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Coral reef ecosystem rehab launched
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recognized the need to enhance the protection and management of reefs from overfishing and pollution in the coral triangle region, a global hotspot of marine ...
- August 25, 2013
Yellow submarine probe findings bared
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has issued its findings and recommendations on the controversial case of coral damage by a submarine used by a Korean company for commercial tourism purposes ...
- June 7, 2013
Tubbataha update
The head task Force Tubbataha said the March 23 target of the salvage personnel hired by U.S. government to dismantle the USS Guardian and remove it from the Tubbataha Reef is feasible. "They (salvors) works fast and very ...
- March 4, 2013
Coral reef 'seeding' in Caribbean
Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once-thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica’s north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins and plant-eating ...
- February NaN, 2013
Swimming with Samal's giant clams
Tridacna is a genus of large of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Tridacninae, the giant clams. In the Philippines, it is known as taklobo. Unfortunately, its global conservation status is listed ...
- September 15, 2013
Advocates celebrate Coral Triangle Day
Six resort and water park owners in this city recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7) in support of conservation measures and a public ...
- June 9, 2013
PNP-Bataan moves to restore coral reefs
The Philippine National Police (PNP)-Bataan, led by provincial director Senior Supt. Audie Atienza, embarked on coastal protection by planting coral reefs along the coastal waters off this town in what they described as ...
- August 19, 2013
Coral Restoration in Antique Underway
A project restoring a two-hectare coral reef comprised of some 2,000 coral fragments in Nogas island, Anini-y, this province, almost done. The project was started early this year by the philippine Army's 3rd Infantry ...
- August 12, 2013
Tubbataha reef diving season begins
The diving season has begun at the tubbataha reef and this won't be unduly affected by salvage operations to remove the grounded US Navy minesweeper, the USS Guardian, from the one of the best diving sites in the world, ...
- March 2, 2013
Marine biologist
An eminent United States marine biologist from the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, Dr. Nancy Knowlton is visiting Manila to help commemorate Coral Triangle Day, the US Embassy said. Knowlton will be in the country ...
- June 15, 2013