Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "urbanization"

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    • Agri dept eyes increased RE use 

      Cariño, Conrad M. (The Manila Times, July 2, 2020, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) will push for the optimization of renewable energy (RE) to grow food using aquaponics and hydroponics technologies. Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Monday received from Weather ...

    • Climate-oriented dev't to save millions from poverty 

      Caraballo, Mayvelin U. (The Manila Times, December 2, 2016, on page A2)
      More than 100 million people from Asia Pacific countries including the Philippines may fall into extreme poverty by 2030 without climate-oriented development in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...

    • PH seeks more climate action for Coral Triangle 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, December 20, 2018, on page B5)
      The Philippines sees the need for more international climate action that will better protect the 6- million-square-kilometer coral triangle, the marine area experts cited as center marine biodiversity on earth. Environment ...

    • Planning initiatives for Laguna Lake: Part 2 

      Palafox, Felino A. Jr. (The Manila Times, May 23, 2019, on page A5-A6)
      Our aspiration to save Laguna Lake has been reignited. Last week, Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) invited to a meeting myself and representatives from the Laguna Lake ...

    • Plant more trees to lessen heat in the city 

      Jocson, Laarni (The Manila Times, May 3, 2016, on page B7)
      Metro Manila as the center of socio-economic activities in the country has to keep up with growing demands for more infrastructures have been built resulting in the fast deterioration of the environment. For roads and ...

    • Urbanization threatening wetlands 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, February 8, 2018, on page B5)
      An international scientist and environmental advocate group is calling for measures that will protect wetlands from encroachment and the other ills of urbanization. “We encourage cities to adopt policies and actions, which ...

    • Waders in the Philippines: A world-wide quest continues 

      Haribon Foundation (The Manila Times, December 1, 2015, on page B8)
      Half a million migratory birds including 64 globally-threatened species travel through the Philippines every year from late September up to early April, most of them coming from as far as north of China, Russia, and the ...