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S. Korean airlines ban shark fin as cargo
South Korea’s two largest airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, said on Thursday they had both decided to ban shark fin from their cargo flights as part of a growing global campaign against the Asian delicacy. Korean Air, which ...
- June 21, 2013
'Testicle-munching' fish found off Denmark
A Danish fishermen made an unusual find in his nets recently when he discovered a pacu, a sharp-toothed cousin of the South American piranha with a reported penchant for testicles. " If they bite, they can bite hard ...
- August 15, 2013
Effective protected areas management pushed
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca), in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenar-beit GmbH and the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau ...
- August 7, 2013
Endangered Cagayan eel gets $1.8M lifeline
A London-based conservationist group has committed $1.8 million to save the endangered Cagayan eel. The fund, to be provided by the Global Conservation International (GCI), will support local efforts to protect and save ...
- June 4, 2013
Cagayan coast guards release hawksbill turtle
A haksbill sea turtle was released back to the sea by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of the District of Northeastern Luzon in Barangay Punta in Aparri town. Named Rolanda, the sea turtle was turned over to PCG by residents ...
- August 8, 2013
Abad's wife vows to block Taiwan fish pact
Deputy Speaker Henedina Abad of Batanes, wife of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, has vowed to block any fishing agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan unless the Aquino administration will earmark funding for strict ...
- August 13, 2013
Release of rare turtle in Quirino postponed
The release of a very rare and regarded as endangered soft-shelled turtle to its habitat in the Addalam River here was postponed for tourists to have a good look of its broad head, short snout and frog-like facial features. ...
- August 22, 2013
China to patrol disputed sea
China will conduct its "routine" fishery patrols in the disputed Kalayaan (Spratly) Islands and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) amid tensions with its neighbors over the ownership ...
- February 26, 2013
CDO river cited for economic importance
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has named the Cagayan de Oro River Basin in Northern Mindanao as a water quality management area (WQMA), which includes an area best known for the popular sport ...
- August 6, 2013
DENR warns against invasive species importations
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has warned the public against the importation of exotic animals, in light of the increasing cases of the so-called bioinvasion that threaten the survival of local wildlife ...
- February 18, 2013