| dc.coverage.spatial | Philippines | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-15T02:07:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-15T02:07:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09-27 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Phl tops participation in international coastal cleanups. (2018, September 27). The Philippine Star, p. B6. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/4291 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc. | en |
| dc.subject | coastal zone management | en |
| dc.subject | Litter | en |
| dc.subject | environmental restoration | en |
| dc.subject | environmental protection | en |
| dc.subject | plastics | en |
| dc.subject | water pollution | en |
| dc.title | Phl tops participation in international coastal cleanups | en |
| dc.type | newspaperArticle | en |
| dc.citation.journaltitle | The Philippine Star | en |
| dc.citation.firstpage | B6 | en |
| local.seafdecaqd.controlnumber | PS20180927_B6 | en |
| local.seafdecaqd.extract | The Philippines ranks first among the top 25 countries that participated in International Coastal Cleanup activities around the globe, according to the ocean Conservancy 2018 Report. Over 200,000 volunteers from the country joined the International Coastal Cleanup in 2017 gathering more than 230,000 kilograms of trash from beaches and waterways equivalent to over 1,200 kilometers. In 2017, environmental group Haribon Foundation collected at least 83 sacks of Syyrofoam waste and 85 sacks of rubber and cloth waste (shoes, slippers,bags) and 57 sacks of plastic waste (utensils,straws,plastic bags, wrappers, diapers, bottles). | en |
| local.subject.corporateName | Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) | en |
| local.subject.corporateName | Ocean Conservancy | en |
| local.subject.corporateName | Haribon Foundation | en |
