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    • Dead dolphins wash up in France in record numbers 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 27, 2020, on page A7)
      hundreds of dead dolphins have been washing up on France’s Atlantic coast in such high numbers that local populations of the mammals are at risk, marine biologists say. The majority drowned in the nets of fishing trawlers. ...
    • Deforestation+climate change= dead and for wildlife 

      Hood, Marlowe (Manila Standard, July 10, 2019, on page A5)
      Climate change combined with galloping tropical deforestation is cutting off wildlife from life-saving cooler climes, heightening the risk of extinction, researchers said Monday. Less than two-fifths of forests across Latin ...
    • Del Rosario repeats SCS plea 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, September 23, 2020, on page A2)
      Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday reiterated his call on President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up for enforcement before the United Nations the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory against China ...
    • E-3 expresses concern on SCS 

      Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, September 1, 2019, on page 5)
      Three European countries have collectively expressed their concern over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. “We are concerned about the situation in the South China Sea which could lead to insecurity and instability ...
    • Eaten by the sea: Climate change, rising sea levels erode French coastline 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 16, 2021, on page A11)
      After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero’s family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. But today, the sea is gradually gnawing ...
    • Enough is enough: Round bowls drive fish crazy 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 24, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fishbowls because they drive fish mad and kill them quickly. French pet care market leader AgroBiothers Laboratoire will no longer sell any aquariums with ...
    • Environmental 'Davids' fight giant industrial fishers with rocks 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2022, on page B2)
      Greenpeace UK said Friday it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine conservation zone off the coast of southwest England to prevent “destructive” industrial fishing. The environmental campaigners sailed ...
    • EU firms take closer look at PH waste management 

      Cahiles-Magkilat, Bernie (Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2019, on page B-7)
      Two top-level EU business missions, comprising of some of Europe’s largest firms, are visiting the Philippines this year to explore opportunities in waste management and construction sectors. Florian Gottein, executive ...
    • Expansion of tuna quotas seen as 'step backward' for conservation 

      Agence France-Pressse (BusinessWorld, November 23, 2017, on page S1/4)
      The 51-nation tuna fisheries body for the Atlantic and Mediterranean boosted quotas for highly prized bluefin despite scientific findings that doing so could threaten the species' recovery, delegates and observers at a key ...
    • Foreign powers enforcing ruling on SCS 

      Romero, Paulo (The Philippine Star, November 25, 2018, on page 12)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio disputed yesterday Malacañang's claim that "no power on earth" can enforce an international arbitral court's ruling invalidating China's massive claim in the South China Sea and West ...
    • France bets on tech and transparency vs Chinese caviar 

      Randolph, Eric (Manila Standard, December 13, 2022, on page B3)
      Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, France—At the fish farm near Bordeaux, Christophe Baudoin is running an ultrasound device over the belly of a large sturgeon to check its eggs. “Caviar!” he shouts as the monitor shows the right ...
    • France challenges Beijing in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, June 13, 2018, on page B5)
      France is increasing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships through the South China Sea and planning air exercises to help counter China’s military build-up in disputed waters. In late May, the ...
    • France wades into South China Sea against China 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (DailyGuardian, February 13, 2021, on page 5)
      In an unmistakable sign of the growing internationalization of the South China Sea disputes, France has just confirmed the deployment of a nuclear attack submarine and naval vessel to the hotly contested waters. In a tweet ...
    • G7 hits large-scale reclamation at sea 

      Punay, Edu; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, June 10, 2015, on page 1-4)
      The leaders of the Group of Seven nations issued a communiqué on Monday voicing opposition to island-building and other coercive activities in the West Philippine Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea. “We strongly oppose ...
    • G7 seeks demilitarization of ‘disputed’ sea features 

      Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 30, 2017, on page 1-10)
      The Group of Seven (G7) or the seven richest countries in the world have issued a joint communiqué expressing concern about the situation in the East and South China Seas and calling for a demilitarization of “disputed ...
    • G7 sends strong message to china 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2016, on page A1-A4)
      With a keen eye on the Philippines’ legal battle with China over territory in the South China Sea, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced democracies have agreed to send a strong message on the importance of ...
    • G7 to address West Philippine Sea dispute 

      Romero, Alexis; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2015, on page 5)
      Regional alarm is growing as China aggressively stakes its claim to most of the sea, including a large-scale island-building program. The United States has also urged China and other nations to halt reclamation. Presidential ...
    • G7 to express concern over sea row, says paper 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 8, 2015, on page A20)
      Group of Seven (G7) leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri ...
    • G7 urges compliance with UN ruling on sea row 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, April 20, 2017, on page 2)
      Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations have issued a joint communiqué calling for the implementation of a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral court invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South ...
    • Iloilo Declaration presses marine pollution reduction 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 2)
      ILOILO City – East Asian countries will pledge to reduce marine pollution. It is one of the key items in the “Iloilo Ministerial Declaration on East Asian Region, Moving as One to Secure Healthy Oceans, People and Economies”, ...