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2-T mangroves planted in NegOcc's coastal village
“We only have one planet earth – one world. It is our earth. Our home.” This was the statement of Ignacio Cabayao Jr., chief Agrarian Reform Program officer during a mangrove-planting activity in Barangay Tomongtong’s ...
- March 2, 2019
5,000 mangroves planted in Anilao
A total of 5,000 mangroves seedlings composed of potted bakawan (Rhizopora apiculata) and bungalon (Avicennia officinalis) were planted in Barangay San Carlos, Anilao, Iloilo, recently. The tree-planting activity was in ...
- May 28, 2017
Ibajay's Mangrove Eco-Tourism Park: A Nature's Haven
Mayor Ma. Lourdes Miraflores of Ibajay disclosed that the "Katunggan it Ibajay" is the only and most diverse natural growth mangrove community in the whole Philippines and even in Southeast Asia as confirmed by the Southeast ...
- January 26, 2010
Bacolod jail officers plant 300 mangrove saplings
Jail officers of the Metro Bacolod District Jail-Male Dormitory (MBDJ-MD) conducted a mangrove planting activity and coastal cleanup as part of their advocacy for environmental preservation. MBDJ-MD jail warden Chief ...
- May 19, 2019
BFP-6 exec, personnel dedicate day for community service
Coastal clean-up, community pantry and mangrove planting. It was a jam-packed day of community service for around 60 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Region 6 yesterday. They served their penalty for ...
- July 9, 2021
Mangrove and Beach Forest Development Project gets P400M
The need to protect mangrove and beach forests against the devastating effects of climate change has come to the fore with the aftermath of super typhoon "Yolanda". In the light of possible typhoons that could damage ...
- June 25, 2015
Mangroves act as buffers during inclement weather
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 has embarked on mangrove tree growing as part of the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP). NGP targets to plant 1.5 billion trees across ...
- May 26, 2014
Typhoon - ravaged mangroves recover
Iloilo-Mangrove and beach forests in Iloilo's coastal towns, ravaged by super typhoon "Yolanda" in 2013, have recovered and gotten stronger thru reforestation. A third party team validated the 86 percent reforestation ...
- March 29, 2016
Reg'l cooperation key to Coral Triangle protection - Cimatu
Environment secretary Roy Cimatu has called for strengthening of regional cooperation to protect the Coral Triangle and its marine resources from the devastating effects of climate change. Cimatu made the call during the ...
- December 15, 2018
MIAGB adopts 1-hectare mangrove sites in bigke
The Metro Iloilo Airshed Governing Board (MIAGB) adopted a one-hectare mangrove area in Bigke, Leganes, Iloilo and made the commitment by signing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural ...
- October 18, 2015