Browsing Panay News by Subject "nature conservation"

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    • Along comes…‘The Iloilo Nature Conservation Society’ 

      Buenaflor, Luis Jr (Panay News, April 9, 2018, on page 8-14)
      Tuesday last week, April 3 to be exact, moi was “hijacked” by good friend and “brother”, international designer Edgardo Lopez Suelo, to attend with him a meeting/forum of stakeholders concerned with the ongoing construction ...

    • Better protection of marine area in Guimaras town sought 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); PN (Panay News, February 13, 2017, on page 4)
      Locals and the Environment department have come up with a management plan that serves as their pledge for the better conservation of the Balcon Marine Protected Area. The plan involving strategies for area development was ...

    • Caluya could be next tourism miracle 

      (Panay News, May 1, 2016, on page 1-15)
      This cluster of islets that comprise the only isolated municipality of Antique does not look as sad as it sounds. As every Antiqueño knows, "kaluya" means "sadness" in English. Through the initiative of Mayor Genevive Lim ...

    • Conservation efforts focus on coastlines in N. Haiti 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 9, 2015, on page 14)
      Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. Over the decades, impoverished Haiti has gained a reputation as an environmental wasteland. The country has only about 2 to 3 percent of its original forest ...

    • Country's first shark, ray sanctuary established 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, July 8, 2015, on page 6)
      The Cebu provincial government strengthened its commitment to protect shark and ray species by establishing the country's first shark and ray sanctuary located off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan town. This welcome ...

    • Endangered sea turtle trapped, released 

      (Panay News, August 12, 2017, on page 2, 14)
      A large female green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was accidentally trapped in a fishnet in the waters of Barangay Camanci Norte, Numancia, Aklan. After assessment showed it was in good condition, the marine turtle was ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk to get P316-M projects 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2016, on page 4)
      Farmers and fisherfolk in Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Iloilo will receive today P315.7 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA secretary Proceso Alcala will lead the turnover of farm-to-market ...

    • Fish aggregating device‘efficient, sustainable’ 

      Singuay, Mae (Panay News, September 19, 2016, on page 20)
      A city councilor is pushing for the use of fish aggregating devices locally known as payao. Payao is a floating raft anchored by a weighted line with suspended materials such as palm fronds to attract pelagic and schooling ...

    • Freedivers for ocean conservation 

      Albay, Rhick Lars Vladimer (Panay News, March 1, 2020, on page B6-B8)
      “It's quite a liberating experience to explore the sea in such an immersive way, not weighed down by heavy equipment, seeing firsthand how amazing, yet also so delicate, the underwater world is,” related Riza Ornos on her ...

    • Gab on East Asia seas conservation seen to gather 1T 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, November 20, 2018, on page 6)
      An international multi-sector meeting that aims to discuss challenges in marine conservation in East Asia is expected to gather some 1,000 attendees at the Iloilo Convention Center in Mandurriao district. The 2018 East ...

    • Gina sees tourist influx after Boracay's rehab 

      (Panay News, April 23, 2018, on page B1)
      Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary Gina Lopez expressed great optimism that tourists will definitely come back after the Boracay cleanup and rehabilitation. “Boracay will be like Phoenix, ...

    • Global 'green' summit in Iloilo 

      (Panay News, January 25, 2015, on page 2-14)
      The 2015 Urban Environmental Accords (UEA) Summit will be held here from Sept. 15 to 17. With the theme, "Green City, Livable City", some 300 delegates from all over the world are expected to attend the forum. The event ...

    • Greater action needed 

      (Panay News, June 5, 2018, on page 8)
      Do you know that June 5 is World Environment Day? It is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment and biodiversity conservation. We need to take greater ...

    • Guimaras integrated coastal mgt cited 

      (Panay News, January 6, 2016, on page 3)
      The Integrated Coastal Management program of the island-province of Guimaras was recognized at the East Asian Seas Congress (EASC) recently held in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Congress, organized by the Partnerships in Environmental ...

    • Guimaras: turtle sanctuary 

      Gonzales, Roma R. (Panay News, January 11, 2015, on page 7)
      Officials of Guimaras mull designating a turtle sanctuary in the island province. Rep. JC Rahman Nava committed to secure funds for the preservation and conservation of sea turtles, also called pawikan. According to the ...

    • Iloilo mulls crab hatchery 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 30, 2017, on page 3)
      Iloilo plans to replicate a practice of the neighboring province of Negros Occidental in conserving blue crabs. During a recent meeting on the Visayan Sea, Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. shared that they ...

    • Malaysia establishes biggest 1-million-hectare marine park 

      (Panay News, June 10, 2016, on page B3-B14)
      Malaysia has just established the biggest marine protected area (MPA) in the country. The Tun Mustapha park (TMP) occupies 1m hectares (2.47m acres) of seascape off the northern tip of Sabah province in Borneo, a region ...

    • Mangrove-friendly crab culture, a lucrative source of livelihood 

      Dianala, Rex Delsar B. (Panay News, February 29, 2020, on page B8-B6)
      The lush foliage of mangrove forests is now the pride of their host communities – a badge for environmental conservation, a natural protection from storm surges, and a potential tourist draw. This is a far cry from the ...

    • NegOcc wetlands 7th Ramsar Site 

      (Panay News, October 18, 2016, on page 8)
      The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area has been certified the seventh Ramsar Site in the Philippines - and the first in Negros Island Region and Western Visayas. The 110-kilometer Bago-Ilog coastline ...

    • New seagrass species thrive in Boracay Island 

      PN (Panay News, August 15, 2020, on page 15)
      Additional seagrass species in the island of Boracay was recently recorded. A team of professionals from the Dagatnon Environmental Consulting Services who were tapped by Conservation Development Division (CDD) of the DENR ...