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Barrier reef 'too big to fail'
Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail,” a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest ...
- June 27, 2017
Villar hails bird haven mangrove
Senator Cynthia Villar has stressed the importance of the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area as a bird sanctuary and mangrove site as the country marked the 4th anniversary of the habitat’s designation ...
- March 20, 2017
BFAR warns public, lists coastal areas with red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources warned the public to refrain from consuming shellfishes collected from some coastal areas because of red tide. BFAR identified the coastal areas infected with red tide as Daram ...
- December 2, 2017
Dolphin rescued
Personnel of the Salcedo Municipal Police Station assist men from BFAR and MENRO header by Danilo P. Duran in rescuing a lost dolphin found at the r=territorial waters of Barangay Butig, Salcedo, Eastern Samar on Wednesday. ...
- January 13, 2017
Young farmers program pushed
A house leader on Saturday said more young people from agricultural areas were turning away from farming. Citing recent studies conducted by the STI Education Services Group Inc., deputy speaker and AAMBIS-OWA Party-list ...
- October 1, 2017
Rediscovering Sarangani’s underwater world
Sarangani Bay has been, for the longest time, among the country’s unheralded dive spots. Kept under the radar for so long, this rich body of water is a secret no more as the Provincial Government of Sarangani and the ...
- July 29, 2017
Subic fishermen refute 'alarmist' LNG yarn
Local fishermen have disputed claims by leaders of some activist groups in Central Luzon that the ship-to-ship transfer or STS operations of liquefied natural gas in Subic Bay endanger fisherfolk in the area, and that ...
- December 7, 2017
‘PH-China dialogue on sea row excellent’
One year after the Philippines won its case against China before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which invalidated Beijing’s nine-dash line claims, Malacañang said the relations between the two countries had greatly ...
- July 12, 2017
Japan cuts out middleman to help struggling fishermen
Ryohei Nomoto wants to put fresher sashimi on your plate, and more money in the wallets of Japan’s struggling fishermen. His venture airfreights freshly caught fish from across Japan, processes them on the grounds of Tokyo’s ...
- February 7, 2017
Red tide alert up on Samar island
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday raised the red tide alert over the coastal waters of Daram Island in Western Samar. Cruz said all types of shellfish and “alamang” gathered from these coastal areas ...
- August 26, 2017