| dc.contributor.author | Mayuga, Jonathan | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Philippines | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-11T06:56:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-11T06:56:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-03-03 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mayuga, J. L. (2024, March 3). The choice between brine and wetlands. BusinessMirror, pp. A1, A2. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/14950 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc. | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/03/03/the-choice-between-brine-and-wetlands/ | en |
| dc.title | The choice between brine and wetlands | en |
| dc.type | newspaperArticle | en |
| dc.citation.journaltitle | BusinessMirror | en |
| dc.citation.firstpage | A1 | en |
| dc.citation.lastpage | A2 | en |
| local.subject.classification | BM20240303_A1 | en |
| local.description | As the Philippines struggles to revive its moribund salt industry, experts have warned against increasing the areas dedicated to the production of the so-called white gold, citing its adverse environmental impacts. On Wednesday, environmental group Wetlands International Philippines warned against the proposal to convert abandoned, underdeveloped and underutilized (AUU) fishponds into salt farms. The aggressive promotion of salt farming is emerging as the latest threat to the already dwindling mangrove forest cover and wetland ecosystems in the Philippines. | en |
| local.subject.personalname | Flores, Jimely | |
| local.subject.personalname | Cabanban, Annadel | |
| local.subject.corporatename | Wetlands International Philippines | en |
| local.subject.corporatename | Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) | en |
| local.subject.corporatename | Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) | en |
| local.subject.corporatename | Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | brines | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | wetlands | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | mangroves | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | salts | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | industry | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | fish ponds | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | climate change | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | blue carbon | en |
