Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "Climatic changes"
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Galapagos fights to protect islands
(Manila Standard,February 9, 2018 , on page B3)With its iconic giant tortoises, crested black iguanas, huge ocean manta rays and a veritable menagerie of other cool creatures, the Galapagos Islands are one of the most beautiful places you will probably never visit. Why ... -
Good work by Duterte on climate change
(Manila Standard,February 4, 2017 , on page A5)This has been a good week for climate change in the Philippines. Finally, after months of uncertainty, the Philippine government has decided to move forward on the ratification of the Paris Agreement. This was decided in ... -
Govt sets 6-point laundry list for Boracay cleanup
(Manila Standard,April 19, 2018 , on page A6)The government has unveiled its list of deliverables within the six-month closure of Boracay, giving a clearer picture of what the island’s locals and tourists should expect by the end of the shutdown. Meanwhile, some “big ... -
Islands ready for climate agreement
(Manila Standard,April 22, 2016 , on page B6)With their very existence under threat from climate change, the world's island states come to the United Nations on Friday not only to sign the Paris climate deal but to be first in line to make sure it goes into force. ... -
Lake Sebu fish kill claims P3.9m worth of tilapia
(Manila Standard,June 29, 2016 , on page A7)Around P3.9 million worth of tilapia were destroyed in another major fish kill in lakes Seloton and Sebu in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato. Justina Navarrete, chief of the South Cotabato Office of the Provincial Agriculturist ... -
Likely first victim of climate change
(Manila Standard,June 15, 2016 , on page B8)Climate change appears to have driven to extinction an Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent, according to a new study, which suggests the species may be the first mammal lost to global phenomenon. Extensive searches for ... -
MPIC's shore it up! soars high: celebrate a decade of coastal clean-up drive
(Manila Standard,March 18, 2018 , on page A3)Everyone remembers the day Typhoon 'Ondoy' hit the country in September 2009. In just 12 hours, it brought down 17 inches of rain equivalent to a month's worth of rainfall in one day. Within just a few days, 'Ondoy' put ... -
Name-calling mars sea dispute
(Manila Standard,April 22, 2015 , on page A3)The quarrel between the Philippines and China over the disputed territories in the South China Sea turned into a war of words on Tuesday, with the Philippines calling China “a big-time squatter” as a result of its reclamation ... -
New way found to fight climate change
(Manila Standard,June 11, 2016 , on page B6)Scientists have turned carbon dioxide into stone in a matter of months by pumping it deep underground, offering a revolutionary new way of storing the greenhouse gas to tackle climate change. The pioneering experiment in ... -
Obama asks India to do more for climate change
(Manila Standard,January 28, 2015 , on page B5)President Barack Obama said the United States could be India's "best partner" Tuesday but urged his hists to do more in the battle against climate change as he wrapped up a three-day visit to New Delhi. Speaking to an ... -
PH oceans get a break, thanks to MPIC's shore it up
(Manila Standard,March 3, 2018 , on page B4)All over the country are quaint coastal towns, unknown to many people in Metro Manila, despite their rich biodiversity and exceptional beauty. From Alaminos, Pangasinan to Mabini, Batangas; Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro ... -
Planned Asean meet to focus on Boracay Island rehab
(Manila Standard,September 7, 2018 , on page A3)The government’s rehabilitation of Boracay Island is being eyed as one of the cases to be presented in the planned Asean meeting on mainstreaming biodiversity in the tourism sector. The presentation will help Asean ... -
Poe says 2-m fishing families need govt help
(Manila Standard,April 4, 2016 , on page A4)Presidential candidate Grace Poe said Sunday the next administration should help close to two-million fishermen and their families get out of poverty although the Philippines is 7th among the top fish-producing countries ... -
Pro-, anti-whaling nations brace for battle in Brazil
(Manila Standard,September 10, 2018 , on page B3)Pro- and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade-old moratorium on commercial whale hunting. Tokyo ... -
Quick climate changes revealed in Antarctica
(Manila Standard,March 2, 2018 , on page B3)A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered with Collines Glacier on Antarctica's King George Island. Now the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate ... -
REEForestation' project at the Cavite ecozone
(Manila Standard,February 11, 2010 , on page G8)Aside from the economic activities resulting from the operation of the Cavite Economic Zone in the Municipality of Rosario, fishing and cottage industries related to fishing such as smoked fish (tinapa) processing, fish ... -
Rice to riches: Vietnam's shrimp farmers fish for fortunes
(Manila Standard,August 10, 2017 , on page B4)The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the “rice bowl of Vietnam,” is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. The shrimp bonanza ... -
River agency pilloried amid mass fish deaths
(Manila Standard,February 1, 2019 , on page B3)The authority that oversees Australia’s largest river system was accused of “maladministration”, “gross negligence” and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead ... -
RP is vulnerable to climate change
(Manila Standard,March 9, 2018 , on page A5)Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ... -
Saub-Sarangani watershed rehab project rolls out
(Manila Standard,February 28, 2019 , on page B4)The provincial government of Sarangani recently rolled out a multi-million peso rehabilitation project of the 7.9-hectare Saub watershed ecosystem in Maitum town. Dubbed as Watershed Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Flood Risk ...