Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "ecological balance"

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    • 6 rehabbed sea turtles released 

      Nepomuceno, Jezza (Panay News, December 10, 2010, on page 1-12)
      The Marine Sanctuary, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center island province has released six sea turtles to the sea near the coastal Brgy. Lawi, Jordan town. Released were two of each species green turtle, hawkbill and olive ...

    • Agusan Marsh's natural beauty 

      Agatep, Charlie A. (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2010, on page B-10)
      While preparing an adventure to Agusan Marsh, Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera, scientist emerita and a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation under the US-based Pew Environment Group, sent me this text: "You'll be enchanted by the ...

    • American students learn from Filipino aquaculture experts 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, January 11, 2015, on page B3)
      A group of American students are currently in the country to study the Filipinos’ success in fisheries. An American professor from the University of Rhode Island recently brought a group of American students to the ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Lopez, JP; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, April 27, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Narra, Roy D. R. (The Manila Times, April 27, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte officially placed three villages of the famed Boracay Island under a “state of calamity” and declared the resort destination closed to tourists for a six-month rehabilitation and clean up starting ...

    • Boracay's ecology on the brink of ruin 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, May 5, 2018, on page 1-4)
      Scientific proofs exist that Boracay Island’s ecological balance is in a precarious situation. This was the outcome of a policy forum hosted by the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) of the ...

    • Boracay's environmental woes 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, May 5, 2018, on page 4-5)
      Some dimwits online and elsewhere are trying to make light of Boracay Island’s environmental problems by spewing fallacies. One hilarious fallacy or lie is that lumot or green algae that bloom in the island’s shoreline are ...

    • Boracay: Man vs Nature 

      Jurado, Eric (Manila Standard, May 6, 2018, on page A5)
      For one of those rare times in Philippine history, the government ordered the temporary closing of an island—for environmental reasons. Last month, Boracay, an island famous for its white sand beaches and for being one of ...

    • Cabadbaran City cultivates 'ridge-to-reef' ecosystem 

      (Manila Bulletin, August 27, 2015, on page B-8)
      The city of Cabadbaran, the provincial capital of August del Norte, is taking the lead in protecting its ridge to reef ecosystem. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Protected Areas and Wildlife ...

    • China destroyed $100m in reclamation, DFA says 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines on Monday slammed China’s massive reclamation activities which are causing irreversible and widespread damage to the biodiversity and ecological balance of the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. The ...

    • China ignores global outcry vs reclamation 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 19, 2015, on page 1-8)
      Beijing shrugged off yesterday the expression of concern raised by the Group of Seven industrialized countries over threats to stability in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea, saying China’s activities in the ...

    • China reclamation leaves $100M in destroyed reefs 

      Naval, Gerard; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 14, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      The Philippines yesterday strongly called on China to stop its reclamation of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because it has destroyed 300 acres of coral reef system, which resulted to economic ...

    • China reclamations 'damaging' disputed waters 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, April 14, 2015, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday slammed China on its massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) that it said have caused ecological damage to some 300 acres of coral reef ...

    • China: Reclamation almost done 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 17, 2015, on page A4)
      Despite calls by the united states and the Philippines for China to stop its reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea, Beijing announced that it is about to complete some of its land reclamation in the ...

    • Choosing to speak for the seas 

      Sigue, Winona Rica L. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 4, 2019, on page C2)
      Growing up in Mindoro, I could go to the beach anytime. Sadly, I have also witnessed firsthand how people carelessly neglect and abuse our seas. There have been many reports and analyses on the threat of climate change to ...

    • Coast guard to revise sea lanes to protect Tubbataha 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Daily Guardian, October 12, 2017, on page B6)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will propose alternate sea lanes to prevent vessels from passing near Tubbataha Reef in Palawan and spare it from possible marine pollution. Ships might soon be barred from passing near the ...

    • Colonizing the Spratlys, destroying our food and ecological balance 

      Abesamis, Teresa (BusinessWorld, January 4, 2017, on page SI/6-SI/7)
      Although the world, because of international media emphasis seems to see only “freedom of navigation” as the crucial issue on the South China Sea disputes, buried underneath all the occasional political noise on the ...

    • Conserving marine resources 

      (Panay News, October 17, 2017, on page 8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units in northern Iloilo (Carles and Concepcion) and other enforcement agencies to strengthen ...

    • Del Carmen named Region 13's best coastal town 

      (BusinessMirror, November 14, 2020, on page A9)
      The Municipality of Del Carmen in Siargao Island was recently named Caraga region’s grand winner in the Malinis and Masaganang Karagatan (MMK) program of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

    • DENR chief lauds Duterter's endorsement of BIDA bill 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 31, 2020, on page A3)
      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu hailed President Duterte’s endorsement to Congress of a bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA). Cimatu, also the designated ...