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BFAR pushes nationwide mangrove planting
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has announced the launching of its aquasilviculture project, a nationwide mangrove propagation scheme. Speaking before some 1,000 fishermen and non-government organizations ...
- October 23, 2012
Scientists probe deep sea secrets
New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ...
- October 19, 2012
Firm dredging Marikina River
The Marikina River will be cleared of accumulated silt and trash, by dredging a critical bend near the Manggahan Floodway, said property developer Ortigas & Co. The dredging activity is Ortigas & Co.’s commitment to the ...
- September 8, 2012
Mangroves planting for gender equality
International humanitarian child-centered community development organization, Plan International recently organized a mangrove planting and kayaking clinic for girls in line with its global campaign for gender equality, ...
- October 26, 2012
Volunteers mobilized for coastal cleanup
Filipinos are urged to participate in the annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) this year's drive which involved 600,000 volunteers in picking up more than 6 million pound (lbs) of trash over 20,000 miles of coastlines ...
- September 11, 2012
Coastal cleanup
Local residents, spearheaded by their respective officials from provincial, city, municipal and barangay, will troop to their respective coastal areas today, Oct. 6, to join the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), with ...
- October 6, 2012
'Like the Molave' in coastal greenbelts
And so it is gratifying to know that our marine scientists are focusing on the Philippines’ endangered mangrove associates and other beach forest species. Dr. Jurgenne Honculada Primavera and Dr. Resurreccion “Rex” B. ...
- August 30, 2012
Tubbataha law cited by UN body
The global community has taken notice of the Philippines' protection of natural reefs by giving Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Natural Park Act a silver award in the 2012 Future Policy Awards as a model in coral reefs ...
- October 21, 2012
Clean river in 7 years
Much has been said and done about infamous deterioration of the 27-kilometer Pasig River - from when 84-year-old Purificacion "Nanay Puring" Malvas Punzalan could still drink clean, clear water from it in the 1940s to the ...
- September 5, 2012
Best ocean policy
The PH Tubbataha Reefs National Park Act of 2010 is one of six ocean and coastal policies in five countries which will compete for the International 2012 Future Policy Award for the most effective and exemplary ocean and ...
- September 6, 2012