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West Philippine sea in rough waters – WWF

dc.coverage.spatialWest Philippine Seaen
dc.coverage.spatialTubbataha Reefsen
dc.coverage.spatialParacel Islanden
dc.coverage.spatialSpratly Islandsen
dc.coverage.spatialPratasen
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.coverage.spatialTaiwanen
dc.coverage.spatialMalaysiaen
dc.coverage.spatialBruneien
dc.coverage.spatialVietnamen
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-07T03:06:21Z
dc.date.available2018-11-07T03:06:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-19
dc.identifier.citationWest Philippine sea in rough waters – WWF. (2015, May 19). The Manila Times, p. B8.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2712
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Manila Times Publishing Corporationen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.manilatimes.net/west-philippine-sea-in-rough-waters-wwf/184493/en
dc.subjectcoral reefsen
dc.subjectartificial islandsen
dc.subjectreclamationen
dc.subjectdredgersen
dc.subjectsea turtlesen
dc.subjectrare speciesen
dc.subjectenvironmental protectionen
dc.subjectenvironmental degradationen
dc.subjectlivelihoodsen
dc.titleWest Philippine sea in rough waters – WWFen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Manila Timesen
dc.citation.firstpageB8en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberMT20150519_B8en
local.seafdecaqd.extractThe dredging of coral reefs to build artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea has alarmed conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In April 2013, poaching vessel F/V Min Long Yu destroyed 3,902 square meters of seabed in the Tubbataha Reefs. Ongoing reclamation in a half-dozen reefs has now obliterated 1.2 million square meters—310 times the damage wrought on Tubbataha. Mechanical dredgers that cut, crush and compact corals have also stirred up sediments to smother adjoining reefs. This threatens the biological productivity of the West Philippine Sea—a spawning and feeding site for endangered sea turtles and high-value fish like tuna.en
local.subject.personalNamePalma, Joel
local.subject.corporateNameDepartment of Foreign Affairs (DFA)en
local.subject.corporateNameWorld Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)en
local.subject.scientificNameChelonia mydasen
local.subject.scientificNameEretmochelys imbricataen
local.subject.scientificNameTridacna gigasen
local.subject.scientificNameSula sulaen
local.subject.scientificNameSula leucogasteren


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