Browsing by Subject "barrier reefs"
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At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 1, 2015 , on page A9)His silver hair and well-toned skin hardly reveal his age of 86 years. In fact, listening to him talk in his usual passionate and thickly accented manner, one may even imagine him to be a few decades younger. Speaking about ... -
Aussie Reef
(Manila Bulletin,February 1, 2014 , on page 6)The government agency that oversees Australia's great barrier reef on Friday approved a plan to dump vast swathes of sediment on the reef as part of major coal port expansion - a decision that environmentalists say will ... -
Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2018 , on page B3)Australia is breaching commitments to protect the embattled Great Barrier Reef from the effects of land clearing, environmental groups claimed on Monday (June 25) and called on the UN to probe the alleged failures. Canberra ... -
Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef
(The Philippine Star,October 4, 2012 , on page A-23)The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years. Environment Minister Tony Burke said research ... -
Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health
(Panay News,June 23, 2021 , on page 7)Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the United Nations (UN) World Heritage Committee’s ... -
Australia: Plan ensures Great Barrier Reef future
(The Philippine Star,March 23, 2015 , on page 12)Australia released its long-term blueprint to save the Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying protecting the World Heritage site was a priority. The 35-year plan for the major tourist attraction ... -
Barrier Reef caretaker breaks with gov't, urges action
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 20, 2019 , on page A14)The agency that manages the Great Barrier Reef broke ranks with Australia’s conservative government to call for the “strongest and fastest possible action” against climate change to save the world heritage marine wonder. ... -
Bleaching 'killing' Great Barrier Reef
(Panay News,May 31, 2016 , on page 11)At least 35 percent of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by bleaching, Australian scientists say. The experts from James Cook University ( JCU) say it is the ... -
Bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef
(Manila Standard,April 21, 2016 , on page B8)Sydney- Australias Great Barrier Reef is suffering its worst coral bleaching in recorded history with 93 percent of the World Heritage site affected, scientists said Wednesday, as they revealed the phenomenon is also hitting ... -
Bohol's mangrove growers get boost
(Manila Bulletin,February 20, 2017 , on page 8)Residents in the island barangay of Banacon, this town, which has the largest man-made mangrove forest in Asia in terms of area planted with different species, have been promised more jobs by the Department of Environment ... -
Calatagan-where natural reefs thrive along with artificial ones
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 6, 2010 , on page F-2)With my drive buddies Ramon and Dennis Nakpil, and with guest diver and friend Ed Hontiveros, I drove to Calatagan recently for a dive excursion. After an easy 2 ½-hour drive, we reached this town in Batangas, whose name ... -
Cash offered for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas
(BusinessWorld,January 17, 2018 , on page S1/8)Australia is calling on the world's top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world's largest living structure. The UNESCO World ... -
China ship pays $29M for reef disaster
(The Manila Times,September 20, 2016 , on page B7)The owners of a Chinese ship that ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010 agreed to pay Australia Aus$39. 3 million ($29.6 million) on Monday, in a settlement dismissed by conservationists as "woefully inadequate." ... -
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 ... -
Coral damage
(Manila Bulletin,October 9, 2012 , on page 11-B-11)Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years due to storms, predatory starfish and bleaching linked to climate change, a study found Tuesday. The research by scientists from ... -
Coral transplant raises Barrier Reef survival hopes
(The Manila Times,November 27, 2017 , on page A8)Coral bred in one part of the Great Barrier Reef was successfully transplanted into another area, Australian scientists said on Sunday, in a project they hope could restore damaged ecosystems around the world. In a trial ... -
Crew fined for entering restricted reef area
(The Philippine Star,April 17, 2010 , on page A-26)Australian authorities signaled their seriousness about protecting the Great Barrier Reef with a court issuing fines Friday for a ship that entered a restricted area a day after a coal carrier ran aground and tore a huge ... -
Deep reefs no 'twilight zone' refuge for fish, corals
(The Philippine Star,July 26, 2018 , on page B6)Deep coral reefs in a “twilight zone” in the oceans differ sharply from those near the surface, dimming hopes that they can be a refuge for marine life fleeing threats such as climate change and pollution, scientists said. ... -
DENR slams vandalization of corals in Batangas
(The Philippine Star,October 18, 2018 , on page B6)Tourists as well as diving operators should strictly observe the standard practices on responsible diving and snorkelling following reports of vandalization of corals in Batangas, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said. "We ... -
Fears over plasticeating corals
(Manila Bulletin,February 25, 2015 , on page 12)Corals in the Great Barrier Reef are eating small plastic debris in the ocean, Australian researchers said Tuesday, raising fears about the impact the indigestible fragments have on their health and other marine life. The ...