Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "ecology"
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Aquaculture Week 2001
(The News Today,July 6, 2001 , on page 7)Rationale: Aquaculture Week is a yearly activity of Fish World that builds understanding among school children and teachers on the importance of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity and the research and development programs ... -
BFAR releases 30K fingerlings
(Daily Tribune,December 29, 2022 , on page B15)At least 30,000 fingerlings were released by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Central Luzon at the Camachile River of the province of Pampanga. The initiative is part of the agency’s Balik Sigla sa Ilog at ... -
Binangonan aquaculture station chalks up R&D breakthroughs
(The Philippine Star,August 4, 2002 , on page B-5)The frontiers of research in freshwater aquaculture in the country continue to broaden, thanks to the breakthroughs achieved by the Binangonan Freshwater Station (BFS) in this lakeside town. Established in 1976 at a ... -
China urges building of nat'l park in disputed sea
(Manila Bulletin,March 9, 2018 , on page B-9)Ranking officials from China's top legislature are calling for the construction of a national park in the disputed South China Sea to better preserve the marine ecology in the region. According to Deng Xiaogang, Deputy ... -
Colonizing the Spratlys, destroying our food and ecological balance
(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 ... -
DENR wants to declare Boracay island as critical habitat
(Manila Bulletin,April 15, 2018 , on page B-3)If President Rodrigo Duterte wants to declare Boracay Island as a land reform area, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has another thing in mind. For him, Boracay Island is better off as a critical habitat area for endemic ... -
DOT gets ready for Boracay opening
(Panay News,July 9, 2018 , on page 1-14)Less than 200 tourism establishments in Boracay were so far able to meet the requirements set by the government’s interagency rehabilitation task force overseeing the cleanup of the popular island resort. “As of June 15 ... -
Environmental science in focus at conference
(Manila Bulletin,June 14, 2018 , on page 6)Dr. Ryohei Kada, professor of Agricultural Economics at Shijonawate Gakuen University, in Osaka, Japan, and one of the keynote speakers, stressed the need for a deeper understanding of the relationship between environment ... -
Fight environmental terrorism — Congress
(Manila Standard,July 17, 2017 , on page A6)A lawmaker has called on Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to intensify the government’s campaign against wildlife trafficking in the country, which she described as a form of environmental terrorism. Occidental Mindoro ... -
Haribon completes training course to protect Naujan Lake
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 13, 2017 , on page A14)Environmental group Haribon Foundation had launched its Biodiversity Fellows Program, a training course for local leaders and environmental officers in towns surrounding the biodiversity-rich Naujan Lake National Park in ... -
In Subic, newly hatched Sea Turtles return to Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 14, 2016 , on page A12)With the help of tourists, 113 newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were released to their natural habitat at Subic Bay here last week. The turtles were born at the hatchery of All Hands Beach, a ... -
Living without destructive plastic (Continued from July 8, 2021)
(Panay News,July 9, 2021 , on page 10)Birds are dying by the thousands from eating plastic items. Penguins, albatrosses and many sea gulls have died as a result of eating floating or submerged plastics. Thousands of dolphins, sharks, whales and turtles are ... -
Maranaos oppose Lake Lanao reclammation
(The Manila Times,May 28, 2018 , on page A7)The Maranaos of Lanao del Sur are opposed to any expansion of the shores of the Lake Lanao in Marawi City as a reclamation area where tons of war debris as filling materials would be dumped. Limnologists or experts on the ... -
Month of the ocean: Stand up, save Philippine reefs
(Manila Bulletin,May 29, 2015 , on page 16)May is “Month of the Ocean” (MOO) to make people understand how conservation, protection, and sustainable management of ocean coastal and marine resources translate to a healthy and flourishing community, because these ... -
More lessons on mangroves
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 7, 2004 , on page 2)Recently, I received a copy of a new book, "Handbook of mangroves of the Philippines-Panay," and felt I was being given an extended lesson on mangroves. The book is written by a four-person team composed of Jurgenne H. ... -
National Scientist Gomez, marine conservation advocate, 81
(The Philippine Star,December 4, 2019 , on page 8)National Scientist Edgardo Gomez, a pioneer in marine conservation in the Philippines, died on Dec. 1. He was 81. Gomez was a researcher, scientist, conservation advocate and educator in various fields, including invertebrate ... -
On stout-hearted men (and women)
(Manila Bulletin,March 12, 2018 , on page 10)Before DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, there was Gina Lopez – the ex-future environment secretary of PDu30. She didn’t clear the Advise & Consent of Congress because of the strong lobby of miners’ vested interests. But, as the ... -
PH needs foreign help in solving plastic pollution
(Manila Bulletin,June 21, 2018 , on page B-9)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should address the plastic pollution in the country by seeking help from other nations that have the technology to solve it. This was pointed out by Surigao del ... -
Phl is 6th extremely vulnerable to climate change
(Manila Bulletin,April 22, 2016 , on page 15)Among 16 nations extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines ranked 6th owing to it's archipelagic nature and it's location, according to the global risk advisor Maplecroft. This point was stressed further by ... -
Pinay aggie researcher receives Japan Int'l Award 2009
(The Philippine Star,November 15, 2009 , on page 3)A Filipina researcher recently received the Japan International Award 2009 for Young Agricultural Researches for her outstanding contribution to the development of technologies for the mitigation of food and environmental ...