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Fisherfolk want businessmen out of Laguna lake rehabilitation
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) told the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on Thursday to stop meddling in the Laguna de Bay master plan ...
- January 6, 2017
Mangroves seen as major carbon sink
A mangrove scientist here has underscored the need to protect and preserve mangroves to fight greenhouse gas emissions as his study revealed their potentials “to store more carbon than terrestrial forest.” “Mangroves are ...
- September 28, 2017
Govt toughens protection of Tañon Strait
The Tañon Strait Protected Area Office is set to operationalize the enforcement plan for the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, increasing seaborne patrol operations and speeding up the filing of cases against violators. ...
- January 26, 2017
US faces stiff China pushback in S. China Sea: experts
The US president and his team have made much of their desire to put Beijing in its place, including in the strategically vital waterway, which China claims almost entirely and where it has reclaimed — and fortified — ...
- January 26, 2017
Duterte open to joint sea exploration
President Rodrigo Duterte is open to a joint exploration in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) not only with China but also with other “foreign entities,” Malacañang said on Thursday. The President is “open ...
- August 18, 2017
PH to protest if China builds on Panatag
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government will file a protest if China makes good on its reported plan to build structures at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a resource-rich fishing ground well within the ...
- March 23, 2017
Great Barrier Reef a $42B asset 'too big to fail' - study
Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is "too big to fail", a study said Monday. Using economic modeling, it said the reef ...
- June 27, 2017
Tawi-Tawi seaweed farmers continue to struggle
But while the province of Tawi-Tawi boasts of being a major producer of seaweeds today, the farmers of the commodity, Maria included, have continued to be at the mercy not only of nature but of traders, as well.
- July 14, 2017
PH, China to discuss sea dispute – envoy
The Philippines and China will set up a bilateral consultative mechanism this year to settle sensitive issues, including the dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). The bilateral consultation mechanism was ...
- January 3, 2017
Drone proposed to fight illegal fishing
The Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force has urged all local government units (LGUs) to acquire a drone to prevent rampant illegal fishing by commercial vessels especially in the northern part of the province. ...
- September 27, 2017