Browsing by Subject "coral reef conservation"
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The fight to rehabilitate Philippine coral reefs
(Manila Standard,February 11, 2010 , on page D7)Through my foggy mask, I make out my dive buddy giving the go signal. I back-roll, in-gloriously, into the turquoise waters in northern Batangas in the Philippines. Scant seconds pass as I find my bearings, but soon the ... -
Fishing industry
(Manila Bulletin,June 3, 2013 , on page 14)The anti-illegal fishing drive is being stepped up to protect and preserve the fish sanctuary and corals in the province of Surigao del Norte. The city government here led by Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas has strengthened its ... -
Future of coral reefs in the time of climate change
(The Manila Times,February 1, 2022 , on page A5-A6)Coral reefs are one of the world's most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems. They provide abundant ecological goods and services and are central to the socioeconomic and cultural welfare of coastal and island ... -
Gov't mulls environment case vs China over corals
(The Philippine Star,September 21, 2023 , on page 1-4)The Philippines is considering filing a new complaint against China before an international tribunal following the reported harvesting and destruction of corals in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Solicitor General Menardo ... -
Great Barrier Reef avoids 'danger' list
(Panay News,July 7, 2017 , on page 12)Unesco has decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its official list of World Heritage sites "in danger." Unpredecented back-to-back coral bleaching events had intesified debate about whether Unesco should change ... -
Great Barrier Reef bleaching worst – scientists
(The Manila Times,April 8, 2020 , on page B3)Australia’s Great Barrier Reef had suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world’s largest living organism. James ... -
Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching
(Panay News,March 27, 2020 , on page 11)Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years. Warmer sea temperatures –particularly in February – are feared to have caused huge coral loss across the world’s ... -
Groups alarmed at reef bleaching
(Manila Standard,March 22, 2016 , on page B8)Environmental groups Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government sounded the alarm over severe coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The government said ... -
Guimaras seeks to protect 70 hectares of coral reefs
(Panay News,January 15, 2017 , on page 5)This island province boasts of 70 hectares of undistributed coral reefs, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas. Coral reefs are marine ridges or mounds, which have formed ... -
Healers of Tubbataha
(The Philippine Star,June 8, 2013 , on page 2)Convict Surgeonfish swim around Tubbataha Reef's South Atoll, which was damaged by ship grounding this year. In celebration of World Oceans Day today, the Worlds Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines released this photo to show ... -
Helping coral reefs with beads of faith
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 8, 2013 , on page A20)In what could be the first of its kind in the world, a 65-meter-long artificial reef shaped like a rosary was dropped into the Albay Gulf off the coastal town of Sto. Domingo in Albay. The structure symbolizes the “Our ... -
Hope for corals
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 28, 2018 , on page A14)The campaign to build a coral nursery in the Town of Santa Cruz, Marinduque province, was started on Earth Day by the Coral Movement of the group Heirs of the World Inc. with help from the Santa Cruz Mayor Marisa Red ... -
Is the DPWH killing coral reefs?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 10, 2017 , on page A19)He might get into trouble for it, renowned marine biologist Wilfredo Licuanan himself admitted, but he just had to say it: “The No. 1 destroyer of coral reefs in the Philippines is the Department of Public Works and ... -
Island may offer clues to coral reefs' survival
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 18, 2017 , on page A4)The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine island is a “living laboratory” for ... -
Legarda backs Anini-y coral reef restoration
(Panay News,August 19, 2013 , on page 7)The bayanihan spirit is important to "restore the vibrancy of our marine ecosystem." This was Ilongga senator Loren Legarda's message, delivered by former Antique governor Sally Perez, during the inauguration and blessing ... -
LGUs to secure waters vs destructive fishing
(Manila Standard,July 31, 2018 , on page B4)Local government officials have been directed to take a bigger role in securing aquatic resources and local officials may be held liable for failing to act against prohibited fishing activities in their respective areas, ... -
Live coral cover in parts of Manila Bay gives hope for restoration
(BusinessWorld,April 30, 2019 , on page S1/10)Live coral cover found within the waters of Manila Bay buoyed hopes that the heavily polluted waters could still be restored to its pristine condition, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced ... -
Loren pushes reef protection
(Daily Tribune,April 4, 2022 , on page A7)Returning senatorial candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday stressed the importance of conserving and preserving the country’s coral reefs to sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and to promote livelihood. “Beyond aesthetics, ... -
A love affair with coral reefs
(Manila Standard,February 25, 2019 , on page B3)I was five years old when I got to see my first coral reef back in Bantayan Island off Cebu, where my Yaya Yoly was from. I didn’t know how to swim then, so all I could remember from the experience is the few minutes of ... -
Lowly ‘labahita’ may yet help heal Tubbataha atolls
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 9, 2013 , on page A1-A20)They aren’t the most beautiful fish in the sea, but the labahita may just be what the Tubbataha Reefs need to regenerate after being bruised by the intrusions of two foreign vessels earlier this year. With the presence of ...