Browsing by Subject "ground water"

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    • Agriculture's water problems can become too big. 

      Dar, William (The Manila Times, June 16, 2017, on page B5)
      It may even boil down to the following: store rainwater, by increasing the absorptive capacity of watersheds through reforestation and building more small water storage (impounding) and catchment systems; expand both the ...

    • As seas rise, saltwater plants offer hope farms will survive 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 16, 2015, on page B-8)
      On a sun-scorched wasteland near India’s southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds. The plants are living on saltwater, coping with drought and ...

    • Boracay's groundwater still contaminated- DENR, DOH 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, August 14, 2018, on page 10)
      Despite the government’s ongoing rehabilitation program, the groundwater of several barangays in world-famous Boracay Island remains contaminated, based on initial findings of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an ...

    • The dark side of prawn farming 

      Morella, Cecil (Manila Standard, April 11, 2008, on page A2)
      She helped turn many of world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...

    • DENR 6 empowers youth on watershed conservation 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (The Daily Guardian, September 13, 2018, on page 13)
      With more than 2/3 of the country’s land area classified as watershed, which is equivalent to about 21 million hectares of catchment areas, watersheds should be protected and conserved. Thus, in order to spread its ...

    • DENR says 8 central Luzon wetlands are being overrun 

      Dizon, Romeo (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page B4)
      The eight wetland areas in Central Luzon are in danger of being overrun by human activities, prompting government authorities to call for active public support and vigilance in protecting them. Francisco Milla Jr., regional ...

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw 

      Hood, Marlowe (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page A5)
      Before man-made climate change kicked in—and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May—the global water crisis was upon us. Freshwater resources were already badly stressed before heat-trapping ...

    • Freshwater scarcity alert raised in Western Visayas 

      Yap, Tara; Canet, Carla (Manila Bulletin, November 20, 2015, on page 19)
      With the likelihood of overextraction of groundwater here during the El Nino period, there is danger that fresh water will become scarce in Western Visayas. "Over extraction can lead to loss in freshwater resources," warned ...

    • Humans threaten crucial 'fossil' groundwater - study 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2017, on page B7)
      Human activity risks contaminating pristine water locked underground for millennia and long thought impervious to pollution, said a study Tuesday that warned of a looming threat to the crucial resource. Even at depths of ...

    • Killing watersheds, killing life 

      Dela Paz, Dean (Malaya, March 14, 2017, on page A2)
      The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...

    • Maynilad to spend nearly ₱2 billion on wastewater treatment projects in 2018 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, April 4, 2018, on page B-11)
      West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has allotted a budget of ₱1.7 billion this year to increase its sewerage coverage as well as maintain its existing wastewater network.

    • Prawn farms destroying nation's fish nurseries 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2008, on page A1-A7)
      She helped turn many of the world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ...

    • Prawn sandwich destroys fish nurseries: expert 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, April 11, 2008, on page S1/11)
      She helped turn many of the world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipina zoologist, whose ...

    • Prawn sandwich destroys Philippines fish nurseries 

      Morella, Cecil (The Manila Times, April 11, 2008, on page A5)
      She helped turn many of the world’s prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life’s work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipina zoologist, whose ...

    • Remember to 'waste no water' 

      (Tempo, March 27, 2022, on page 4)
      Water is life. So, if water is life, then easy access to fresh water is a basic right that each and every person in this world must enjoy. The reality, however, is far from it. United Nations data revealed that 2.2 billion ...

    • Revenge of the river – 2 

      Mana-ay, Edgar (DailyGuardian, June 17, 2019, on page 4-5)
      In my first article, this writer pointed out that it is the people of Metro Iloilo who suffered the most because of the molasses contamination fiasco of Jalaur River caused by the criminal act of a sugar central. This ...

    • The right way? What Kaliwa Dam project means to those in the 'green' side 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2019, on page B-7)
      Amid ongoing contentions about the controversial Kaliwa Dam, environmental group Haribon Foundation reiterates that the solution to the water crisis is right in our midst – the restoration of Philippine forests. Haribon ...

    • RP is vulnerable to climate change 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, March 9, 2018, on page A5)
      Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ...

    • Senator pushes for protection wetlands 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 26, 2018, on page A3)
      A continuing government commitment and a more extensive public participation in the conservation of natural wetlands in the country are needed to protect the environment, according to Senator Cynthia Villar. Marking the ...