Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "mangroves"

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    • Filipino wins int'l award for work with mangroves 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 9, 2005, on page A6)
      Filipino research scientist Jurgenne Honculada Primavera has won a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, the worlds most prestigious award in marine conservation for her work in preserving and restoring mangroves in the ...

    • Fortifying Boracay's green line of defense: the 'bakawan' 

      Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2018, on page A6)
      Known worldwide for its powdery white beaches and lately, for its polluted waters and six-month closure to tourists, Boracay Island holds another secret that has been a virtual lifesaver to its marine life: the mangrove ...

    • From mountain to the sea: PTT turns to mangroves with "BakaJuan" CSR project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 28, 2014, on page A10)
      From business to community service, PTT Philippines Corporation (PTTPC) is living up to its commitment to help build and develop a better society through corporate social responsibility projects on education, environment ...

    • Giant clam 're-wilding' waters near Semirara mine site 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 12, 2016, on page B6)
      In 2006, the company released 150 pieces of the Tridacna gigas, an endangered species of giant clams, near the waters of Panian mine on Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique province. Citing research, the firm says these giant ...

    • Group hails move to save Subic mangroves, awaits revised railway alignment 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2021, on page B4)
      A coalition of residents, tourism investors, Aetas, local government units and civil society groups in Subic Bay Freeport (SBF), Olongapo City, and the provinces of Zambales and Bataan looked forward to seeing the revised ...

    • Healthy bay? count the turtles 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2017, on page A17)
      The annual spectacle “is a manifestation of our commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of the bay,” said Edwin Frias, 46, a fisherman and Bantay Dagat (fish warden) from the village of Bignay II. Frias and other ...

    • Iloilo beautification project killing mangroves 

      Burgos, Nestor, Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2017, on page A11)
      Unseen in a river system that Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu once described as the cleanest he had seen in the country are mangroves dying because they had been submerged in too much fresh water. A mangrove specialist ...

    • Iloilo execs seek faster spill cleanup 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 19, 2014, on page A8)
      An official monitoring the progress of operations to clean up the oil spill that aggravated the effects of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” on a town in northern Iloilo province is asking the firm handling the cleanup to work faster ...

    • Iloilo River Development Project 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2015, on page A13)
      The ground-breaking Iloilo River Development Project has led to the successful rehabilitation of the 15-kilometer estuarine. In 2004, the Iloilo-Batiano River Development Council (IBRDC) relocated 1,000 families who were ...

    • 'Like the Molave' in coastal greenbelts 

      Doyo, Ma. Ceres (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 30, 2012, on page A13)
      And so it is gratifying to know that our marine scientists are focusing on the Philippines’ endangered mangrove associates and other beach forest species. Dr. Jurgenne Honculada Primavera and Dr. Resurreccion “Rex” B. ...

    • Limay folk joins Petron, SMC in rebuilding mangrove forest 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 17, 2018, on page B2-3)
      At the crack of dawn, about 150 villagers living near the coastline of Barangay Alangan in this town walked 800 meters to reach a muddy shoreline. Moments later, under the scorching sun, the villagers planted neat rows of ...

    • The magnificent mangroves of panay 

      Labiste, Ma. Diosa (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 8, 2004, on page A18)
      Unlike the bamboo or coconut, the mangrove has yet to take its place as a "tree of life " in Philippine lore, despite being ubiquitous, useful and magnificent. If names given to places indicate popularity, mangroves probably ...

    • Mangrove areas shrinking 

      PNF (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 1993, on page 15)
      Vital mangrove areas in the Philippines have shrunk to less than one percent of its area in 1920. The loss could be worth as much as $3 billion. The country was among 30 countries with the largest mangrove areas in the ...

    • Mangrove give way to big business 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      The Tombonuo homeland in northern Borneo had been home to mangroves, saltwater-loving trees that anchor a web of life. Now the trees are gone after a Malaysian company bulldozed swaths of mangroves to make space for ...

    • Mangrove park outside of planned Bulacan airport 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 24, 2019, on page A10)
      A mangrove park that was rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in a town in Bulacan province is far from the proposed 2,500-hectare New Manila International Airport project of San ...

    • Mangrove Propagation and Information Center: Shoring up, Cordova's Marine Ecosystem 

      Supetran, Bernard (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2021, on page A7)
      Cordova, the smaller and lesser-known half of Mactan Island in Cebu, is arguably the best-kept secret in central Philippines. Situated just a few minutes from the aerial gateway to the south, this 956-hectare coastal ...

    • Mangroves bring life back to a deserted shore 

      Soltes, Jonas Cabiles; Rodriguez, Gina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 15, 2010, on page A1-A16)
      Coastal residents of Barangay Cagsao here lost their homes to a storm surge spawned by Typhoon “Loleng” (international name: Babs), which swept through the towns fringing San Miguel Bay. Twelve years after, the shore which ...

    • Mangroves cleared for Palawan subdivision 

      Anda, Redempto D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 4, 2017, on page A8)
      Environment Secretary Gina Lopez on Wednesday ordered the demolition of structures in a 5-hectare property illegally carved out of a mangrove area along the coastal outskirts of the city center. Lopez also called out local ...

    • Mangroves found cut in 1-ha Lucena area 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2012, on page A19)
      Stacks of fully grown mangroves illegally cut from a one-hectare coastal area were discovered in a village here Wednesday by provincial officials and environmentalist group Tanggol Kalikasan (TK). Efrelyn Escultura-Calabano, ...

    • Mangroves keep sea trash out of villages 

      Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2014, on page A10)
      The panorama of mangroves growing along the vast coastline of Quezon province is also serving as a defense barrier from trash that used to swamp the beaches and riverbanks. “The growing mangroves act as fine-tooth comb ...