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River crisis' worsens threat of water scarcity
The vast majority of the world's rivers are reeling from pollution, over-development and excessive extraction, and billions of dollars of investment by rich countries to avert water stress have damaged biodiversity, a study ...
- October 1, 2010
Manila Water receives LLDA penalty notice
Manila Water Company has been penalized by the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) after having been found by the agency to be discharging pollutive wastewater into Laguna Lake. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock ...
- February 5, 2010
Ynares welcomes shelving of ₱18-B lake dredging
The move of the Department of Finance (DoF) to shelve the P18.7-billion dredging project for Laguna Lake is a welcome development as far as Rizal Governor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III is concerned. Ynares, who formerly headed ...
- September 10, 2010
Ban on tuna fishing in the Pacific: Boon or bane?
Conservation measures are generally instituted to prevent the collapse of fish stocks due to overfishing. These can be in the form of closing an area for any fishing activity, limiting the amount of fish that can be caught ...
- April 4, 2010
B.F.A.R. probes mass fish losses
The Cordillera office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is conducting an investigation on the cause of fish kill incidents in several towns in this province that resulted in over P10 million worth of ...
- July 13, 2010
Iloilo artists paint Ajuy mangroves
Some 30 Ilonggo artists brought canvases, paints, brushes and other paraphernalia to Ajuy, Iloilo to paint the mangroves of Pedada Bay recently. The Bay has 90 hectares of mangroves dominated by the species pagatpat ...
- June 2, 2010
₱5M earmarked for Palawan aquaculture
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has earmarked ₱5 million for the development of Palawan's marine fisheries and aquaculture. The money will be used to expand grow-out ponds and procure additional broodstock for the ...
- October 8, 2010
Penguin future looks perkier with fishing ban
A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday. The population of the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) ...
- February 11, 2010
Red tide limited to Matarinao Bay, Eastern Samar - BFAR
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 8 Director Juan D. Albaladejo is assuring the public that in Eastern Visayas, only the waters of Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar are positive for red tide toxins. The BFAR 8 ...
- April 4, 2010
Endangered crocs hatch in Cambodia
Conservationists in Cambodia are celebrating the hatching of a clutch of eggs from one of the world's most critically endangered animals. Thirteen infants crawled out of their shells over the weekend in a remote part of ...
- June 15, 2010