Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "Climatic changes"

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    • Government allots ₱for beach forests, mangrove development 

      Lopez, Edu (Manila Bulletin, February 25, 2014, on page B-12)
      The government has allotted ₱1 billion for mangrove and beach forests development in disaster-risk areas in the country covering areas hit by typhoon Yolanda including Bohol and Cebu. DENR Sec. Ramon Paje said the fund ...

    • Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework 

      Miraflor, Madelaine (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2017, on page B1)
      The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ...

    • Green architecture helps mitigate effects of climate change 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 22, 2015, on page B-8)
      Climate change is taking its toll on our country. Rainy seasons have become unpredictable, bringing severe flooding and other dire conditions that scientists predict will become more frequent as the planet continues to ...

    • Group formed to clean up Tullahan River 

      Mahilum, Ed (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2010, on page 8)
      A multi-sectoral alliance has been forged recently to drum up support and draw active participation in an effort to cleanup the 15-kilometer Tullahan River that winds through the northern section of Metro Manila. The ...

    • Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 13, 2018, on page 10)
      The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ...

    • House measure eyes establishment of climate change academy 

      Quismorio, Ellson A. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2015, on page 2)
      Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro) and his younger brother, Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao party-list), through House Bill (HB) No. 3987 is seeking the establishment of the Philippine Academy for Climate ...

    • House panel okays bill on swift reversion of abandoned fishponds 

      Rosario, Ben (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2019, on page 2)
      A House of Representatives committee has approved a bill proposing to cut short the waiting period for reversion to forestlands of unutilized and abandoned fishponds, saying that the move would help address the devastating ...

    • How will climate change affect your livelihood? 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, September 7, 2015, on page 11)
      Here, then, are a few scenarios for a climate-altered future, when rising temperatures are closing in on the threshold of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels which scientists warn we ...

    • Ifugao Festival focuses on climate change 

      Comanda, Zaldy C. (Manila Bulletin, June 18, 2015, on page 9)
      As part of the festival, Legarda’s committee will conduct a hearing at the Provincial Capitol to explain the effects of climate change to the local communities in the Cordillera region and to discuss environmental ...

    • Inter-economy cooperation, key to managing climate impacts 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2015, on page 18)
      A government or a sector in isolation can no longer manage disasters, according to Undersecretary Alexander P. Pama, administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster ...

    • Lack of adequate response to climate change 

      Braid, Florangel Rosario (Manila Bulletin, August 29, 2015, on page 11)
      Despite the fact that more people now recognize that climate change presents a grave threat to society, this has yet to be translated to the desired action. Public opinion has lagged behind. In fact, it has been observed ...

    • 'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B.; Wakefield, Francis T.; Antonio, Raymund F.; Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2016, on page 4)
      Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...

    • LGUs move to integrate climate policies 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, December 15, 2016, on page B-9)
      Local governments have integrated climate change policies in their protected landscape and eco-town projects in disaster-prone areas in Marikina City and Rizal. In a multisectoral project together with the Southeast Asian ...

    • Low oxygen levels coral bleaching getting worse in oceans 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 6, 2018, on page 12)
      Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers ...

    • Management, protection of marine sanctuaries DENR’s top priority 

      Newman, Minerva (Manila Bulletin, December 28, 2017, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Visayas will prioritize the long-term protection and management of coastal and marine ecosystems in the region. Eddie Llamedo, chief of the DENR regional ...

    • Mangrove planting 

      Crismundo, Mike (Manila Bulletin, October 5, 2015, on page 16)
      To protect villages from the onslaught of any weather disturbance while mitigating global warming and climate change, the government remains on-track to hit its target to plant 5,706,452 mangrove propagules by yearend. ...

    • Mangroves vs climate change 

      Beleo, Erwin G. (Manila Bulletin, August 8, 2014, on page 17)
      Over 1,000 mangroves seedlings were planted at the reforestation area in barangay Parian Oeste in Buang, La Union, Wednesday afternoon, in a bid to combat the ill effects of climate change. The activity was a joint undertaking ...

    • Marine food chain 

      Xinhua (Manila Bulletin, January 11, 2018, on page B-9)
      Climate change is driving a collapse of the marine food chain, an Australian study published by the University of Adelaide on Wednesday has found. The study found that rising ocean temperatures was reducing the flow of ...

    • Marine mammals disturbed by warming waters 

      Acedo, Celia E. (Manila Bulletin, April 6, 2017, on page B-8)
      The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to diseases, according to a Silliman Journal article by Dr. Ma. Louella L. Dolar, a foremost authority on Philippine ...

    • Marine protection declaration sought for Ticao-Burias Pass 

      Imperial, Sarah (Manila Bulletin, August 6, 2015, on page B-11)
      Albay 3rd District Rep. Fernando Gonzalez revealed he is preparing a legislative measure seeking the declaration of the Ticao-Burias as a Marine Protected Area. (MPA). PAMB—as provided under the NIPAS Act of 1992—is composed ...