Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "mangrove conservation"

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    • 200 Aklan employees to plant 8,000 mangroves 

      Villanueva, Venus (The Daily Guardian, January 17, 2014, on page B6)
      About 200 employees of the Provincial Capitol of Aklan will plant 8,000 mangrove propagules on January 22 at the Bakhawan Eco-Park in New Buswang here. Activity organizer Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) ...

    • Abandoned fishpond is now mangrove sanctuary 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, October 10, 2018, on page 13)
      A formerly abandoned fishpond is now teeming with Miyapi (A. rumphiana) mangrove trees. In November 2017, the town of Leganes, Iloilo has planted 15,000 trees in the 7.5-hectare area in Sitio Panus-on, Brgy. Nabitasan. It ...

    • Aklan town vies for largest mangrove in Asia 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, July 1, 2010, on page 3-6)
      This bustling town in the Western part of the province is vying to have the largest mangrove in Asia. Mayor Lulu Miraflores said a group of Japanese experts has arrived in the town recently to document the mangrove in the ...

    • DENR 6 holds a Mangrove Planting Activity 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO)-Guimbal (The Daily Guardian, February 1, 2019, on page 12)
      Another mangrove planting activity along Esplanade 6 was conducted recently. It was spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources through its Provincial ENR Office-Iloilo. Also in collaboration with ...

    • DENR, INC plant 3000 mangroves in Aklan 

      (The Daily Guardian, May 6, 2015, on page B6)
      More than 500 members of Iglesia ni Cristo planted 3,000 mangrove (Api-Api) propagules across 17 hectares of mangrove plantation in Bakhawan Eco-Park in New Buswang, Kalibo Aklan in celebration of their 101st anniversary ...

    • DENR-6 joins mangrove planting coastal cleanup 

      (The Daily Guardian, June 5, 2018, on page 13)
      Employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) joined other government agencies in planting seedlings of Pagatpat and Bungalon mangrove species on the shorelines of barangays Bigke in Leganes and ...

    • DENR: No more mangrove balling 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn A. (The Daily Guardian, March 26, 2018, on page 3-4)
      Mangrove balling is the technique used by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and its project contractors to “save” mangroves in Iloilo River, which are affected by the Iloilo Esplanade project that stretches ...

    • DPWH to realign Esplanade project to protect mangroves 

      Patinio, Ferdinand (The Daily Guardian, April 23, 2018, on page 2)
      The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will realign certain portions of the Iloilo River Esplanade projects to preserve the mangroves that may be affected by the original alignment. In his report to DPWH Secretary ...

    • Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera: nature's lover 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Daily Guardian, July 27, 2013, on page C1-C3)
      Jurgenne Honculada Primavera is the first Senior Scientist of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center based in Iloilo, central Philippines. In 1966, after earning her degree in Bachelor ...

    • El Niño could reduce fish supply 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, September 30, 2015, on page 2-7)
      Prolonged drought due to El Niño will reduce fish yield in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-6). Remia Aparri, BFAR regional director, said they have yet to forecast the ...

    • Expert pushes for scientific approach in preserving Esplanade mangroves 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2018, on page 1-14)
      A Mangrove expert is pushing for a scientific approach in preserving the mangroves along certain sections of the Iloilo River Esplanade project. Prof. Rex Sadaba of the University of the Philippines-Visayas said the species ...

    • Expert says mangroves need 50 years to recover 

      Pillado, Christian; Solas, Robert; Tolentino, Justine; Yanoc, Stan (The Daily Guardian, December 19, 2017, on page 3)
      “We are talking about 50-year old mangroves, so if you’re going to talk about restoration to its original state, then we need approximately 50 years also.” This was the assessment of Dr. Resurreccion Sadaba, a member of ...

    • Global 

      Tejares, Lindy Glare (The Daily Guardian, April 23, 2015, on page 1)
      Global Business Power Corp. and the Department of Environment and Natural resources lead a mangrove planting activity at the Jaro flood control area in Iloilo City Wednesday, April 22, 2015. The Philippine Society of ...

    • Guimaras, DENR-6 partner in forest, mangrove protection 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 17, 2015, on page B6-B7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 has partnered with four town, seven barangays and three people’s organizations in Guimaras for the protection of the planted trees and mangroves under the National ...

    • Iloilo restores beach forest 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, April 7, 2014, on page 2)
      The nearly extinct beach forests of the country, particularly in Iloilo, are getting a new lease on life. Dr. Rex Sadaba, University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) professor and mangrove expert, said the restoration ...

    • Ilonggo bikers join Ocean’s Ride 

      Naorbe, Elynrose S. (The Daily Guardian, June 7, 2017, on page B7)
      To promote the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems, over 157 cyclists participated in a bike ride, June 3, 2017. Dubbed “Ocean’s Ride” all bikers started their way to the Katunggan Eco-park in Barangays Nabitasan ...

    • Man convicted for cutting mangroves 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO)-Negros Occidnetal (The Daily Guardian, February 1, 2019, on page 4)
      A resident of Barangay, Suay, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental pleaded guilty of the environmental crime and was sent to prison by the Regional Trial Court Branch 56. Alfredo Cordero was the subject of a complaint filed ...

    • [ Mangroves ] 

      (The Daily Guardian, December 5, 2018, on page 13)
      The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Office and DTI Iloilo Provincial Office key officials led by regional director Rebecca M. Rascon, Assistant Regional director Ermelinda P.Pollentes, DTI Iloilo provincial ...

    • Mangroves, mini-forest to surround coal plant 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, March 11, 2010, on page 1-14)
      An independent power producer in Iloilo City will establish a mangrove farm and mini-forest around its 164-megawatt coal-fired power plant to promote not just environmental protection but tourism as well. The mangrove farm ...

    • PSA-Guimaras staff plant bakhaw seedlings in TINMAR 

      (The Daily Guardian, April 4, 2019, on page 15)
      The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Guimaras, in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Guimaras, conducted a mangrove planting at Taklong Island National Marine Reserve (TINMAR), ...