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Fishers lead in mangrove-friendly mudcrab culture
Raising mudcrab in tidal flats with existing mangroves is a feasible and economically profitable livelihood alternative for fishers. And this is environment-friendly. This was confirmed in a mucrab technology verification ...
- October 30, 1999
Undesirable practices threaten Gigantes island chain
Prohibitive prices of seafoods. Lack of serviceable restrooms. These two concerns threaten the Gigantes group of islands, a fledgling tourism destination in the northern municipality of Carles. “Their seafoods are more ...
- September 17, 2019
DENR: Desilting of Malandog River essential to ecosystem
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started the desilting of Malandog River located in this province. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENR) officer Andres Undal underscored the ...
- July 15, 2020
How vulnerable are WV's watersheds?
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Ecosystem Research and Development Services (ERDS), is looking forward to cover all 11 critical watersheds in Western Visayas in its vulnerability ...
- August 27, 2010
‘Make city waters swimmable again’
The goal is to make the coastal waters “swimmable again.” The local government unit here conducted yesterday a massive cleanup drive dubbed as “One Time, Big Time,” which covered 26 coastal villages in the city. The ...
- March 31, 2019
Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility
Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...
- September 23, 2019
Year-End Report 2018: A look back at the year's movers and shakers
The country’s top tourist destination was closed to tourism activities for six months beginning April 26 for a massive cleanup and rehabilitation due to years of neglect and abuse. President Rodrigo Duterte called Boracay ...
- December 31, 2018
Sea turtles dot Boracay shores
This island is not only the world’s best beach because of its white sandy beach and turquoise waters. It is also a nesting ground of sea turtles. At the start of the year, 196 sea turtle hatchlings were recorded in different ...
- January 22, 2021
Seafdec takes custody of captured green sea turtle
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo recently turned over a captured sea green turtle to the Southeast ...
- March 9, 2005
Mud crab farming in mangroves feasible
Integrated farming whose aim is to optimize land and water use while assuring profits and being environmentally sound exists commonly in the forms of fice-fish culture, fish-poultry raising and fodder-fish culture. But has ...
- July 9, 1998