Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "Man-induced effects"

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    • 31 LGUs sign petition banning single-use plastic 

      (The Manila Times, November 23, 2020, on page C5)
      A petition for a nationwide ban on the use of single-use plastic has been signed by 31 coastal local government units (LGUs). Faced with twin problems of massive flooding and uncontrollable material waste, LGUs in the ...

    • Bali declares 'garbage emergency' amid sea of waste 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, December 29, 2017, on page B5)
      Bali’s palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favorite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage. Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between ...

    • The bay, the river, the lake: abandoned and dying 

      Ilarde, Eddie (The Manila Times, August 3, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      Manila Bae was once the “most beautiful and safely- situated bay in the world.” The Manila South Harbor in its fringes, which spans six provinces (Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, and Cavite), was considered the ...

    • Citizen’s group supports Manila Bay rehabilitation 

      Cariño, Conrad M. (The Manila Times, February 14, 2019, on page B5)
      The nationwide citizen’s movement Maypagasa has thrown its support for the “Battle of Manila Bay” led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Maypagasa is a multi-sectoral group that advocates good ...

    • DENR urges Mindanao folk to act vs plastic use 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 3, 2018, on page A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged more than 25 million residents in Mindanao to stop using plastic to help save Saranggani Bay from further environmental degradation. Environment Secretary ...

    • Earth Day 2019: Protect our species 

      (The Manila Times, April 22, 2019, on page B4)
      Scientists point this massive decline to habitat destruction, exploitation and climate change as the driving forces for the loss of half of the world’s wild animal population. On to marine life, more than 650,000 marine ...

    • Experts push solutions for PH corals 

      (The Manila Times, August 31, 2017, on page B5)
      Marine biologists and experts in a recent forum put forward science-based solutions to address issues on protecting the country’s corals. Wilfredo Roehl Licuanan, in his talk entitled “Current Status of PH Coral Reefs and ...

    • Garbage at sea 

      Pimentel, Brenda V. (The Manila Times, May 22, 2019, on page B8)
      The success of any initiative to prevent garbage from being discharged at sea demands the interminable cooperation and support of various stakeholders including but not limited to government (at the local and national ...

    • Global warming seen hitting record 

      (The Manila Times, September 15, 2015, on page C4)
      Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Niño, Britains's top climate and weather body said in a report on Monday. ...

    • Humanity must rescue oceans to rescue itself, UN warns 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 26, 2019, on page A8)
      Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth’s frozen spaces in ways that directly ...

    • Infanta begins restoration of mangrove forests 

      Lacson, Laarni (The Manila Times, September 22, 2015, on page B7)
      Haribon Foundation together with the Maralitang Mangingisda ng Munting Sabang Association (MMMSA), Municipal Government of Infanta and the Sangguniang Barangay of Dinahican planted 3,500 of mangrove seedlings to restore ...

    • Manila Bay clean-up: ‘Broken windows’ theory on a grand scale 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, January 30, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      It is not an exaggeration to say that President Duterte’s dramatically termed “Battle for Manila Bay,” his grand project to clean up what has been the polluted-landscape symbol of the Philippines, will be a watershed in ...

    • Manila Bay rehab begins: 3 restaurants ordered closed 

      Modesto, Catherine A. (The Manila Times, January 28, 2019, on page A3)
      Thousands of volunteers descended on Manila Bay on Sunday, the start of a massive rehabilitation scheme that aims to restore the bay’s “beauty and bounty.” As the clean-up unfolded, the Laguna Lake Development Authority ...

    • Naic eyed for relocation of Manila Bay squatters 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 22, 2019, on page A8)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Naic town in Cavite could be a potential site for the relocation of informal settler families living near Manila Bay in Parañaque City. Benny Antiporda, DENR ...

    • New partnership for marine KBAs 

      (The Manila Times, June 2, 2015, on page B8)
      To mark the World Environment Day on June 5, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) launched a new partnership to help ...

    • NRCP urges review of Laguna Lake management: troubled lake continues to decline despite current efforts, studies show 

      Kritz, Ben (The Manila Times, June 8, 2017, on page B5)
      The Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) has called for a reassessment of policy and further research to improve the condition of Laguna Lake, saying that its studies ...

    • Pasig River 

      Palafox, Felino A. Jr. (The Manila Times, October 3, 2019, on page A7-A8)
      Since Rajah Sulayman’s rule before the Spanish colonizers arrived in our land in the 16th century, the Pasig River was already a lively and bustling waterway — a source of aquatic wealth, commerce, and cultural influences. ...

    • Pining for a clean Pasig River 

      Herrera, Ernesto F. (The Manila Times, March 12, 2013, on page A4-A5)
      When I was a child, my father used to tell me stories about how they would take a dip in the Pasig River and they could see plenty of fish as well as the stones and the sand on the river bed and bank. I myself don't remember ...

    • Saving Manila Bay 

      Mejia, Gab (The Manila Times, September 11, 2020, on page A8)
      The Manila Bay is beautiful as it was and is. Yet it is now enshrouded by a gray haze from an overpopulated city and streets, leaving this once remarkable expanse as a passing memory for us to long for. Its once clean ...

    • Saving nature is saving our future 

      Amante, Kitty (The Manila Times, December 8, 2016, on page B5)
      In the next 15 to 25 years, our children may only learn about the once staple Philippine fish talakitok and maya-maya in science books, or perhaps in museums. These fish species, along with at least 10 others in the ...