Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "nature conservation"
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$1M conservation fund established for Palawan area
(The Manila Times,October 13, 2016 , on page B6)Established by Conservation International’s (CI) Global Conservation Fund (GCF), the fund ensures conservation efforts can continue across the 120,000-hectare landscape, Palawan’s largest terrestrial protected area, the ... -
A call to protect La Union's seas and 'pawikan'
(The Manila Times,May 17, 2016 , on page B7)Tina Antonio of La Union Soul Movement joined “SOS: Save the Seas Coastival”—dubbed the green alternative to the famous “LaBoracay” Labor Day weekend in Boracay—but she was not there for the sea breeze, fresh seafood and ... -
DENR probe urged on El Nido reclamation
(The Manila Times,June 13, 2020 , on page A3)Palawan-based Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an investigation into the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands and ancestral ... -
Do you like fish?
(The Manila Times,May 27, 2014 , on page B8)I was personally moved by 26-year old Boogs Rosales, a conservation photographer who actually just wanted to dive as a hobby. What he saw underwater were beautiful corals, marine life and everything that makes the Philippines ... -
'Eco-rangers' train at Naujan Lake
(The Manila Times,January 13, 2015 , on page B8)Did you know that the science of climate change start with the sun? What have you done for the planet today? These are two of the questions I’ve encountered during my four-day “Eco-Ranger Training Workshop” last year at ... -
Eel production in Region 2 on the rise
(The Manila Times,August 17, 2015 , on page A7)Cagayan Valley is experiencing an increase in eel production that can allow the region to ship more to the world market and increase supply to the domestic market. Meanwhile, there is an initiative in Butuan City in Agusan ... -
Ex hunter-gatherer turns into sea champ
(The Manila Times,March 31, 2015 , on page A5)Gerry Grospe, 53, used to hunt pawikans and collect their eggs for food 8 years ago. Sometimes, he would even sell his catch in the public market. "Turtle meat, although sold at very high prices, tastes better than beef, ... -
Great barrier reef may never recover from bleaching- study
(The Manila Times,March 17, 2017 , on page B6)Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year’s warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts. Record-high temperatures ... -
Guardians of the gulf
(The Manila Times,June 7, 2018 , on page A7)Every day, Rohniel Estevez, chief operating officer of Legazpi City’s Integrated Coastal Resource Management (ICRM), serves as guardian of the sea. Estevez and his crew–rescue diver Dabbie Olimpo, diver Christian Talde and ... -
Living in harmony with nature
(The Manila Times,December 15, 2015 , on page B8)This was the theme of the recent Haribon visit to Sitio Pangotloan, Barangay Mahabang Lalim, General Nakar, Quezon Province, participated in by eight members who braved the stormy weather to immerse in the community and ... -
Maranaos oppose Lake Lanao reclammation
(The Manila Times,May 28, 2018 , on page A7)The Maranaos of Lanao del Sur are opposed to any expansion of the shores of the Lake Lanao in Marawi City as a reclamation area where tons of war debris as filling materials would be dumped. Limnologists or experts on the ... -
Marine protected areas established in Palawan to rebuild fish stocks
(The Manila Times,October 13, 2016 , on page B6)A whopping 1,013,340 hectares covering both the coastal and offshore waters of Cagayancillo, plus 80,000 hectares of Aborlan in the Philippine province of Palawan were recently declared as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). ... -
New manual on rescue, rehabilitation of 'pawikan'
(The Manila Times,June 2, 2015 , on page B8)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported an increase in nesting sites for marine turtles to 17,593 last year, offering relief to conservation efforts for the endangered species. Five out of seven ... -
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 ... -
Rivers and forests make up a community
(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 ... -
Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 21, 2018 , on page A18)Casting a fishing line with a coral sinker and a plastic-bottle reel, children as young as 8 years old catch their next meal from the pebbled shore of Barangay San Andres here. Most of the women are at home, raising hogs ... -
Saving nature is saving our future
(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 ... -
Senate panel sets Benham Rise inquiry
(The Manila Times,March 27, 2017 , on page A2)Defense and Foreign affairs officials were among those invited by the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs that will on Wednesday investigate alleged Chinese activities in Benham Rise. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman ... -
Stop using plastic — DENR
(The Manila Times,June 5, 2018 , on page A3)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged Filipinos to stop using single-use plastic items that usually end up polluting the oceans and waterways. “It is high time we refrain from using disposable ... -
US Embassy supports Marine Conservation Camp in Coron
(The Manila Times,June 9, 2015 , on page B7)The US Embassy is supporting 30 outstanding youth leaders aged 18 to 23 selected from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to attend the culminating Sea and Earth Advocates (SEA) Camp in Coron, Palawan from June 10 to 14. The 10 ...