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₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program
The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ...
- December 27, 2015
Month of the ocean: Stand up, save Philippine reefs
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 ...
- May 29, 2015
Pope Francis challenges Pinoys: Show concern for environment
Pope Francis, in his prepared but undelivered speech during his encounter with the youth held Sunday at the University of Santo Tomas, challenged Filipinos to contribute to environmental care. “Today, I ask you to do this ...
- January 22, 2015
Mangrove protection, restoration ordinance ok'd
The Bacolod Mangrove Reforestation and Protection Program Ordinance authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. was recently approved by the City Council. Gamboa, who chairs the Council’s Committee on Environment and Ecology ...
- October 5, 2015
Plant trees to stall soil erosion
The government has urged farmers in Lanao del Sur to plant fruit-bearing trees and coffee at the Lake Lanao Watershed Reservation to address soil erosion in the area and effectively manage the watershed. Meanwhile, DA’s ...
- December 3, 2015
Tubbataha now ASEAN Heritage Park
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) handed the certificate of AHP Declaration to the Tubbataha Management Office during a ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol of Puerto Princesa City yesterday. TRNP also serves as ...
- November 6, 2015
Tubbataha reefs, a biodiversity haven
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP), located in the Sulu Sea in Cagayancillo, Palawan, and right at the apex of the Coral Triangle, a center of global marine biodiversity, was declared the 35th ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) ...
- November 25, 2015
Mangrove Planting
A mangrove planting activity was held Monday in the coastal areas of Barangay Talon-Talon in this city in observance of this year's World Wetlands Day celebration. The city government reportedly planted 2,000 propagules, ...
- February 6, 2015
Rehabilitating Coral Reefs in Davao Region Through SCREMProgram
The Philippines coral reefs ecosystem provides diverse and valuable functions and services such as coastal protection, fisheries production and tourism among others. Through the years, there were many initiatives and efforts ...
- October 26, 2015
Protecting the underwater fast-food joint
The reclamation activities of the Chinese in the West Philippine Sea has allegedly destroyed a large parcel of coral reefs, threatening to affect the supply of fish and other marine products for the Philippines including ...
- June 25, 2015