Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "marine ecology"
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Adhesives work wonders for coral repair
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 18, 2016 , on page A8)Carrying special adhesives, 30 scuba divers plunged 20 feet deep underwater at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here on Dec. 13 to transplant coral fragments, part of a process needed to revive the park’s degenerating ... -
BFAR seeks regulation of shark fishing
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 2, 2016 , on page A8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is urging local governments to regulate, if not ban, the catching and sale of juvenile sharks. Carlito Delfin, acting assistant regional director of BFAR Western Visayas, ... -
China's giant fishing fleet told to stop catching squid
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 30, 2021 , on page B4)China has ordered its 2,600-strong fishing fleet-the world's biggest-to suspend catching squid in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans after an international backlash that claims they are overfishing and damaging fragile ... -
China: new satellite to protect its sea bases
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 12, 2016 , on page A11-A12)A newly launched satellite will help China protect its maritime interests, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Thursday, as Manila and Tokyo urged Beijing to respect maritime law and security, and the rule of ... -
Conserving Southeast Asia's seas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 15, 2017 , on page A17)The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region ... -
Corals and garbage
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 28, 2015 , on page A16)Recent reports present a rash of problematic incidents regarding the Philippines’ natural resources, foremost among which is China’s expansive seabed dredging in the disputed Spratlys—a reckless and dangerous move that is ... -
FirstGen bankrolls Batangas marine ecosystem project
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2015 , on page B3-3-B3-4)Rey Manalo is an active and vocal advocate of the Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol) program in Mabini, Batangas. Quite a departure from his younger days when Manalo was a menace to the marine ecosystem of Batangas, being a muro-ami ... -
From predators to protectors of sea turtles
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 9, 2018 , on page A15)Under coconut trees swaying from the sea breeze, several fishermen would usually gather at a coastal village here on late afternoons to unwind from hard work with a gallon of “tuba” (coconut wine). As Filipino culture ... -
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 ... -
Int'l opinion against China buildup in disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 9, 2015 , on page A1-A13)In the face of growing international condemnation for its building artificial islands in the South China Sea from which to project its military power in the region, China appears to have reduced itself into an island. From ... -
Mangroves found cut in 1-ha Lucena area
(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, ... -
Prawn farms destroying nation's fish nurseries
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 11, 2008 , on page A1-A7)She helped turn many of the world's prawn farmers into millionaires, but Jurgenne Primavera now worries that her life's work might have indirectly accelerated the destruction of fish nurseries. The Filipino zoologist, whose ... -
Puerto Galera: Shoring up tourism, marine ecosystem
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2019 , on page B3-4-B3-2)For centuries, the bucolic town of Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro has been one of the archipelago’s proverbial best-kept secrets, with its lush forests, powdery beaches and rich underwater world. Literally meaning “port ... -
Quezon seen as PH mangrove haven
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 20, 2012 , on page A9)In five years, Quezon will be known as the Philippine’s “mangrove haven” with the high survival rate of more than two-million propagules that were mass-planted along the province’s coastal areas in June, an environment ... -
RP mangrove scientist among Time's heroes of environment
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 12, 2008 , on page A1-A6)As always, Jurgenne Primavera though about her achievements. The retired Iloilo-based scientist has been featured by Time magazine in its Oct. 6 special issue on "Heroes of the Environment." She was among 30 activists, ... -
RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 6, 2010 , on page A1-A22)For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-normal ocean water temperatures. In ... -
Save planet Earth but destroy the ocean?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 26, 2020 , on page A7)As recent studies and assessments indicate, the world is still able to change course in the face of this threat, if major pressures—including climate change—are mitigated and marine ecosystems restored. But a new risk is ... -
Scientists: warming making oceans 'sicker' than before
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 7, 2016 , on page A15)Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a major scientific report said on Monday. "We all know that the oceans ... -
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 22, 2010 , on page A14)They came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left onboard a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs from this protected wildlife ... -
TV cartoons urge children to save seas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 7, 2016 , on page E4)Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas . But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.Muppets creators ...