Browsing by Subject "corals"
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DENR creates body on anti-coral bleaching
(The Manila Times,September 13, 2010 , on page A5)Secretary Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR) ordered recently the creation of a task force under the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau to monitor and document coral bleaching in the ... -
DENR statement on West PHL Sea coral destruction
(DailyGuardian,September 26, 2023 , on page 5)The Philippines has worked for over 20 years on the protection of the marine environment within and beyond its territorial waters. As it celebrated the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the ... -
DENR to implement stricter penalties to protect Coral Triangle
(BusinessWorld,December 1, 2017 , on page S1/9)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be enforcing stiffer sanctions on companies that will be found to be polluting bodies of water near the Coral Triangle, as part of the country’s contribution ... -
Fish catch down 70%; destruction of corals blamed
(The Philippine Star,September 19, 2023 , on page 1-4)Fish catch in the West Philippine Sea has gone down by 70 percent since 2020, and further decline is expected amid reports of massive poaching of corals by the Chinese, a militant fishers’ group warned yesterday. Pambansang ... -
Gov't mulls environment case vs China over corals
(The Philippine Star,September 21, 2023 , on page 1-4)The Philippines is considering filing a new complaint against China before an international tribunal following the reported harvesting and destruction of corals in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Solicitor General Menardo ... -
Oil spill: 5,185 hectares of marine habitat affected
(The Philippine Star,March 30, 2023 , on page 8)The oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress has affected up to 5,185 hectares of corals, seagrass and mangroves in Oriental Mindoro and Western Visayas. In a situational report released yesterday, the Department of ... -
Phl, US troops install artificial habitat reefs
(The Philippine Star,August 18, 2019 , on page 4)Filipino and American servicemen have successfully installed 30 artificial reefs that will serve as fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds in the waters of Calatagan in Batangas, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) reported ... -
Rare Tahiti coral reef 'like a work of art'
(Daily Tribune,January 30, 2022 , on page B16)One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a United Nation (UN)-supported scientific mission off the coast Tahiti. Announcing the stunning find UNESCO said drivers has explored large rose-shaped ... -
Red Sea corals threatened by mystery sea urchin deaths
(The Manila Times,September 25, 2023 , on page A4)The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn — the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease. Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae that can suffocate ... -
Researchers look into genetic engineering in effort to save corals from warming seas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 9, 2021 , on page IP)A bit of coral shimmers like gold in a US lab as part of urgent work to help the species protect itself from climate change, an effort even skeptical experts see as sadly justifiable. Researchers in Florida are aiming to ... -
Sea cows, abalone, pillar coral now threatened with extinction
(Manila Bulletin,December 11, 2022 , on page 6)Dugongs-large herbivorous marine mammals commonly known as "sea cows" -- are now threatened with extinction, according to an official list updated Friday. These gentle cousins of the manatee graze on seagrass in shallow ... -
Two-thirds of reef sharks, rays risk extinction
(The Manila Times,January 19, 2023 , on page A3)Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published Tuesday, with a warning this could further imperil precious reefs. Coral reefs, ... -
US alarmed by coral destruction in WPS
(The Philippine Star,September 20, 2023 , on page 1-6)The United States – through its top diplomat in the Philippines – has expressed alarm over the destruction of corals in the Rozul Shoal near Palawan, widely believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese. “Troubling ... -
Women power in Sarangani Bay keeps coral predators away
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 28, 2022 , on page A7)The crown of thorns starfish that have been destroying corals in the 215,950-hectare Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) have found their match among women in coastal communities here. Thanks to a reward of rice given ...