Browsing Aquatic News Index by Title

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    • Act to transform climate 

      La Viña, Dean Tony (Manila Standard, June 6, 2015, on page A9)
      Last Wednesday, at the Kaminzimmer Conference Hall of the Bonn World Conference Center, the agreement on Climate Transformation 2015 or ACT 2015 hosted a side event where in our paper entitled "Getting specific on the 2015 ...

    • 'Action plan' vs oil spill on a roll 

      PN (Panay News, July 13, 2020, on page 1-14)
      An environment management plan (EMP) addressing the environmental impact of the oil spill following an explosion from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district on July 3 is on a roll. AC Energy Philippines, owner ...

    • Action to protect crab resources 

      Prudencio, Max (Manila Bulletin, January 19, 2019, on page B-5)
      Three municipalities in northern Cagayan have come-up with legislation aiming to protect and conserve crabs, as well as other fishery resources. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources here, on the other hand, continues ...

    • Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2020, on page A3)
      The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ...

    • Activists chase Japanese whalers 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, January 7, 2014, on page 7)
      A group of anti-whaling activists was on Monday chasing Japan's whaling fleet in the icy waters off Antarctica, as the country's annual Antarctic whale hunt gets underway. The Sea Shepherd organization, which each year ...

    • Activists, UN celebrate pope's call to arms on climate change 

      Hepinstall, Sonya (Malaya, June 19, 2015, on page B4-B5)
      Pope Francis’ appeal to save the planet won praise from climate change activists, scientists, and the United Nations on Thursday as a moral imperative to governments to make 2015 a turning point in efforts to slow global ...

    • Activities regulated in watershed areas 

      Llemit, Ralph Lawrence G. (SunStar Philippines, May 24, 2021, on page 3)
      Trekking activities in watershed areas in Davao City are now strictly prohibited, while recreational activities in these areas will be regulated, the Watershed Management Council (WMC) ordered in a resolution. The Davao ...

    • Activities restricted at new marine reserve 

      PIO Guimaras; PN (Panay News, August 22, 2017, on page 3-14)
      Under Municipal Ordinance No. 004-2017, the MPA is from the village’s Sitio Casita to Sitio Balingasag spanning 24.49633 hectares. Within the core zone of the MPA, fishing of any kind or manner or collecting of shellfish ...

    • ADB asked to invest in small farms, fishers 

      Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, July 8, 2010, on page 4)
      Some 60 representatives of different organizations of small farmers, fishers, indigenous people's, rural youth and women and rural development organization from 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific converged in Manila to ...

    • ADB gives Pasig River rehabilitation a failing grade 

      Celis, Angela Lorraine (Malaya, December 28, 2010, on page A7)
      A 15-year program which started in 1999 to rehabilitate the Pasig River was rated unsuccessful by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "The program was too ambitious, and its implementation arrangements too complicated to be ...

    • ADB joins global effort on climate change 

      Torres, Ted (The Philippine Star, June 12, 2015, on page B-4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined a global Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to provide the highest-quality scientific data and tools to help developing countries improve their climate change planning. ADB vice ...

    • ADB offers assistance to develop El Nido, Coron 

      Valencia, Czeriza (The Philippine Star, October 24, 2019, on page B4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend financing solutions for the development of sustainable tourism in El Nido and Coron in Palawan province. The multilateral bank is now working with the Department of Tourism (DOT) ...

    • ADB supports Palawan tourism devt project 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (The Manila Times, October 24, 2019, on page B4)
      The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working with the Department of Tourism (DoT) in preparing a tourism development project that will ensure a sustainable environment for El Nido and Coron in Palawan. “Palawan is known as ...

    • Additional DA funding sought 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, October 5, 2022, on page A3)
      A neophyte lawmaker has appealed to the House of Representatives to allocate an additional P521 million for the Department of Agriculture aside from the its P163.75 billion proposed budget for next year. A known advocate ...

    • Addressing climate change thru our young 

      Borgueta, Sandra Joyce (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 31, 2016, on page A14)
      The drought has caused a heavy loss in the agricultural sector. The DA reported that a total of 134,321 metric tons of crops have been damaged as of March 7, 2016, by the dry spell. This affects an estimated 12 million ...

    • Addressing the plastic problem 

      Angara, Sonny (Panay News, September 13, 2019, on page 10-14)
      The problem with plastic materials is that many of them last forever. While some types are considered biodegradable, many require industrial-level processes to be recycled or broken down to harmless materials. Plastics ...

    • Adhering to environment protection advocacy 

      (Manila Standard, June 26, 2018, on page C2)
      Pioneer Adhesives Foundation, Inc. recently conducted a beach cleanup activity at Villa Beach in Arevalo, Iloilo City in fulfillment of its advocacy of education, disaster relief, and environmental protection. Over 100 ...

    • Adhesives work wonders for coral repair 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 18, 2016, on page A8)
      Carrying special adhesives, 30 scuba divers plunged 20 feet deep underwater at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here on Dec. 13 to transplant coral fragments, part of a process needed to revive the park’s degenerating ...

    • Administrator linked to illegal fishing in Olotayan 

      Celino, Felipe V. (The Daily Guardian, August 29, 2013, on page B2)
      The city administrator here clarified some issues on the illegal gathering of sea cucumber in Brgy. Olotayan here. Gilbert Guarino-Tan said the issuance of mayor’s permit in the gathering of sea cucumbers was patterned ...

    • ADSEA '87 

      (The Manila Times, September 10, 1987, on page 1)
      "Aquaculture Developments in Southeast Asia '87" opened Sept. 8 at the Amigo Terrace Hotel in Iloilo City.