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MWSS chief: Manila Bay rehab needs masterplan
Metropolitan Water Works and Sewerage System (MWSS) stressed the need for collaborative effort and a well-crafted masterplan in order to pull off the massive Manila Bay rehabilitation. MWSS Administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco ...
- February 14, 2019
Illegal fishing around Pagasa Island worries residents
Residents of Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) have expressed concern over the illegal fishing activities being done by Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen who, they said, are resorting to the ...
- May 17, 2015
Coral reefs
Close to 100 dive shops, hotel and resort operators in this city have signed a covenant for the protection and conservation of coral reefs here. Mayor Paz Radaza together with concerned government line agencies and the ...
- February 28, 2014
'Green-minded' gatherings: Join these groups to start your eco journey
With a mantra “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you”, the group calls on people to treat the ocean with respect so that in turn, it can also nurture us. With the vastness of the ocean that surrounds our ...
- April 7, 2019
Wetlands and agriculture: Partners for growth: (Part I)
It is on rare occasions that the advocacies we support and topics we value share a synergy or find a common ground. In my case, it is agriculture and environment protection. World Wetlands Day marks the anniversary of the ...
- March 12, 2014
Boracay Water sees upward adjustment in this year's capex
Boracay Island Water Company, Inc. (Boracay Water) may allot more of its P2.4 billion capital expenditure (capex) — which was supposed to be rolled out within a five-year timeframe — just for this year. This, as the company ...
- June 23, 2018
Saving our seas: the world’s last ecological frontier faces the threat of commercialization
Early this year, an international media group together with a resort developer announced that it will open an underwater resort just off the coast of Palawan. The 400-hectare master-planned project will be developed in the ...
- February 5, 2017
Verde Island reefs show resilience to climate change
In the face of climate change, the reefs of Verde Island, situated in the middle of the “center of the center of marine biodiversity” in the world, are showing signs that they are protected from the major impacts of climate ...
- October 13, 2018
Guidebook on coral reef protection launched
Local government units (LGUs) and fisherfolk in the Philippines, which encompasses the Coral Triangle Region, known as the world's center of marine biodiversity, will find a useful guide to monitor marine protection in a ...
- July 1, 2010
Plants to clean coastlines
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will embark on a pilot project that aims to sanitize, through natural biological techniques, the residential areas along the city's coasts. A Dutch scientist, who has worked ...
- February 12, 2017