Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "Man-induced effects"

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    • 1 M species risk extinction due to humns - draft UN report 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 27, 2019, on page 4)
      Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by Agence France-Presse that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which ...

    • Animals, crops, and people all suffer amid Europe's heatwave 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, August 2, 2018, on page B-8)
      The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims. Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much ...

    • Baguio City after Boracay 

      Espina, Erik (Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2019, on page 6)
      The timely intervention of President Rodrigo Duterte in closing Boracay for rehabilitation is to be applauded, given the political, and the moral will, to save the pristine beaches and bucolic lifestyle of the world-famous ...

    • Battle of Manila Bay to be won in 7 years - DENR 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, January 29, 2019, on page 1-3)
      The rehabilitation of Manila Bay will be in three phases in the next seven years, which means this will go beyond the term of President Duterte who vowed to make the bay as clean as the world-famous Boracay island. Environment ...

    • Boracay state of calamity declared this week 

      Yap, Tara; Luci-Atienza, Charissa M. (Manila Bulletin, April 19, 2018, on page 7)
      A state of calamity will be declared Boracay island in Aklan within the week, formalizing the six-month closure of the country’s premier tourist draw. “It’s in the works,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Roque said while ...

    • Boracay wetlands being threatened 

      Yap, Tara; Aguirre, Jun N. (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2017, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) wants to preserve the wetlands in the country’s premier beach destination, Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. DENR Director for Western Visayas Jim Sampulna said the ...

    • Carbon dioxide threatens: Tropical coral reefs 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 3, 2000, on page B-11)
      As if there weren't already enough threats to coral refs, now scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in seawater could be a direct threat to these ...

    • Climate change warming Asian waters, altering monsoon 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2016, on page B8)
      The all-important monsoon forecast becomes a national priority, with more than 70 percent of India's 1.25 billion citizens engaged in agriculture and relying on weather predictions to decide when they will sow their seeds ...

    • Council okays fish kill probe 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, May 13, 2011, on page 13)
      Fourth District Board Member Nestor Tolentino blamed indiscriminate fishing and dumping of wastes for the tons of dead fish seen floating along Pampanga River two weeks ago. Tolentino said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is ...

    • DENR to ban single-use plastic in Boracay 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, June 14, 2018, on page 6)
      The government could soon ban the single use of plastic items in Boracay Island. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu is “seriously considering” this to address the growing garbage problem in the island. ...

    • Divers needed for Cebu coastal clean-up 

      Newman, Minerva B. C. (Manila Bulletin, April 5, 2019, on page 12)
      The Junior Cham­ber International-Cebu Sinulog Inc. (JCI-CSI) needs 100 volunteer divers for this year’s Scubasurero Project, a massive coastal cleanup drive on April 21 at the Boyla Diving Resort Terminal in Lapu-Lapu ...

    • Dumping garbage at Laguna Lake 

      Binay, Jejomar (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2018, on page 11)
      According to the LLDA, IPM Construction and Development Corp. and Level Up Construction and Development Corp. have illegally reclaimed 47 hectares of the lake. The LLDA has ordered the closure of the sites, and have filed ...

    • Finally, a master plan for Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2018, on page 10)
      There is indeed so much going for Manila Bay. What is not generally known, however, is that Manila Bay is so highly polluted that in 2009, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision ordering 13 government agencies to ...

    • Half of world's sea turtles have swallowed plastic or other rubbish 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 16, 2015, on page 6)
      Rubbish and debris entering into the marine environment become a more high profile issue after Australian researchers found more than half of the world's sea turtles have swallowed plastic or other rubbish. Research from ...

    • Hopes up with new Pasig cleanup effort 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 8, 2020, on page 4)
      When it begins its projected ₱95.5-billion Pasig River Expessway project, San Miguel Corp. (SMC) plans to also clean up and improve the flow of water along the Pasig River. It will be embarking on a project – cleanup of ...

    • House leader wants total ban on further reclamations of Manila Bay 

      Atienza, Charissa M.; De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 20, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Deputy Speaker and Pangasinan Rep. Rose Marie “Baby” Arenas wants to prohibit and declare a total ban on further reclamations of Manila Bay. She branded as “alarming” the ongoing rush to execute the reclamation projects, ...

    • It will take years to clean up Manila Bay 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 18, 2019, on page 8)
      It took six months to clean up Boracay’s waters. It will take seven years to clean up Manila Bay until it becomes as clean as in Boracay today, Secretary of Agriculture Emmanuel Pinol said in a radio interview this week. ...

    • 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 ...

    • Manila Bay reclamation opposed 

      Fernandez, Ria; De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, February 19, 2019, on page 1-9)
      Residents of Baseco compound in Tondo, along with fisherfolk and environmental groups, marched to Manila City Hall Monday morning to protest the four Manila Bay reclamation projects that have allegedly been approved by ...

    • Manila Water receives LLDA penalty notice 

      Loyola, James A. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2010, on page B-2)
      Manila Water Company has been penalized by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) after having been found by the agency to be discharging pollutive wastewater into Laguna Lake. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock ...