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Palau travel guide
Tourist traffic from the Philippines to Palau grew five percent, from 2008 to 2009, according to the Palau Visitors Authority, in part because of GMA7's Survivor Palau, which introduced most Filipinos to the tropical ...
- March 11, 2010
Threats to Philippine coastal ecosystem cited
Better management of marine and coastal resources requires better supervision of related economic activities, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report published last Friday. A statement on the report ...
- February 23, 2010
REEForestation' project at the Cavite ecozone
Aside from the economic activities resulting from the operation of the Cavite Economic Zone in the Municipality of Rosario, fishing and cottage industries related to fishing such as smoked fish (tinapa) processing, fish ...
- February 11, 2010
Gov't eyeing area for tuna fishing
The national government has recommended the immediate declaration of a "special management area" along the tuna fishing areas in the Pacific Ocean as it strongly objected proposals to extend the closure of the critical ...
- December 23, 2010
Greenland's rapid ice loss driven by warming seas
Greenland's continent-sized icesheet is being significantly eroded by winds and currents that drive warmer water into fjords, where it carves out the base of coastal glaciers, according to studies released Sunday. The icy ...
- February 16, 2010
Unit of Alliance Tuna, Prime Foods NZ to process, ship salmon from RP
After taking over a majority stake in New Zealand's second largest smoked salmon processor Prime Foods NZ Ltd., canned fish exporter Alliance Tuna International Inc. has set up a new venture to likewise process and export ...
- March 20, 2010
Reflections on water
There is no doubt the importance of water for all life on our planet. Civilizations developed along bodies of waters, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Throughout the long stretches of history, water has been understood as a ...
- January 26, 2010
Earn extra cash through fish processing
Marine fish are usually plentiful during summer, so it's best for fisherfolk to take advantage of his seasonal rise in marine production to earn extra cash. One good business is fish processing. There are, for instance, ...
- April 22, 2010
Measures lined up to save dying Iloilo River
An estimate one million cubic meters of wastewater is dumped in the Iloilo River daily, environment officials said this week. Noel Z. Hechanova, Iloilo City environment and natural resources office (CENRO) chief, said 200 ...
- September 24, 2010
Gov't urged to upgrade Laguna Lake's water-holding capacity
Twenty-five experts who assessed the Laguna de Bay ecosystem have urged government to craft a program to improve the water holding capacity of Laguna de Bay to ensure its sustained fish production. These experts, led by ...
- September 16, 2010