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Coastal resources
The efforts to further enhance the protection and management of marine and coastal resources in the coral Triangle region, a marine area surrounded by six nations, including the Philippines, have reaped huge benefits among ...
- August 15, 2013
Eel growers, DA eye crack at export market
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and eel growers in the country have agreed to consolidate their efforts to compete in the lucrative export market, amid the dwindling supply of Anguilla japonica, the preferred eel variety ...
- January 20, 2015
Plant trees to stall soil erosion
The government has urged farmers in Lanao del Sur to plant fruit-bearing trees and coffee at the Lake Lanao Watershed Reservation to address soil erosion in the area and effectively manage the watershed. Meanwhile, DA’s ...
- December 3, 2015
Tubbataha now ASEAN Heritage Park
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) handed the certificate of AHP Declaration to the Tubbataha Management Office during a ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol of Puerto Princesa City yesterday. TRNP also serves as ...
- November 6, 2015
Alarm raised over 'lapu-lapu' decline
Fish farmers in Taytay, Palawan, are working double-time in expanding their production of grouper, or lapu-lapu, in 2,000 fish offshore cages that host 161 species of the highly-prized reef fish. These cages are perhaps ...
- May 16, 2015
Use of circle hooks helps save turtles in Coral Triangle
Thousands of endangered marine turtles were saved last year in the Coral Triangle region, which includes the Philippines, with the implementation of the Circle Hook and Turtle Recovery Program, according to the international ...
- January 17, 2010
DA signs IRR amended Fisheries Code
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippines Fisheries Code, which reinforces the safeguarding of the country's seas from illegal, unreported and ...
- September 27, 2015
'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA
Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...
- October 24, 2016
DENR hit for Tubbataha silence
An environmental group yesterday criticized the "silence" of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on the environmental impact of USS Guardian in Tubbahata Reef- a known United Nations Educational, ...
- February 5, 2013
Gov't addresses bay's knife fish' infestation
The population of invasive species called "knife fish" in the Laguna de Bay has reached 10,000 kilograms, prompting national and local agencies and private companies to intensify effort to contain the infestation. " For ...
- June 25, 2013