Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "marine parks"
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1st Sarangani Dive Safari scheduled on April 29 to May 1
(BusinessWorld,April 18, 2017 , on page S2/8)Sarangani Bay, one of the country’s unheralded beautiful bays, comes to life as the Province of Sarangani and the Department of Tourism (DoT) -Region 12 hold the first Sarangani Dive Safari on April 29 to May 1. Proclaimed ... -
4 Visayas governors want additional provisions in law to fight illegal fishing
(BusinessWorld,July 17, 2017 , on page S1/11)The governors of four provinces surrounding the Visayan Sea will lobby for further adjustments to Republic Act 10654, passed in February 2015 and containing the amended Fisheries Code of the Philippines, to include more ... -
Bicol gets P76-M fishery, farm project
(BusinessWorld,September 28, 2010 , on page S1/3)Bicol Region has received P76 million worth of fishery infrastructure and farm projects, the Agriculture department said in a statement yesterday. Agriculture secretary Proceso J. Alcala inaugurated four fishery facilities ... -
Davao fishery projects get P6.3M
(BusinessWorld,August 6, 2015 , on page S1/8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Davao Region (BFAR-Davao) distributed on Tuesday P6.25 million to five municipalities there as there share this year in the Grassports Participatory Budgeting (GBP), formerly ... -
Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas'
(BusinessWorld,April 29, 2019 , on page S1/10)President Rodrigo R. Duterte returned to the Philippines on Sunday after a “highly successful” official visit to China for the Second Belt and Road Forum, Malacañang said. Mr. Duterte also said at Session III of the Leaders’ ... -
Fisheries bureau planning to establish mariculture park in Sultan Kudarat
(BusinessWorld,June 14, 2010 , on page S1/7)Plans to set up a mariculture park in Central Mindanao have gained ground for the propagation and production of high-value fish stocks, a regional fisheries official here said. Sani D. Macabalang, regional director of the ... -
Mariculture park awardee on urban gov't innovation
(BusinessWorld,January 24, 2003 , on page 28)The Mariculture Park of the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) was named as one of the three awardees of the Urban Good Governance Innovation Facility in Asia. At the same time, The Urban Governance Initiative (TUGI) of ... -
Motorized boats open up new fishing grounds for Lupon villagers
(BusinessWorld,January 29, 2015 , on page S1/5)Eighty-year old Leonardo R. Dabon has been a fisherman for the last 65 years, but this year marks the first time he will be putting out to sea in a motorized banca. "I started fishing in 1950 when I was just 15 years old," ... -
MPIC dedicates over a decade to shoring up ESG
(BusinessWorld,July 14, 2021 , on page S1/3)Investing in power, water, transportation, and healthcare — essentials in the day-to-day lives of Filipinos — translates to contributing to national progress and improving the quality of life in the country. Anchored on ... -
New Zealand to create France-sized marine sanctuary off northeast coast
(BusinessWorld,September 30, 2015 , on page S1/9)New Zealand unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments. Prime Minister John Key on Monday said the Kermadec ... -
Palace asserts no need for China consent in marine protected areas declaration in West Philippine Sea
(BusinessWorld,April 30, 2019 , on page S1/10)The Philippine government will not need China’s consent for its plan to declare some parts of the West Philippine Sea as marine protected areas, Malacañang said on Monday. “Di ba, he already said that?” Mr. Panelo said in ... -
Philippine reef status calls for urgent attention
(BusinessWorld,January 19, 2018 , on page S4/4)The Great Barrier Reef’s condition is worsening. Philippine coral reefs are bound to the same fate unless we do something about it. Urgent words and warnings. Is there a way to stop our oceans from warming? What can we ... -
PHL's 'banana capital' turns hand to marine resource conservation
(BusinessWorld,May 21, 2015 , on page SI/5)Dynamite fishing used to be rampant along the waters of Panabo City in Davao del Norte province, until the fishing community got together in 1999 and formed the City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council ... -
Protecting the ocean could boost economy by $900B, says WWF
(BusinessWorld,June 5, 2015 , on page S1/9)More than $920 billion could be generated by 2050 and 180,000 jobs created by expanding the ocean's protected zones, according to a study published on Thursday by conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). "Every ... -
Samal coral reefs under threat from crown-of-thorns starfish
(BusinessWorld,October 9, 2015 , on page 4/S3)It starts out looking like a normal five-pointed star, but the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) eventually develops more arms, swells up to one meter in diameter, grows thorns, and preys on corals. This ... -
True state of Philippine coral reefs
(Malaya Business Insight,August 22, 2013 , on page B5)I attended the two -day Forum on the Coral Triangle Initiative on 14-15 August 2013 on invitation form the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department of Environment and Natural resources. In this forum, ... -
UN chief: save the oceans to avert 'global catastrophe'
(BusinessWorld,June 16, 2017 , on page S3/6)UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries to put aside national gain to save the oceans and avert a "global catastrophe" as he opened the first UN ocean conference. The five-day meeting is the first ... -
Vast Antarctic marine reserves in focus at meeting
(BusinessWorld,October 20, 2015 , on page S1/8)Campaigners Monday urged global leaders to put aside differences and create two vast Antarctic marine sanctuaries to protect one of the world's last untouched wilderness and a unique array of species, including whales and ... -
Village plans to build statue of dead whale as a reminder of marine resource protection
(BusinessWorld,February 8, 2019 , on page S1/10)Barangay Gabi, where the body of a dead Sei whale species (Balaenoptera borealis) was spotted near the shore, plans to build a statue of the creature to serve as a constant reminder of the importance of marine resource ... -
World's nations meet in Paris to rescue ocean life this time
(BusinessWorld,March 28, 2016 , on page S1/7)It took a decade to get to the negotiating table, and it could easily take another to finish the job, but UN talks in New York to safeguard life in the high seas finally begin in earnest on Monday (March 28).