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USAid celebrates marine biodiversity program achievements
Officials from the US Embassy in the Philippines joined Philippine government and project partners to celebrate the conclusion of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAid) Ecosystems Improved for ...
- June 5, 2017
Benham teems with metals lawmaker
“The sea floor around Benham is covered with metal-rich chunks—manganese nodules that also contain nickel, copper, cobalt and other minerals,” Atienza, one-time Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, said. The ...
- March 20, 2017
Environment chiefs intend to address marine pollution
Some of the world's environment ministers and representatives from governments, international organizations, business sector, and civil society are now here in Manila calling for a global unified action to combat marine ...
- September 24, 2017
Mangroves potential lab for antibiotics
Philippine mangrove ecosystems have abundant bacteria whose bioactive compounds can be used to produce powerful antibiotics, according to research conducted by the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB) and ...
- February 9, 2017
Chinese jailed for fishing in Galapagos
A court in Ecuador sentenced the crew if a Chinese ship caught fishing endangered sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve to prison. The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone on August 13 ...
- August 29, 2017
Duterte seeks to affirm Asean code of conduct
Despite Beijing’s plans to build monitoring stations in the South China Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday vowed to finish within the Philippine chairmanship the final crafting of a framework for a legally binding ...
- March 22, 2017