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Ecotourism, ecolodges, and Hitesh Mehta
The Philippines, with 7,100 islands, is rich in natural resources. We have very high biodiversity in marine life, flora fauna that we must preserve. We hope that there will be tourist developments and destinations that ...
- April 16, 2015
Six countries in Coral Triangle Initiative gather in Dumaguete for regional exchange
Some 76 key officials and representatives from six-member nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) and their partners gathered in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, for ...
- September 15, 2016
Davao plans for stronger fishery law enforcement
The City Agriculturist Office (CAO) is seeking a P3-million budget to strengthen the implementation of national and local fishery laws intended to protect marine and coastal resources. The project will involve closer ...
- December 1, 2015
Seafood buyers pledge to protect Coral Triangle
The promise of big seafood buyers not to buy fish like tuna and reef fish illegally caught in the 5.4 million square kilometer of the Coral Triangle will be tested in the wake of protests by Japanese consumers against ...
- January 22, 2010
DILG tells 6 mayors: Save Pasig River
Six Metro Manila mayors should help clean up and save the Pasig River, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said yesterday. The local government units (LGUs) of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Taguig ...
- March 20, 2017
US trains PH partners in underwater law enforcement
The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), recently trained Philippine government partners in coral reef crime scene investigation and law enforcement. Under USAid's Sustainable ...
- July 11, 2022
Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ...
- May 13, 2018
Cebu Pacific launches 'Juan Effect Boracay'
Cebu Pacific continues to push for sustainable tourism as it rolls out the second module for Juan Effect in Boracay, in time for the impending reopening of one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines. The airline ...
- October 25, 2018
Mangrove and Beach Forest Development Project gets P400M
The need to protect mangrove and beach forests against the devastating effects of climate change has come to the fore with the aftermath of super typhoon "Yolanda". In the light of possible typhoons that could damage ...
- June 25, 2015
Waste management: Saving the Philippine islands, tourism and the environment
What if waste management is integrated into the Philippine tourism economy? With the amount of waste that the country is generating, this industry if a goldmine opportunity. Imagine if the government and a handful of ...
- March 8, 2018