Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "ecological balance"

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    • Boracay: Man vs Nature 

      Jurado, Eric (Manila Standard, May 6, 2018, on page A5)
      For one of those rare times in Philippine history, the government ordered the temporary closing of an island—for environmental reasons. Last month, Boracay, an island famous for its white sand beaches and for being one of ...

    • China destroyed $100m in reclamation, DFA says 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines on Monday slammed China’s massive reclamation activities which are causing irreversible and widespread damage to the biodiversity and ecological balance of the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. The ...

    • China: Reclamation almost done 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 17, 2015, on page A4)
      Despite calls by the united states and the Philippines for China to stop its reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea, Beijing announced that it is about to complete some of its land reclamation in the ...

    • Fast facts: Philippine crocodile 

      (Manila Standard, November 20, 2018, on page C2)
      Among the rare animals native to the Philippines is the Philippine crocodile, which unfortunately is now critically endangered. Although crocodiles in general are regarded as fearsome predators, conservation of critically ...

    • Kill the dolphins, sharks, whales 

      Doronio, Junex (Manila Standard, February 13, 2015, on page B5)
      Mayor Nelson Garcia has maintained that marine animals on Tañon Strait are “parasites” and their population should be controlled by killing some of them, shrugging off criticisms from environmentalists. At a summit on ...

    • Name-calling mars sea dispute 

      Solmerin, Florante S. (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 ...

    • Ph eyes protest vs Beijing 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines plans to file another diplomatic protest against China's reclamation activities that have destroyed close to 300 acres of coral reef in the South China Sea, an official said Tuesday. "We are looking into ...

    • 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 ...