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Zambo City all set for massive mangrove planting
The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in this city will embark on a massive planting of mangroves in at least three coastal villages of this city in an effort to revive the spawning site, habitat ...
- January 21, 2014
Discovering Zambales’ marine life
Haribon successfully concluded its “Blue Travel” through the San Salvador Island in Masinloc, Zambales for days of fun and knowledgeable experiences. The event, organized by the Haribon Foundation, together with the San ...
- August 19, 2014
Bunker oil reaches Guimaras mangrove
Bunker oil believed to be leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait were found in a mangrove area in Jordan, Guimaras. A report from Task Force Sportivo said portions of the mangrove area in Brgy. Hoskyn, ...
- January 24, 2014
More mangroves at eco-park seen to allay climate change
Aklan provincial government employees will plant some 8,000 bakhawan propagules at the Bakhawan Eco-park in Brgy, New Buswang here next week. The employees, who will be led by the Economic Enterprise Development Department ...
- January 17, 2014
Mangrove conservation in Western Visayas
Two environment groups from London and Germany are funding mangrove conservation projects in various local government units in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental. These groups are the Zoological Society of London ...
- February 17, 2014
Iloilo execs seek faster spill cleanup
An official monitoring the progress of operations to clean up the oil spill that aggravated the effects of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” on a town in northern Iloilo province is asking the firm handling the cleanup to work faster ...
- January 19, 2014
Bolinao villagers are fierce protectors of mangrove forests
Romula Caranza maintains a garden on the shores of Santiago Island in this northwestern town in Pangasinan province. Daily, she painstakingly checks her plants, removing barnacles, oysters and other seashells attached to ...
- April 15, 2014
Barriers to disaster
Filipinos were mostly unfamiliar with storm surges, until one struck the bay area of Manila in September 2011. The force of the surge, with waves as high as 20 feet, destroyed hotel fronts and Manila’s Baywalk, and submerged ...
- August 3, 2014
'Iloilo river no longer a public toilet'
Over the years, the 15-kilometer Iloilo River had been deteriorating because of pollution, sedimentation, depletion of mangrove areas, illegal settlers and the proliferation of manmade constrictions, among others. Not ...
- March 14, 2014
Mindoro mangroves offer protection, promote eco-tourism
The coastal barangay of Silonay in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro has been living under the constant threat of storm surges for decades because of its location. While situated within the center of the Coral Triangle known ...
- March 20, 2014