Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "wetlands"

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    • Boracay houses demolished: Clearing of wetlands in resort island starts as settlers plead for relocation 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 14, 2018, on page A17)
      Rogie Ascaño came home from work on Saturday, finding four rooms of his house demolished by a team supervised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The team also tore down three houses built in a ...

    • Boracay to reopen with fewer hotels, restos, no beach parties 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 25, 2018, on page A6)
      The government reopens Boracay to holidaymakers on Friday, after a six-month cleanup aimed at repairing the damage inflicted on the resort island by decades of uncontrolled mass tourism. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered ...

    • DENR to restore Boracay wetland recovered from Island settlers 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 31, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said restoration work would soon begin in one of the nine wetlands on Boracay Island after it was recovered from illegal occupants. In a statement on Tuesday, the ...

    • DENR urges legislators to act on wetlands' protection 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2021, on page A9)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday urged lawmakers to pass a legislation protecting the country’s wetlands, which play crucial roles in mitigating climate change, controlling floods and ...

    • DENR: Thriving waterbirds mean healthy Soccsksargen wetlands 

      Fernandez, Edwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 28, 2023, on page A7)
      Environmental authorities in the Soccsksargen region had concluded that local wetlands are in good health as indicated by the still vibrant stock of waterbirds found in various sites. On Tuesday and Wednesday, personnel ...

    • Living Planet Report: WWF paints dire picture for survival of the species 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 5, 2016, on page A8-A9)
      Nearly three-fifths of all animals with a backbone— fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals—have been wiped out since 1970 by human appetites and activity, according to a grim study released on Thursday. Swathes of ...

    • Pampanga wetland named site of 'International Importance' 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 4, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      The 3,667.31-hectare Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetland (SPCW) has been listed as a “wetland of international importance” under the Ramsar Convention standards, an official said on Wednesday. Martha Rojas Urrego, secretary-general ...

    • Trivia overload 

      Mercado, Juan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 28, 2006, on page A10)
      Other talented Filipino scientists work in fields that impact on the daily lives of citizens. Dr. Jurgenne Primavera is a world authority on that most-threatened wetland resource: mangroves. Dr. Florentino Solon specializes ...

    • Villar champions farmers and the environment 

      Jimenez-David, Rina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 9, 2015, on page A13)
      Perhaps the senator’s affinity with the country’s farmers also explains her advocacy for the environment, most evident in her championing of a protected area within her and her congressman-son Mark’s constituency of Las ...