Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "Climatic changes"

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    • Massive mangrove planting seen to strengthen E. Visayas coastal areas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 12, 2017, on page B-8)
      The massive mangrove plantation initiated by the government will strengthen the protection of the coastal areas in Eastern Visayas against the rise of sea water or storm surge due to strong typhoons. DENR-8 Regional Director ...

    • Massive rehab of beach forests in W. Visayas set 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 14, 2015, on page 13)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas (DENR-6) Regional Director Jim Sampulna, said the project will cover Yolanda-devastated mangrove areas in Capiz, Iloilo and Negros Occidental provinces. ...

    • Media help sustains Negros watershed 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 29, 2015, on page B-8)
      Members of the media in Negros Occidental not only report the news, but also help preserve the environment. For four consecutive years, the Negros Press Club (NPC) has partnered with telecommunication giant Smart Communications ...

    • Month of the ocean: Stand up, save Philippine reefs 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (Manila Bulletin, May 29, 2015, on page 16)
      May is “Month of the Ocean” (MOO) to make people understand how conservation, protection, and sustainable management of ocean coastal and marine resources translate to a healthy and flourishing community, because these ...

    • More mangrove sites identified 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2016, on page 15)
      More areas in Eastern Visayas will be planted with mangroves, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office said. DENR Regional Director for Eastern Visayas Leonardo Sibbaluca told reporters that ...

    • MVP firms champion mangroves protection 

      Loyola, James (Manila Bulletin, July 6, 2015, on page C4)
      A study by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) show that what used to be 500,000 hectares of mangrove forest spread across the country have slowly wilted down to just about 100,000 due to continuous land ...

    • Nature's newsmakers 

      Garlitos, Rayund M. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2017, on page 14)
      In a country blessed with natural resources and prone to weather disturbances, such issues that would have mattered little in terms of entertainment would actually have an immense impact on the lives of so many people. The ...

    • New England fishery disaster declared 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, September 18, 2012, on page B-6)
      The US Commerce Department declared a national fishery disaster Thursday in New England, opening the door for tens of millions of dollars in relief funds for struggling fishermen and their ports. Acting Commerce Secretary ...

    • New technologies pushed for sustainable fisheries in Asia Pacific 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, October 4, 2015, on page 15)
      The 11-member countries comprising the Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center(SEAFDEC) is pushing for new technologies that will ensure sustainable fisheries in member economies of the Asia-Pacific ...

    • New warning issued on climate change 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2016, on page B-9)
      According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ...

    • Obama plans to quadruple Hawaii marine protected area 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2016, on page B8)
      The White House says that President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area. Obama's proclamation will quadruple in size a monument originally ...

    • Ocean heat hits record high - UN 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2019, on page 1-5)
      Ocean heat hit a record high in 2018, the United Nations said Thursday, raising urgent new concerns about the threat global warming is posing to marine life. In its latest State of the Climate overview, the World Meteorological ...

    • Ocean heat wave harming 12,000 sq-km of world's coral reefs - experts 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, October 9, 2015, on page 1-18)
      Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as “The Blob”, scientists said on Thursday. The bout of record high ...

    • The ocean is dying (1) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, May 22, 2017, on page 14)
      The alarming rise in the price of fish is linked to the alarming rise of ocean temperature, which killed the coral reefs in our oceans. Remove the corrals and you remove the marine creatures’ source of food, habitat, and ...

    • Oceans heating faster than previously thought: Study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, November 25, 2018, on page 1-8)
      The word's oceans have absorbed more heat than previously thought over the last quarter of a century leaving Earth more sensitive still to the effects of climate change. Oceans over more than two thirds of the planet's ...

    • P67.45M earmarked for mangrove, beach forest dev't projects 

      Crismundo, Mike U. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2015, on page B8)
      The government has earmarked P67.45 million this year for massive mangrove planting activities and beach forest development in targeted coastline areas in the Caraga region to further protect communities from storm surges ...

    • Penguin future looks perkier with fishing ban 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2010, on page B8)
      A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday. The population of the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) ...

    • ‘PH must impose presence in Benham Rise’ 

      Torregoza, Hannah L. (Manila Bulletin, April 4, 2017, on page 2)
      The Duterte administration should consider setting up floating terminals in Benham Rise as part of its strategy to assert ownership and sovereign rights over the disputed undersea region. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, ...

    • Phl is 6th extremely vulnerable to climate change 

      Agoot, Liza (Manila Bulletin, April 22, 2016, on page 15)
      Among 16 nations extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines ranked 6th owing to it's archipelagic nature and it's location, according to the global risk advisor Maplecroft. This point was stressed further by ...

    • Pristine ecosystem, a posh paradise: high-end adventure travel lures upscale Western tourists to El Nido, Palawan 

      Oiga, Jacky Lynne A. (Manila Bulletin, September 29, 2013, on page G-1)
      Rare marine life, endangered species, and undeveloped natural territories are luring more upscale tourists, mostly from the west, to El Nido, a world-renowned island destination and mange resource protected in Northern ...