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Stop seafront planting of bakhaw propagule
Typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013 and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, among others, have highlighted the importance of mangroves in coastal protection. Of global storm events, the Philippines has the greatest intensity (maximum ...
- February 28, 2015
Mangroves bring life back to a deserted shore
Coastal residents of Barangay Cagsao here lost their homes to a storm surge spawned by Typhoon “Loleng” (international name: Babs), which swept through the towns fringing San Miguel Bay. Twelve years after, the shore which ...
- June 15, 2010
Bani folk keep mangrove forest alive
Tucked in the coastal town of Bani in western Pangasinan is a flourishing ecosystem—almost 40 hectares of healthy mangrove forest that is home to various species of shellfish, fish and birds. But 20 years ago, the Bangrin ...
- September 8, 2010
Cebu developer probed over mangrove cutting, reclamation
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas is investigating a local developer for cutting mangroves and reclaiming a portion of Cansaga Bay for a housing project. Gilbert Gonzales, DENR ...
- June 29, 2019
Gov't to determine fines for oil spill
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will issue a notice of violation of the Philippine Clean Water Act to the company operating the power barge that exploded and spilled oil off the coast of Iloilo City on ...
- July 6, 2020
Env’t violators on Cebu beach need to go, court tells DENR
A court in Mandaue City ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to tear down at least 21 structures, including parts of resorts, encroaching on easement zone in the popular beach of Sta. Fe town, ...
- June 5, 2018
No more fish pens by Du30’s next Sona
San Pedro City—Government agencies have stepped up efforts to clear the 90,000-hectare Laguna de Bay of aquaculture structures after the government-imposed deadline for fish pen operators to harvest their stocks lapsed ...
- April 5, 2017
Rare turtle lives to swim another day
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has cited three fishermen from Aparri, Cagayan who released back to the sea an endangered Pacific green turtle that was accidentally caught in their fishing net. Citing a report from its ...
- September 5, 2012
Tales from my travel: From Basilan to the Spratlys
The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (110,000 hectares) in Agusan del Norte is a forbidding place. A pump boat ride through the marsh is quite an experience for a first-timer, like something out of a Joseph Conrad novel ...
- July 24, 2022
SMC to develop sustainable mangrove crab industry in Bulacan
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) will grow 100,000 mud crabs monthly at its 10-hectare mangrove plantation in Hagonoy, Bulacan, to protect the forest and provide a new and sustainable source of livelihood for residents of the town ...
- August 22, 2020