Browsing by Subject "coral reef conservation"
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China ship conks out near tubbataha reef
(Manila Standard,March 6, 2013 , on page A3)The Coast Guard has dispatched its search-and- rescue ship to help the crew members of a Chinese vessel whose engine quit southwest of the Tubbataha Reef, an official said Tuesday. The BRP Pampanga was deployed to help the ... -
‘China should pay PH for WPS damages’
(Manila Standard,April 23, 2020 , on page A3)Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday demanded that the Chinese government should shoulder the costs of the Philippines’ COVID-19 response, in reparation for the annual losses the country has incurred due to China’s damage ... -
Chinese ecocide
(The Philippine Star,March 29, 2019 , on page B5)Ecocide, or ecocatastrophe, is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that ... -
Climate change puts Australian reef on 'knife edge'
(BusinessWorld,March 26, 2010 , on page S3/8)The world's southernmost coral reef is on a "knife-edge" after warmer seas blamed on climate change bleached large parts of it for the first time, an Australian scientist warned on Wednesday. Peter Harrison, who has been ... -
Climate-related death of coral around world alarms scientists
(The Philippine Star,April 14, 2016 , on page B-5)Kim Cobb, a marine scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. ... -
Coffee table Tubbataha a chronicle of world heritage
(The Philippine Star,November 24, 2016 , on page B-10)It is no secret that the Philippines is host to one of the most amazing natural wonders in the world, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park within the Sulu Sea. Such as natural gem made it to the list of UNESCO World Heritage ... -
Coral cure in Bagac, Subic
(Manila Standard,November 12, 2016 , on page C1)The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) are implementing ... -
Coral damage blamed on firm
(The Manila Times,September 9, 2015 , on page A7)A Coal-Fired power plant project located in Maasim town, Sarangi province is under fire for allegedly causing the destruction of coral reefs. Sr. Susan Bolanio, of the Oblates of Notre Dame Hesed Foundation Inc., a ... -
Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs
(Manila Bulletin,July 9, 2015 , on page B9)Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ... -
Coral Planting
(Manila Bulletin,January 30, 2014 , on page 14)Soldiers of the Army's 24th Infantry battalion will be planting 20,000 coral reefs in the coastal waters off Barangay Saysain to prepare the possible venue here for the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC). Commanding ... -
Coral protection
(Manila Bulletin,August 29, 2013 , on page 7)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched in this municipality the newest program to rehabilitate and save the Philippines' coral reefs. The program dubbed "Sustainable Coral Reef Ecosystems ... -
Coral reef assessment set for Eastern Visayas
(Manila Bulletin,April 30, 2015 , on page B-8)The Region 8 office of the Department of Environment and Natural (DENR-8) is conducting an assessment on coral reefs in three identified sites in Eastern Visayas, a report from the DENR-8 said. Regional Director Leonardo ... -
Coral reef ecosystem rehab launched
(Manila Bulletin,August 25, 2013 , on page 5)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recognized the need to enhance the protection and management of reefs from overfishing and pollution in the coral triangle region, a global hotspot of marine ... -
Coral reef protection
(Manila Bulletin,October 11, 2014 , on page 6)The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has trained professional and recreational scuba divers to help monitor the health of coral reefs around the British territory. Nearly two dozen divers are expected to collect ... -
Coral reefs
(Manila Bulletin,February 28, 2014 , on page 16)Close to 100 dive shops, hotel and resort operators in this city have signed a covenant for the protection and conservation of coral reefs here. Mayor Paz Radaza together with concerned government line agencies and the ... -
Coral regrowth is new crusade
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 5, 2016 , on page A10)Every day at 9 a.m., divers scour the waters off Mayor’s Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City in Pangasinan province, to look for fragments of live coral that could still be nurtured at the ... -
Coral Restoration in Antique Underway
(Manila Bulletin,August 12, 2013 , on page 13)A project restoring a two-hectare coral reef comprised of some 2,000 coral fragments in Nogas island, Anini-y, this province, almost done. The project was started early this year by the philippine Army's 3rd Infantry ... -
Coral Triangle fishery officials meet in Iloilo City
(The Daily Guardian,July 4, 2017 , on page B7)Representatives from six countries including the Philippines will converge in Iloilo City for the 3rd Fishers Forum and Tuna Governance Workshop from July 4 to 6, 2017. Country representatives of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua ... -
Coral Triangle nations meet to address common threats
(The Philippine Star,November 30, 2017 , on page B6)Six nations comprising the Coral Triangle meet this week to address unsustainable fishing, pollution, and loss of critical habitats from coastal land development to protect this biodiversity-rich region. Environment and ... -
Corals in danger: BFAR struggling to cope with starfish 'invasion'
(Panay News,July 20, 2019 , on page 1-10)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has appealed for more technical experts and scuba divers to help remove destructive crown of thorns (COT) starfish that is infesting the waters of Culasi, Antique. One ...