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Care for the oceans requires more than a 'month'
The month of May here in the Philippines is designated as the “Month of the Ocean” and is intended to “highlight the conservation, protection and sustainable management of Philippine coastal and ocean resources,” according ...
- May 5, 2021
Sustainable agriculture under Duterte
As we seek to achieve food security and safety while at the same time raising incomes among our farmers and fisherfolks, the government must realize that agricultural and biosystems engineering is a crucial tool in this ...
- July 29, 2016
200,000 sign online petition vs Kaliwa Dam
The online petition urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to stop the construction of Kaliwa Dam has so far gathered 200,000 signatures. Stop Kaliwa Dam project convenor and Save Sierra Madre Network Inc. Executive Director ...
- February 21, 2023
New partnership for marine KBAs
To mark the World Environment Day on June 5, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) launched a new partnership to help ...
- June 2, 2015
From Marrakech, hope for climate change
Last Friday, November 18, the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change closed in Marrakech, Morocco. Two weeks of intense negotiations produced credible outcomes ...
- November 22, 2016
Fish landing app keeps track of boats, catch
With a mobile phone, fishery stakeholders can now find out where commercial fishing boats are located as well as the type of species these have caught. This is possible with a Fish Landing App recently launched in the ...
- September 17, 2015
Coffee table Tubbataha a chronicle of world heritage
It is no secret that the Philippines is host to one of the most amazing natural wonders in the world, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park within the Sulu Sea. Such as natural gem made it to the list of UNESCO World Heritage ...
- November 24, 2016
U.S. pays PH P87-M compensation for warship reef damage
For the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of a United States Navy ship two years ago, the Philippines received 87,033,570.71 or nearly $ 2 million from the US government as compensation. In a statement issued ...
- February 19, 2015
Climate-oriented dev't to save millions from poverty
More than 100 million people from Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines may fall into extreme poverty by 2030 without climate-oriented development in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...
- December 2, 2016
China may rebut case until Jan 1
The Philippines has sought to debunk China's claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, court officials said Monday as an international tribunal wrapped up a five-day hearing. Although Beijing has refused to take ...
- December 2, 2015