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PEMSEA presents solutions to rid rivers of plastic waste for Earth Day
To celebrate Earth Day 2022, Pemsea (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) released a set of studies to help manage plastic waste entering the world's rivers. The five studies were launched ...
- April 21, 2022
BFAR-10: Just enough fish for region's needs
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources here in Northern Mindanao said there is just enough fish supply in the region, most of which is highly dependent on the supply from Zamboanga peninsula. BFAR regional Director ...
- September 20, 2018
Fish kill
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMD) recently inspected the water tributary in Brgy. Estefania, this city where fish kill was reported. Barangay residents are wary ...
- November 22, 2012
US awards P20-M grants for Manila Bay rehab
The United States has awarded two grants totalling P20 million to two local groups to reduce marine plastic pollution and support the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. The grants – given to Ecological Waste Coalition of the ...
- July 12, 2019
Arctic oil infrastructure faces climate karma
Beaches, clear blue seas, scorching temperatures and long days. Forget the Caribbean, your next summer beach holiday could be on the shores of Russia’s Arctic Ocean. Temperatures at Nizhnyaya Pesha, some 840 miles (1,352 ...
- July 8, 2020
Red tide warning
The state-run Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Friday reminded Sirugaonons anew the danger of catching shellfish within the Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur..
- April 14, 2018
Plastic pollution builds up in Arctic waters
Even though few people live in the Artic, some seas in the region are heavily polluted with plastic because of an Atlantic ocean current which dumps debris there, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists aboard the globe ...
- April 27, 2017
Illegal fishing threatens food security
Marine resources in Cebu are dwindling due to illegal fishing, threatening the province's food security, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 7 (BFAR-7). Aquaculturist II Nathaniel Lucero of the BFAR-7 ...
- September 14, 2010
Dagupan fisherfolk warn of fishkill due to polluted rivers
At least 700 fishponds owners, operators, and fisherfolk in this city fear the possible threat of a massive fishkill due to worsening pollution and siltation of rivers, here. Alfredo Dawana, president of the Fishpond Owners, ...
- March 18, 2015
What is a watershed?
If our country is practically a system of prominent watersheds totaling 421 in all, we need to know how to use the watershed properly and not merely say, for instance, that some mines should be closed because they are ...
- April 11, 2017