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DENR boosts marine protection
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently launched a five-year conservation initiative to boost efforts of protecting marine key biodiversity areas (MKBAs) in the country. The project - Strengthening ...
- June 1, 2015
Water concessionaire breaks ground on P2B sewage treatment facility
Maynilad Water Services inc. broke ground to construct a P2.05-billion sewage treatment plant (STP) in Las Pinas that will further boost sewarage coverage and to reduce pollution loading in Manila Bay. The Manila west zone ...
- March 8, 2019
Quirino province taps Nestlé for watershed rehab PPP
Nestlé Philippines, Inc. through its Creating Shared Value Program, the Nescafé Plan, participated in the watershed rehabilitation program of the province of Quirino through the Q-LiFE (Quirino Livelihood for Everyone) ...
- August 30, 2013
Writ of Kalikasan
The Supreme Court's Writ of Kalikasan is a relatively new item in the judiciary's arsenal of weapons, along with the Writ of Amparo. This writ or court order is seldom used, and most of the time the Supreme Court issues ...
- May 7, 2019
DENR creates task force to monitor coral bleaching
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 ...
- September 13, 2010
DENR cites LGU efforts on 'butanding' preservation
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cited the country’s gains in protecting the whale shark or butanding, calling the local conservation effort a significant model worth emulating. During the ...
- November 6, 2017
Power firm to rehabilitate Boracay wetland
Lopez-led power generation firm Energy Development Corp. (EDC) is investing P10 million it's adopted a wetland in Boracay Island to turn it into an eco-tourism park. The adopted 7.79- hectare Wetland No. 2 located here is ...
- January 28, 2019
Globe leads awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation
Following its recent rehabilitation efforts in Boracay, Globe Telecom led an awareness campaign on Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte which is dubbed as the surfing mecca of the Philippines. ...
- January 3, 2019
What's going on in Benham Rise?
The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...
- January 29, 2018
Cleaning Manila Bay
Several administrations in the past have attempted-- and obviously failed -- to clean the waters of Manila Bay, where one can see the world-famous beautiful sunset. This time around, under the leadership of President ...
- January 14, 2019