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    • 2nd salvage ship arrives at reef today 

      Zurbano, Joel (Manila Standard, February 16, 2013, on page A2)
      The United States has sent salvage ship Jascon-25 to Tubataha Reef to cut to pieces and remove the USS Guardian, a minesweeper, that ran aground in the protected marine sanctuary, coast guard officials said on Friday. Coast ...

    • Barrier reef 'too big to fail' 

      (Manila Standard, June 27, 2017, on page C3)
      Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail,” a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest ...

    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...

    • Chinese jailed for fishing in Galapagos 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 29, 2017, on page C3)
      A court in Ecuador sentenced the crew if a Chinese ship caught fishing endangered sharks in the Galapagos marine reserve to prison. The Chinese-flagged Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 was caught within the protected zone on August 13 ...

    • El Nido reopens for tourism, resorts ready 

      (Manila Standard, August 24, 2020, on page A4)
      Palawan, voted World’s Best Island in 2020 by Travel + Leisure magazine, awaits visitors once more as it reopens its doors to tourism. Now under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), and with the support of the ...

    • Galapagos fights to protect islands 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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 ...

    • 'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, July 4, 2021, on page 4B)
      Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters, and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO. ...

    • Record coral kill-off on Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, November 30, 2016, on page -C4)
      Sydney - A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, scientists said Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the delicate ecosystem.

    • Setback for the Great Barrier Reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, February 25, 2017, on page C3)
      Australia’s plan to rescue the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef has been set back at least two decades after the fragile ecosystem suffered its worst-ever bleaching last year, experts said Friday. The vast coral reef―which ...

    • Tubbataha sets April timetable 

      Zurbano, Joel E.; Pañares, Joyce Pangco (Manila Standard, February 8, 2013, on page A3)
      Task Force Tubbataha targets removal of USS Guardian by April 9 Coast Guard commandant Rear Admiral Rodolfo Isorena said on Thursday. “The timetable is April but it will depend on sea and weather condition in the area,” ...

    • US pays P87m for Tubbataha reef damage 

      Barcelo, Vito; Solmerin, Florante (Manila Standard, February 19, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine government has received P87.03 million from the US government as payment for the damage caused by a US Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a protected coral reef two years ago, the Department of Foreign ...