Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Colombia"
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ADB joins global effort on climate change
(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 ... -
Car-sized turtle fossils found
(Panay News,February 14, 2020 , on page 16)Fossils of a turtle the size of a car have been unearthed in what is now northern South America. The turtle - Stupendemys geographicus - is believed to have roamed the region between 13 and 7 million years ago. The fossils ... -
Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs
(Malaya,November 13, 2018 , on page B5)For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ... -
Engineer puts up high-tech Spirulina farm
(Manila Bulletin,January 4, 2018 , on page B-7)All the requirements that are needed to succeed in growing the alga have been studied by Pol, and so successful is he that even the researchers from UP Los Baños and La Salle University, have admired his success in producing ... -
Phl to join world's largest maritime drill
(The Philippine Star,June 3, 2022 , on page 5)The Philippines and 25 other nations will participate in the world’s largest international maritime exercise hosted by the United States – the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around ... -
Sharks, manta rays win global trade protection
(BusinessWorld,March 16, 2013 , on page S3/9)Several shark species and the manta ray won international trade protection on Monday in a move hailed by conservationists as a breakthrough in efforts to save them from being wiped out by over fishing. The deal at a major ... -
UN sounds alarm on lethal tilapia virus
(The Manila Times,June 2, 2017 , on page B5)A highly contagious disease is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia, one of the world’s most important fish for human consumption, the United Nations warns, adding that though not a human health risk, Tilapia Lake Virus ...