watching is an ecotourism ...
- February 1, 2021
Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project
The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ...
- September 12, 2020