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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
Marine protection declaration sought for Ticao-Burias Pass
Albay 3rd District Rep. Fernando Gonzalez revealed he is preparing a legislative measure seeking the declaration of the Ticao-Burias as a Marine Protected Area. (MPA). PAMB—as provided under the NIPAS Act of 1992—is composed ...
- August 6, 2015
Media help sustains Negros watershed
Members of the media in Negros Occidental not only report the news, but also help preserve the environment. For four consecutive years, the Negros Press Club (NPC) has partnered with telecommunication giant Smart Communications ...
- January 29, 2015
How will climate change affect your livelihood?
Here, then, are a few scenarios for a climate-altered future, when rising temperatures are closing in on the threshold of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels which scientists warn we ...
- September 7, 2015
MVP firms champion mangroves protection
A study by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) show that what used to be 500,000 hectares of mangrove forest spread across the country have slowly wilted down to just about 100,000 due to continuous land ...
- July 6, 2015
Thousands of mangrove propagules planted in Ilocos Sur
Residents planted at least 5,000 mangrove propagules in eight coastal villages of this province in a bid to preserve the shorelines’ environment against the emerging effect of climate change. The planting materials were ...
- October 11, 2015
Mangrove planting
To protect villages from the onslaught of any weather disturbance while mitigating global warming and climate change, the government remains on-track to hit its target to plant 5,706,452 mangrove propagules by yearend. ...
- October 5, 2015
'Bakawan' seedlings set for planting in Surigao
Heeding the call of the national government to combat global warming and climate change through massive tree-planting activities, particularly to plant mangroves along the coastal areas, a mining firm is set to plant ...
- March 12, 2015
Volunteering to clean up coastal environment
Each year on the third Saturday of September, hundreds of thousands of volunteer clean up trash and debris from beaches, shorelines, coasts, rivers, lakes, waterways, and dive sites all over the world, in observance of ...
- September 19, 2015
₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program
The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ...
- December 27, 2015