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Maritime Group awarded for enforcing fisheries, wildlife laws
The Philippine National Police Maritime Group (MG) is among the eight organizations in Asia that won the first Asian Environmental Enforcement Award held in Bangkok, Thailand last May 20 for conducting more than 1,500 ...
- May 25, 2015
Stop China's advance in Spratlys, DND urges
Defense spokesman Peter Paul Galvez yesterday called for more international pressure to stop China's reclamation and stop construction works in the South China Sea as the Asian power rolled out more details on what it is ...
- June 18, 2015
Scientists alarmed over China island in disputed sea
Concern is mounting among some scientists that China’s reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. ...
- July 7, 2015
Mangrove rehabilitation project
Two groups of volunteers helped the Foundation sustain the greening of the countryside by planting mangroves in Boracay earlier this year. The first group who joined the TYKFI staff in the planting activity was composed ...
- September 30, 2015
Mangroves not best buffer vs storm surges
Mangroves hit by strong typhoons are slow to recover, something to think about in the rush to rehabilitate shorelines as a buffer against storm surges. a study before and after a strong typhoon hits mangrove forests has ...
- May 15, 2015
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
WWF, BPI launch climate adaptation study
The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines), in partnership with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), unveiled the latest and third phase of Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate ...
- January 9, 2015
Activists, UN celebrate pope's call to arms on climate change
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 ...
- June 19, 2015
Maynilad adopts 6.6 ha. for mangrove rehab
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) has adopted five sites totaling 6.6 hectares (ha) in the Cavite province for a mangrove rehabilitation program under its "Plant for Life Program." "Plant ...
- January 23, 2015
Ignoring climate change will be disastrous: DA
An official of the Department of Agriculture recently warned that the Philippines will continue to lose billions of pesos worth of public infrastructure and human lives if "we continue to ignore" climate change. "From the ...
- August 10, 2015