Browsing Panay News by Subject "global warming"
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350-ha mangrove reforestation up in Capiz
(Panay News,May 16, 2014 , on page 4)Three hundred fifty hectares of mangrove areas in Capiz are set for reforestation. These mangrove areas are in the municipalities of Ivisan, Panay, Pilar, Pontevedra, President Roxas and Sapian, said Valentin Talabero ... -
Bleaching 'killing' Great Barrier Reef
(Panay News,May 31, 2016 , on page 11)At least 35 percent of corals in the northern and central parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been destroyed by bleaching, Australian scientists say. The experts from James Cook University ( JCU) say it is the ... -
'Climate change may threaten $2.5 trillion in financial assets'
(Panay News,April 7, 2016 , on page C5)Climate change can destroy assets directly through sea-level rise for example, by depreciating their value, or by disrupting economic activities lower down the chain through drought or freak storms. A lot of research has ... -
Conserving marine resources
(Panay News,October 17, 2017 , on page 8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units in northern Iloilo (Carles and Concepcion) and other enforcement agencies to strengthen ... -
Disappearing beaches
(Panay News,March 9, 2020 , on page 12)The Philippines may be small in land area, but with over 7,100 islands, the country has one of the most extensive coastlines in the world. This makes archipelago among the most vulnerable to the impact of global warming. ... -
'Environment, economic growth can go together'
(Panay News,November 20, 2016 , on page B9)Environment secretary Gina Lopez has stressed the importance of preserving the environment while growing the economy as governments around the world seek the cap global warming. Speaking at a climate change summit in Morocco ... -
Fight climate change, plant mangroves'
(Panay News,October 7, 2012 , on page 4-10)Broadcast practitioners in Capiz are set to hold a mangrove-planting activity here on October 13. According the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) - Capiz Chapter President Ely Abarra, the activity, dubbed as ... -
Food chain collapse predicted in oceans
(Panay News,October 14, 2015 , on page 8)The world's oceans are teeming with life, but rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a collapse in the marine food chain from the top down, researchers in Australia said. Marine ecologists from the University of ... -
Fun walk, mangrove plating and songs mark Earth Day
(Panay News,April 26, 2010 , on page 11)An early morning walk from Molo Plaza to the Iloilo River started the Earth Day celebration for around 150 mostly young people of the city over the weekend. The fun walk was organized by the Student Council Alliance of the ... -
Global warming and its impact on local farming
(Panay News,January 15, 2015 , on page B5)We all agree that the world is warming up and many people believe that it is caused artificially by HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), a research facility based in the US. HAARP acknowledges that they ... -
Global warming is very alarming
(Panay News,August 5, 2016 , on page B2)It is a no-brainer that when you go of the house, the air is getting warmer and warmer as it touches you skin. Have you ever imagined a summer like heat in a rainy season? was it not just this June that the Philippine ... -
Illegal fishing
(Panay News,August 3, 2019 , on page 6)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 simulated an apprehension of an illegal commercial fishing vessel Thursday in Iloilo City for the benefit of judges and prosecutors. The goal was to make the courts ... -
Red tide calamity
(Panay News,September 29, 2017 , on page 1-18)Around 2,500 households in the villages depend on the sea for their food and livelihood. They have been displaced, said Mayor Sigfriedo Betita. SB members are convening in a special session today to make the declaration. ... -
Save our oceans
(Panay News,May 19, 2018 , on page 8)Oceans have absorbed about a third of global carbon dioxide emissions, causing acidification. This has also resulted in coral bleaching. Ocean acidification is causing irreversible damage to coral reefs. With global warming ... -
Senators urge Duterte to ratify Paris climate deal
(Panay News,November 7, 2016 , on page 8)Senators called upon the government to ratify the landmark Paris climate agreement to solve the serious problem of global warming. On Friday the climate deal adopted by over 190 nations entered into forces ahead of the ... -
State of calamity mulled for red tide-hit villages
(Panay News,September 5, 2017 , on page 1-14)The local government of Carles plans to place four island barangays under a state of calamity due to red tide. The coastal waters of the Gigantes group of islands remain positive for paralytic shellfish poison beyond the ...