Browsing by Place "Africa"
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African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN
(BusinessWorld,September 3, 2010 , on page S1/1)Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday. Scientists conducting a survey ... -
Asean water security concerns: Focus on the Mekong River
(The Manila Times,July 23, 2022 , on page A4-A5)Conflicts over water are ancient. According to the US-based Pacific Institute which specializes in water policy, water conflict appears to have occurred for the first time 4,500 years ago when a king named Urlama diverted ... -
Can fish farming in territorial waters feed a hungry world?
(Manila Standard,August 16, 2017 , on page C4)Harvesting fish and shellfish from offshore farms could help provide essential protein to a global population set to expand a third to 10 billion by mid-century, researchers said Monday. Suitable open-sea zones have the ... -
Choking air, melting glaciers changing India
(The Manila Times,November 18, 2015 , on page C4)India’s landscapes are changing – from the melt in the Himalayas, to the increasingly arid farm belts in the middle and the stunning coasts where fishermen talk of rising, warmer seas eroding their shores. “Changes in sea ... -
Deforestation+climate change= dead and for wildlife
(Manila Standard,July 10, 2019 , on page A5)Climate change combined with galloping tropical deforestation is cutting off wildlife from life-saving cooler climes, heightening the risk of extinction, researchers said Monday. Less than two-fifths of forests across Latin ... -
FTA to improve PH tuna access to EU
(Malaya,September 21, 2012 , on page A1-A2)An FTA would help Philippine canned tuna exports to Europe better access, Trade Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal Jr. said. Cristobal said in an interview at the sidelines of the One Country, One Voice PH-EU Consultations ... -
G20 plastic trash reduction goal doesn't address 'excessive production: Activists
(Malaya,July 2, 2019 , on page B5)The world produced about 242 million tons of plastic waste in 2016, according to the World Bank. Some 8 million of that enters the ocean annually, with China and Indonesia being the biggest offenders, a study in the journal ... -
Global warming threatens jewels of nature and civilization
(The Manila Times,December 10, 2015 , on page A6)A warming climate is one of the principal menaces to the dazzling, 2,300-kilometer coral reef system off the coast of northeastern Australia known as the Great Barrier Reef. Home to thousands of species of fish and other ... -
High seas treaty on allocating fish across jurisdiction
(The Manila Times,June 11, 2022 , on page A4-A5)On Dec. 24, 2017, the UN General Assembly voted to convene a multi-year process to develop a treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity, now referred to as the Treaty on Biodiversity in ... -
Invasive alien fishes cause the extinction of native fishes
(BusinessMirror,August 29, 2021 , on page A15)According to the Asean Biodiversity Outlook 2, Asean member states have identified 112 invasive alien species affecting forests, agriculture and aquatic ecosystems. “Given that we have all these introduced species already ... -
Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming
(Manila Standard,October 19, 2022 , on page B3)It’s harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two thousand meters above sea level. The yield is not grain or fruit, but rainbow trout — the bounty from an undulating river ... -
[ Sacred crocodiles ]
(The Philippine Star,April 6, 2018 , on page 18)For many Sheedis, the swampy crocodile shrine to Sufi saint Haji Syed Shaikh Sultan - more popularly known as Mangho Pir - is the most potent symbol of their shared African past, as they struggle to uncover the trail that ... -
UN wildlife conference kicks off in Manila next week
(BusinessWorld,October 20, 2017 , on page S4/4)Over 120 countries will gather in Manila for the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species(CMS COP12) from October 23 to 28, 2017 - the first time that the COP will be held in ...