Browsing Malaya by Subject "biodiversity"

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    • Aboitiz Cleanergy Park welcomes over 100 new pawikan hatchlings 

      (Malaya, January 8, 2016, on page A10)
      The 109 pawikans came from a nest of 152 eggs and were released last December 2, witnessed by former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and barangay officials, Ateneo de Davao ...

    • Benham Rise: Wealth under the sea 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, July 29, 2015, on page A3)
      There is wealth out there, for the taking. But diving is daunting, starting at 15 meters deep. In 2011, the Philippines acquired Benham Rise, a "massive" area east of Luzon. "We have access to resources in an area bigger ...

    • Celebrating PH independence with a fishy doodle 

      (Malaya, June 13, 2018, on page A11)
      Google Philippines celebrates the 120th anniversary of Philippine Independence with a doodle that features the Philippine marine life. Home to at least 2,000 aquatic species and long cluster of corals, the Philippines is ...

    • China reclamation leaves $100M in destroyed reefs 

      Naval, Gerard; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 14, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      The Philippines yesterday strongly called on China to stop its reclamation of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because it has destroyed 300 acres of coral reef system, which resulted to economic ...

    • DENR boosts marine protection 

      (Malaya, June 1, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched a five-year conservation initiative to boost efforts of protecting marine key biodiversity areas (MKBAs) in the country. The project - Strengthening ...

    • Globe leads awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation 

      (Malaya, January 3, 2019, on page A6)
      Following its recent rehabilitation efforts in Boracay, Globe Telecom led an awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte which is dubbed as the surfing mecca of the Philippines. ...

    • Killing watersheds, killing life 

      Dela Paz, Dean (Malaya, March 14, 2017, on page A2)
      The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...

    • Marine protection of Benham Rise urged 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, March 13, 2017, on page A4)
      After the Department of National Defense reported that foreign vessels were spotted circling within the Benham Rise, stakeholders urged the government to expedite the adoption of a management framework to protect and manage ...

    • Maynilad adopts 6.6 ha. for mangrove rehab 

      (Malaya, January 23, 2015, on page A10)
      West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has adopted five sites totaling 6.6 hectares (ha) in the Cavite province for a mangrove rehabilitation program under its "Plant for Life Program." "Plant ...

    • National Museum exhibit dives deep into the Philippine Rise 

      Delos Reyes, Antonio (Malaya, January 18, 2019, on page B8)
      Images of the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve, including the pristine Benham Bank, are the newest addition to the collection of the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit called “The Journey Towards the ...

    • Ocean planet under threat 

      (Malaya, June 21, 2013, on page A7)
      The oceans are under threat. Thus warned Braulio De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, he said. "Marine biodiversity suffers from overfishing and other unsustainable fishing practices. ...

    • PH joins research on maritime biodiversity 

      (Malaya, January 12, 2018, on page A4)
      A team of experts from Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia initiated a joint research project that will help boost local efforts to conserve and improve the resilience of the coastal ecosystems in the Coral Triangle and ...

    • Science comes to endangered Lake Sebu 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, October 12, 2018, on page A2)
      A new species of freshwater crab was discovered last year in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The Sundathelphusa miguelito crab is "very likely to be endemic in Mindanao, and further study," says Jose C. E. Mendoza, a lecturer ...

    • Scientists probe deep sea secrets 

      International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Malaya, October 19, 2012, on page A1)
      New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ...

    • Summer lessons 

      Alcala, Angel (Malaya, April 27, 2012, on page A10)
      The month of April is usually a busy time for college students and university faculty members who are concerned with their academic responsibilities. Many consider it not a month of rest but a month for intellectual exercise ...

    • Yap cites need to protect Coral Triangle 

      (Malaya, February 11, 2010, on page D4)
      The partnership between the government and the private sector and the pursuit of innovations in climate change adaptations is meant to protect the Coral Triangle and ensure its diversity and sustainability for some 350 ...