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4Ps beneficiaries help protect mangrove areas
The beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are helping protect the mangrove areas in this barangay and at the same time earning income for their ...
- February 20, 2017
Marine mammals disturbed by warming waters
The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to diseases, according to a Silliman Journal article by Dr. Ma. Louella L. Dolar, a foremost authority on Philippine ...
- April 6, 2017
ASEAN tackles mangrove management
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will try to work out a collaborative sustainable mangrove management in the region amid climate change in a Mangrove Congress September 4-8 in Manila. The Department of ...
- August 31, 2017
Cavite takes action against water pollution
Local government authorities in this city have started efforts to clean rivers in the lowland and upland districts of the province following reports that some tributaries are contaminated by waste and toxic chemicals. River ...
- February 16, 2017
'Science, technology ket to protection prservation of PH marine resources'
For an archipelago surrounded by waters teeming with marine life and one of the most biodiverse ecosystyems in the world, sustained efforts, initiatives and programs must be in set in motion to protect and preserve them, ...
- July 14, 2017
Road map needed for sustainable fishing
Representatives from six Asia-Pacific nations were in this city to draw a road map for sustainable fishing in the Coral Triangle, which is home to 76 percent of all known coral species. The six-member nations wanted ...
- July 7, 2017
DENR clearing Laguna Lake of fish pens
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began the other day a massive clearing of illegal structures in Laguna de Bay. Two weeks have passed since the DENR issued a final notice to operators of fish pens ...
- January 28, 2017
Duka Reef cleanup staged by Misamis Oriental town
The coastal municipality of Medina in Misamis Oriental in northern Mindanao recently hosted “Shore It Up,” a marine ecological program of the Metro Pacific Investment Corp. participated in by volunteer scuba divers from ...
- June 29, 2017
Cimatu calls on ASEAN to conserve mangroves
Recognizing the significant opportunities that mangroves offer for climate change adaptation and mitigation, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu on Tuesday urged member-countries of the Association of ...
- September 7, 2017
DA asks for P218-B budget for 2018 due to Benham Rise work
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has pumped up its budget proposal for next year to P218 billion as it intends to seek a separate fund for the protection of Benham Rise, a 25-million hectare shallow continental shelf ...
- May 19, 2017