Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "environmental impact"

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    • Animals, crops, and people all suffer amid Europe's heatwave 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, August 2, 2018, on page B-8)
      The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims. Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much ...

    • BFAR, Land Bank embark on rent-a-cage plan 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2010, on page 2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Land Banl of the Philippines (Land Bank) are embarking on a rent-a-cage program to help groups of fishermen affected by the El Niño phenomenon. Land Bank and BFAR ...

    • Big prospects for organic aquaculture 

      Abello, Melpha M. (Manila Bulletin, March 11, 2010, on page B-5)
      Why are organic products getting the consumers' nod in Asia and in other parts of the world? As consumers today are becoming increasingly aware of the issues concerning food safety, there emerges a positive perception of ...

    • City of Dreams Manila: Stepping towards a sustainable future 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2019, on page 13)
      With a strong vision for a greener future, City of Dreams Manila is putting sustainability at the forefront of its operations through executing various green measures that reduce the integrated resort's environmental impact ...

    • Coral Bleaching 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2015, on page B8)
      This file photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows coral being studied for bleaching, which is a stress response that causes corals to lose algae and color from their tissue, in Kaneohe ...

    • Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs 

      Sheridan, Kerry (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2015, on page B9)
      Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...

    • Declining fish catch threatens livelihood, food supply in Negros 

      Colmo, Edith (Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2015, on page 13)
      The amount of fish caught around the country is dwindling to dangerous levels which threatens the livelihood of 60 percent of the population dependent on fishing reports a research of Remelyn I. de Ramos of the Marine ...

    • DENR hit for Tubbataha silence 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, February 5, 2013, on page 5)
      An environmental group yesterday criticized the "silence" of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on the environmental impact of USS Guardian in Tubbahata Reef- a known United Nations Educational, ...

    • DENR tapped as lead agency to protect marine ecosystems of Philippine Rise 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, May 19, 2018, on page 4)
      President Duterte has ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to take administrative jurisdiction and control of Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PRMRR) to ensure the protection of the ...

    • Dumping garbage at Laguna Lake 

      Binay, Jejomar (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2018, on page 11)
      According to the LLDA, IPM Construction and Development Corp. and Level Up Construction and Development Corp. have illegally reclaimed 47 hectares of the lake. The LLDA has ordered the closure of the sites, and have filed ...

    • House measure eyes establishment of climate change academy 

      Quismorio, Ellson A. (Manila Bulletin, January 23, 2015, on page 2)
      Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro) and his younger brother, Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao party-list), through House Bill (HB) No. 3987 is seeking the establishment of the Philippine Academy for Climate ...

    • The Iguana arrives in our shores 

      (Manila Bulletin, July 24, 2022, on page C-2)
      Directly from the Iguana factory in Normandy, the new French-built amphibious Commuter Yacht has just reached the shores of Banwa Private Island. A hidden gem surrounded by the crystalline Sulu Sea, mesmerizing marine life, ...

    • Inter-economy cooperation, key to managing climate impacts 

      Regala, Franco G. (Manila Bulletin, January 30, 2015, on page 18)
      A government or a sector in isolation can no longer manage disasters, according to Undersecretary Alexander P. Pama, administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster ...

    • 'Lawin' damage to agriculture, fisheries tops P10.2 B, says DA 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B.; Wakefield, Francis T.; Antonio, Raymund F.; Torregoza, Hannah (Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2016, on page 4)
      Super-typhoon Lawin's (Haima's) damage to agriculture and fisheries has reached P 10.2 billion in northern Luzon, with rice, corn and vegetable suffering the highest losses, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...

    • Mega-cruise ships sail the Arctic 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 13, 2016, on page B14)
      A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a clamp-down to prevent Titanic-style accidents and the pollution of fragile eco-systems. Arctic ...

    • The ocean is dying (1) 

      Mercene, Floro (Manila Bulletin, May 22, 2017, on page 14)
      The alarming rise in the price of fish is linked to the alarming rise of ocean temperature, which killed the coral reefs in our oceans. Remove the corrals and you remove the marine creatures’ source of food, habitat, and ...

    • Ocean's deepest part filled with toxic pollutants,study reveals 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2017, on page B9)
      “Extraordinary levels” of pollution have been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans. Pollutants from the 1970s have accumulated among the crustaceans that live there, contaminating life 11,000 ...

    • Plastic Nation 

      Jacob, Amanda Griffin (Manila Bulletin, November 11, 2017, on page C-4)
      The Philippines is the third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans according to Greenpeace. This is due to a lack of awareness, education, and just plain willful ignorance. Filipinos are polluting the seas with single use ...

    • President backs Lopez on closure of mine operations to protect watersheds 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2017, on page 2)
      President Duterte is backing the country’s environment secretary to keep the precious watersheds “off limits” to destructive mining operations. Environment Secretary Regina Lopez affirmed that the closure of mining operations ...

    • The right way? What Kaliwa Dam project means to those in the 'green' side 

      (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2019, on page B-7)
      Amid ongoing contentions about the controversial Kaliwa Dam, environmental group Haribon Foundation reiterates that the solution to the water crisis is right in our midst – the restoration of Philippine forests. Haribon ...