Browsing by Subject "expeditions"
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Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition
(Manila Standard,June 9, 2016 , on page C1)Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ... -
Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework
(Manila Bulletin,March 23, 2017 , on page B1)The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ... -
Japan kills 122 pregnant whales
(The Manila Times,June 1, 2018 , on page B7)Tokyo: Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call “gruesome and unnecessary.” The four-month expedition ... -
Marine team discovers 30 new species off Verde Island
(Manila Bulletin,July 27, 2017 , on page B-9)More than 30 new species of sea slugs, sea urchins and soft corals have been discovered in the Verde Island Passage, between the provinces of Batangas and Mindoro, proving the area’s significance as “the center of the ... -
P100-m research fund for PH Rise gets greenlight
(Manila Standard,February 12, 2018 , on page A1)Congress has adopted a resolution to create a P100-million trust fund for scientific research, feasibility studies, marine exploration and procurement of new equipment to beef up research capability in the Philippine Rise. ... -
Quezon fishermen have long been fishing at Benham Rise, says Infanta boat captain
(Manila Bulletin,May 6, 2017 , on page 1-12)Infanta, Quezon – Benham Rise may have entered the consciousness of most Filipinos only recently, but to the residents of Dinahican village here, it has long been part of the fisher folk’s lives for nearly four decades ... -
Rape on the Rise
(Manila Standard,February 16, 2018 , on page A4-A5)We are not talking of rape of the carnal kind here. The title of this column deals with the most recent violation committed by China on Philippine territorial sovereignty. Not content with its encroachment into the Philippine ... -
Sailing for conservation
(Manila Bulletin,January 20, 2019 , on page 1-E3)They say the best journeys run deep and reconnect us with what it means to be human. Our sailing expedition to one of the most remote and astounding corners of the Philippine archipelago, Palawan, turned out to be exactly ... -
Scientists discover new ocean species
(The Philippine Star,June 14, 2015 , on page 6)Scientist diving amid deep-water corals and ranging the shallows for sea creatures never seen before have returned to the California Academy of Sciences from an expedition in the Philippines bearing new collections of ... -
Snapshots to preserve the Coral Triangle
(Manila Bulletin,May 16, 2010 , on page J-3)Taking to heart the notion that pictures paint a thousand words, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has found a perfect way to educate the public about the preserving the beauty of the Earth’s Coral Triangle – through photographs. ... -
UP expert fears misuse of Benham
(Manila Standard,February 1, 2018 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines officially allowed Chinese scientists to survey ocean currents in the country’s northeastern seaboard—but it is also possible for data gathered from a scientific expedition to be used for military purposes, ... -
Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival
(Manila Standard,April 18, 2017 , on page C4)Tara, Japan – The key to the survival of the world’s threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. The seabed of Shikine Island is a “living ...