Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "ecotourism"

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    • Rivers and forests make up a community 

      Banacia, Regelyn (The Manila Times, August 18, 2015, on page B7)
      In 2014, Haribon Foundation re-launched a program called Haribon Travel that brings awareness on biodiversity conservation initiatives to travelers. The program is classified into two namely the “Green Travel” that is ...

    • Seagrass economic impact under study 

      Cariño, Conrad (The Manila Times, September 20, 2018, on page B5)
      The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) has embarked on a basic research on the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass beds. Among others, it was discovered that a 50-hectare seagrass meadow in Lian, ...

    • Stakeholders to decide Boracay’s early reopening 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 11, 2018, on page A7)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Tuesday said the early reopening of Boracay would depend on collaboration among the owners of the establishments affected by the road widening in the island and the crackdown on illegal ...

    • Submerged woeful tales of Tubbataha 

      Prudente, Sam (The Manila Times, August 2, 1997, on page B17)
      Tubbataha comes from a combination of two Samal words, "taba" and "taha", meaning a long, or expansive, reef exposed by the low tide. Stretching over 10,000 hectares, the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park is located 150 ...

    • Victorias fisherfolk looks forward to eco-tourism 

      (The Manila Times, September 7, 2021, on page B12)
      Fisherfolk from the coastal barangay of Pasil in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, are hoping to benefit from the growing popularity of Eco-tourism with two native cottages they are building in an extensive area of mangrove ...

    • Whale sharks shy away from dirty seawater, noise 

      Ugalde, Manny T. (The Manila Times, February 28, 2014, on page A6)
      The visitors that swam in the waters off this city may have stayed longer but the noise and dirty seawater could have turned them off, consequently drove them away to less hostile parts— they are nine gentle giants, whale ...

    • Zambo Sibugay falls up for rehab 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (The Manila Times, May 14, 2019, on page A7)
      The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Region 9 said the Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC-9) of the Regional Development Council (RDC-9) had recommended the rehabilitation of Busay Falls in Doña ...