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Oil-spill containment drill held
Officers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) - Southeastern Mindanao led Friday's oil-spill containment-simulation exercise held at the Mintebros Port in Barangay Ilang, Tibungco, this city, to test and evaluate its oil ...
- August 9, 2015
'Keep marine tourism intact'
Healthy marine ecosystems are critical to long-term and short-term development in marine tourism, experts said. World Wide Fund for Nature International Global Shark Program leader Andy Cornish made this point during the ...
- December 4, 2015
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
Mangrove planting
Forestry officials of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, led by Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO) Hernan Ramirez, joined hands in undertaking ...
- March 26, 2015
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
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
Maritime Group awarded for enforcing fisheries, wildlife laws
The Philippine National Police Maritime Group (MG) is among the eight organizations in Asia that won the first Asian Environmental Enforcement Award held in Bangkok, Thailand last May 20 for conducting more than 1,500 ...
- May 25, 2015
Papal text says man betrays God by destroying the environment
Pope Francis waded into the global debate on climate change and the environment on Sunday, saying in the text of a speech that man was destroying nature and betraying God’s calling to be stewards of creation. Francis offered ...
- January 22, 2015
P18.5-M seaweed production project in Guimaras
Seaweed production in the island-province of Guimaras will get a boost from the latest partnership of the provincial Government of Guimaras, The Department of Agriculture Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), and ...
- February 5, 2015
Massive rehab of beach forests in W. Visayas set
Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas (DENR-6) Regional Director Jim Sampulna, said the project will cover Yolanda-devastated mangrove areas in Capiz, Iloilo and Negros Occidental provinces. ...
- July 14, 2015