Browsing by Subject "coral reef conservation"

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    • 11.5km coastline in Bohol declared national geological monument 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, May 29, 2015, on page 17)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared the 11.5km Loon-Maribojoc coastline as a national geological monument to provide for its management, protection and preservation. The coastline was ...

    • 27 train on coral restoration 

      Gadian, Margie (Panay News, February 26, 2013, on page 6)
      Twenty seven participants have graduated from the recently concluded training on underwater search and rescue and coral restoration in Nogas Island, Anini-y town. They were mostly form the Philippine Army. Experts from the ...

    • ₱4M in payment sought for coral reef damage 

      Jaucian, Michael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2015, on page A8)
      The city government of Legazpi is demanding P4 million in compensation from the owner of the Vietnamese cargo vessel that damaged the coral reef along Pulang Buya, or Denson Reef, when the vessel ran aground at the Albay ...

    • Advocates celebrate Coral Triangle Day 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2013, on page 15)
      Six resort and water park owners in this city recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7) in support of conservation measures and a public ...

    • Army to help restore Nogas Island corals 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Antique; PN (Panay News, August 23, 2013, on page 1)
      Philippine Army soldiers are in Brgy. Nato, Anini-y town, not for battle but to help restore coral reefs in Nogas Island. “Our presence here must not be misinterpreted” as an indication that the town is “unruly,” said Brig. ...

    • At 86, still a marine biodiveristy champion 

      Grafe, Nova Veraley; Acedo, Celia (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 ...

    • Austalia failing to protect Great Barrier Reef, say activists 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Barrier reef 'too big to fail' 

      (Manila Standard, June 27, 2017, on page C3)
      Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail,” a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest ...

    • Barrier Reef caretaker breaks with gov't, urges action 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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. ...

    • BFAR calls for help in seastar outbreak 

      Santiagudo, Emme Rose (DailyGuardian, July 22, 2019, on page 1-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region called on professional scuba divers to respond to the outbreak of coral-eating seastars in Culasi, Antique. BFAR Regional Director Remia Aparri sought the ...

    • BFAR launches Coral Garden 

      Newsrepublic Press (The News Today, May 24, 2002, on page 1-3)
      In order to conserve the dwindling coral reefs in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources along with other national government agencies had launched the first Coral Garden here. According to Malcolm ...

    • Big aquaculture company bulldozes Borneo mangroves 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2018, on page A6)
      Not long ago, the clearing had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life stretching from fish larvae hatching in the cradle of their underwater roots to the hornbills squawking at their crown. ...

    • Bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Boracay corals dying fast, says group 

      Burgos, Nestor P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2015, on page A13)
      After concerns have been raised about the deteriorating water quality at a portion of the pristine White Beach of the island in Malay, Aklan province, a coral reef rehabilitation group has now reported mass dying of corals. ...

    • CAFGU to lead planting of coral reef on Bagac beach 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, May 15, 2014, on page B-9)
      The Philippines Army's recruited Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) will spearhead the planting of around 20,000 coral reefs off the coastal area in Barangay Saysain, this town after the Department of Science ...

    • Can 'weak' El Niño trigger coral bleaching epidemic? 

      Mercado, Juan L. (The Philippine Star, December 8, 2002, on page 12)
      Will this year's "weak" El Niño trigger another round of mysterious "bleaching" that savaged economically-vital coral reefs in a clocklike-wave of infection in 1998?. Scientists J. H. Primavera and E.D. Gomez have documented ...

    • Carpio pushes for tripartite pact on Scarborough 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Araja, Rio (Manila Standard, June 16, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said Friday that the Philippines, China, and Vietnam could reach an agreement over what to do about the rich fishing grounds in Scarborough Shoal, noting that a UN tribunal had ruled the ...

    • Cash offered for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • Center of biodiversity 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2017, on page 14)
      The Philippines is the "center of the center" of marine fish diversity. We have 2,983 fish species compared to the other countries within the Coral Triangle, the center of marine biodiversity of the world.