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Six countries in Coral Triangle Initiative gather in Dumaguete for regional exchange
Some 76 key officials and representatives from six-member nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) and their partners gathered in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, for ...
- September 15, 2016
Marine protected areas in Palawan to rebuild fish stocks
A total of 1,013,340 hectares covering both the coastal and offshore waters of Cagayancillo, plus another 80,000 hectares in Aborlan Palawan were recently declared as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This is part of a ...
- October 27, 2016
Phl is 6th extremely vulnerable to climate change
Among 16 nations extremely vulnerable to climate change, the Philippines ranked 6th owing to it's archipelagic nature and it's location, according to the global risk advisor Maplecroft. This point was stressed further by ...
- April 22, 2016
Pasonanca watershed soon to be declared protected area
The House Committee on Environment has approved House Bill 124, declaring the Pasonanca watershed forest reserve here as a “protected area” under the category of a natural park. This was disclosed by Zamboanga City Rep. ...
- December 10, 2016
Wastewater treatment pressed
An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is urging local governments in Western Visayas to toughen laws on the treatment of wastewater. "It's only a matter of implementation," said Arjunn ...
- December 9, 2016
DENR mulls strategies for coral reef rehabilitation
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas ( DENR- 6) is eyeing sustainable strategies by which degraded coral reefs off the coast of Boracay Island in Malay town, this province, may be effectively ...
- March 8, 2016
Plant mangroves, clean coastlines on September 17
Government executives and workforce in Iloilo will spend the morning of September 17 planting mangroves and cleaning in the coastline of garbage. The Coastal Cleanup Campaign and Mangrove Planting are part of the activities ...
- September 5, 2016
Mangrove nursery now supplies seeds
The mangrove seedling nursery in a barangay in this city now supplies planting materials to areas devoted to mangrove and beach forest species. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Eastern Visayas Regional ...
- December 10, 2016
New warning issued on climate change
According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ...
- January 28, 2016
Community turns up to help rehabilitate mangrove
A mangrove planting activity was held last June at Palina Greenbelt Ecopark in Barangay Cagay, participated by volunteers from Shell Culasi depot, Shell Lapus terminal, Shell Roxas station, Roxas city local government unit, ...
- September 8, 2016