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    • Guimaras unites for marine protection 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, April 11, 2017, on page 6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local government units, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the academe are joining hands in the marine protection program for the island ...

    • Marine food chain 

      Xinhua (Manila Bulletin, January 11, 2018, on page B-9)
      Climate change is driving a collapse of the marine food chain, an Australian study published by the University of Adelaide on Wednesday has found. The study found that rising ocean temperatures was reducing the flow of ...

    • Larger mangrove plantation in Eastern Visayas 

      Cayubit, Restituto A. (Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2018, on page 7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources regional office 8 (DENR-8) said that it has surpassed its 2017 mangrove plantation target in Eastern Visayas. According to the report released by the department in this ...

    • An open letter to the President 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 3, 1996, on page 15)
      House Bill No. 7366 "An Act to Codify all laws of Fisheries all laws on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources" is about to be presented by the Special Fisheries Committee headed by Congressman Jose T. Villarosa to the plenary ...

    • Sailing for conservation 

      Amour-Levar, Christine; Galeon, Dom (Manila Bulletin, January 20, 2019, on page 1)
      They say the best journeys run deep and reconnect us with what it means to be human. Our sailing expedition to one of the most remote and astounding corners of the Philippine archipelago, Palawan, turned out to be exactly ...

    • Chinese submersible to explore resources in South China Sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, November 23, 2017, on page B-12)
      China is preparing to launch a new manned submersible to explore resources in the South China Sea. The official Xinhua News Agency said the Shanhai Yongshi, or "deep sea warrior," has passed all performance and safety ...

    • Your fish is your future 

      Kim, Sung (Manila Bulletin, June 5, 2019, on page 8)
      Lying within the global center of marine biodiversity, the Philippines is one of the world’s top fish producing countries, and millions of Filipinos derive their livelihood from fishing. However, these rich and precious ...

    • Tardy whales fail to show up 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2000, on page B-10)
      Some 24,000 gray whales migrate each winter from their feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to calving lagoons off Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The whales are late this year and scientists can't figure out why. But lately not a ...

    • Freshwater Ulang and free-range chicken discussed this Saturday 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 23, 2020, on page B-18)
      Experts will discuss the production of freshwater Ulang and free-range Sasso chicken from France in two seminars this Saturday, March 25, at the Magallanes Weekend Market seminar room in Makati at the corner of EDSA and ...

    • SC awaits report on Manila Bay pollution 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 18, 2020, on page 6)
      Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta led a group that inspected the dolomite sand beach in Manila Bay last Wednesday, along with Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario Lopez, Edardo delos Santos, and Ricardo Rosario. There had ...

    • Red tide warning 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Bulletin, October 7, 2020, on page 5)
      Red tide infestation continues in 13 bays in Eastern Visayas this week as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) raised a stern warning against the consumption of shellfish meat. In an advisory issued Tuesday, ...

    • Carbon dioxide threatens: Tropical coral reefs 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 3, 2000, on page B-11)
      As if there weren't already enough threats to coral refs, now scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have found that carbon dioxide (CO2) dissolved in seawater could be a direct threat to these ...

    • Southern Ocean soaks up carbon dioxide 

      Roach, John (Manila Bulletin, February 3, 2000, on page B-11)
      Manmade carbon dioxide is being soaked up by the cold waters of the Southern Ocean and transported to the dep waters of the subtropical ocean, researchers reported. Manmade carbon dioxide makes the water acidic. The acidity ...

    • To the people who helped clean our waters and coasts: Congratulations for a job well done! 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 12, 1999, on page 5)
      They were businessmen, professionals, government officials, and company executives. They were also fisherfolk, laborers, famers, students, teachers, and market vendors. But for one day, last September 18, along the Bataan ...

    • The millennial aura of Aurora 

      Leveriza, Mike (Manila Bulletin, November 14, 1999, on page G-8)
      When the Scandinavian once get to see the sunrise in far-flung Aurora province, he told his hosts that it was good they named their province after the dawn aurora borealis glows over in his own country. In 1979, director ...

    • Under the sea engagement 

      Bautista, Rowena A. (Manila Bulletin, March 4, 2000, on page C-4)
      Award winning music composer-arranger Danny Tan is brimming with a different kind of engagement nowadays. Danny started with s 25-gallon complete set of gold fish. The next day, he wanted to have more creatures swimming ...

    • Has all this talk of fake sand made you miss Boracay? 

      Patawaran, A. A. (Manila Bulletin, October 4, 2020, on page B-8)
      If you are all sick of the sand “storm” over Manila Bay, why not plan to dip your toes into real sand? Why not head over to Boracay? The island paradise, which has been consistently recognized by international travel ...

    • Wetlands and agriculture: Partners for growth: (Part I) 

      Villar, Cynthia (Manila Bulletin, March 12, 2014, on page 12)
      It is on rare occasions that the advocacies we support and topics we value share a synergy or find a common ground. In my case, it is agriculture and environment protection. World Wetlands Day marks the anniversary of the ...

    • White sharks found to migrate across the Pacific Ocean 

      Environmental News Network (Manila Bulletin, January 17, 2000, on page 14)
      A white shark mouths a plywood decoy of a seal placed in the water by researchers studying shark behavior near California's Año Nuevo reserve. The largest and most powerful predator in the sea, the great white shark, has ...

    • No toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2020, on page 2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has not found toxic chemicals on the dolomite sand from the Manila Bay beach nourishment project, based on the test results released by its Environmental Management ...