Browsing Malaya by Subject "Man-induced effects"
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Activists, UN celebrate pope's call to arms on climate change
(Malaya,June 19, 2015 , on page B4-B5)Pope Francis’ appeal to save the planet won praise from climate change activists, scientists, and the United Nations on Thursday as a moral imperative to governments to make 2015 a turning point in efforts to slow global ... -
Again, on solid waste management
(Malaya,July 23, 2018 , on page B5)Following the habagat for Southwest monsoon rains that flooded many parts of Metro Manila this week, a team from the group Basura Patrol went to the Manila Bay area and found plastic bags, straws, and other disposables, ... -
Boracay placed under state of calamity
(Malaya,April 27, 2018 , on page B1-B6)President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ... -
Colombia's island fishermen dive into battle to protect coral reefs
(Malaya,November 13, 2018 , on page B5)For nearly three decades, Javier Barker has fished in the Caribbean Sea surrounding the Colombian island of San Andres - but until recently he knew little about the importance of coral reefs that fish depend on to survive. ... -
DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching
(Malaya,September 13, 2010 , on page B2)Environment Secretary Ramon Paje has ordered the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) to create a task force that will monitor and document coral bleaching in the country. Paje also directed his regional officials ... -
Killing watersheds, killing life
(Malaya,March 14, 2017 , on page A2)The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ... -
LGUs urged to help in Pasig River clean-up
(Malaya,March 20, 2017 , on page B2)Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno urged local government units (LGUs) to do their part in cleaning up the Pasig River. Sueno called on the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig and Taguig, and the municipality ... -
Pope says humanity will 'go down' if it does not address climate change
(Malaya,September 13, 2017 , on page B6)Pope Francis said the recent spate of hurricanes should prompt people to understand that humanity will "go down" if it does not address climate change and history will judge those who deny the science on its causes. "If ... -
Scientists probe deep sea secrets
(Malaya,October 19, 2012 , on page A1)New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ... -
Sea pollution cut since 1972 UN accord, IMO says
(Malaya,October 30, 2012 , on page A8)The use of the world's oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that was adopted 40 years ago, the UN agency that polices ...