Browsing by Subject "anthropogenic factors"

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    • Commercial fishing allowed in Philippine Rise — Duterte 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, May 17, 2018, on page A2)
      On board BRP Davao del Sur: President Rodrigo Duterte said he would still allow but “strictly” enforce commercial fishing in the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) after he proclaimed the 13-million hectare undersea region a ...

    • Coral cure in Bagac, Subic 

      Gunio, Butch (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 ...

    • Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability 

      Primavera, Jurgenne H. (The Philippine Star, August 2, 2007, on page B-6-B-7)
      My earliest training was in zoology, and when I began studying the taxonomy of mangroves, I found the diversity of these habitats challenging. On a trip to the Mai Po, Hong Kong, mangroves in 1993, experts from Thailand ...

    • Need for environmental literacy 

      Garcia, Moises Norman; Cobar-Garcia, Maria Rosaro Virginia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2016, on page A16)
      Nowadays, no one could deny the urgency of the major environmental problems, particularly global warming and climate change, because of the threat to humanity’s existence. The cause is the unprecedented greenhouse gas ...

    • New partnership for marine KBAs 

      (The Manila Times, June 2, 2015, on page B8)
      To mark the World Environment Day on June 5, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) launched a new partnership to help ...

    • Ocean planet under threat 

      (Malaya, June 21, 2013, on page A7)
      The oceans are under threat. Thus warned Braulio De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, he said. "Marine biodiversity suffers from overfishing and other unsustainable fishing practices. ...

    • Oceana lauds BFAR’s declaration of fisheries management areas 

      (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2019, on page B4)
      Oceana Philippines has welcomed the move of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to declare the country’s major fishing grounds as fisheries management areas (FMAs) as it cited the need for proper conservation. ...

    • Whale shark study team formed 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2012, on page 20)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR 7) has formed an eight-member composite team for a three-month research study on the ecology and feeding habits of whales sharks (Rhincodon typus) in ...

    • What to do with the fish pens in Laguna de Bay: (part II) 

      Javier, Emil (Manila Bulletin, March 5, 2017, on page B-2)
      Demolition of all the fish pens/cages in Laguna de Bay is anti-poor. It unnecessarily deprives the poor consumers of Metro Manila and surrounding communities of a significant part of their affordable animal protein supply. ...