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    • Yap unveils abalone breeding program 

      (The Philippine Star, July 22, 2007, on page B-4)
      Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap launched here yesterday a five-year, P15-million program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and DA-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ...

    • YEARENDER: DENR restores Boracay as world-class destination 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, December 28, 2018, on page 5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – the lead agency of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) – immediately rose to the challenge, and closed down establishments found releasing waste and ...

    • Yellow River cleanup brings bright future 

      Zhao, Ruixue; Shi, Baoyin; Sun, Ruisheng (The Philippine Star, October 30, 2020, on page 11-12)
      Zhang Qinglin, a resident of Ronghe town, Wanrong county, Shanxi province, visits the Fenhe River, a couple of kilometers from his home, every other day. The 75-year-old enjoys watching the river meander through wetland ...

    • Young eco game changers preserve Taytay's mangroves 

      Salonoy, Dana (The Philippine Star, November 2, 2015, on page A-24)
      Mangrove deforestation is a big problem in many villages in Taytay, Palawan, where residents wantonly use mangroves as firewood and furniture material. But where the local government was ill-equipped to deal with the issue, ...

    • Young sea cow rescued in Quezon 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, January 12, 2014, on page 1-6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has rescued a neonate male dugong (sea cow) that got stranded in the waters of Barangay Binulasan in Infanta, Quezon. A team from the Biodiversity Management Bureau ...

    • Your fish is your future 

      Sung, Kim (The Philippine Star, June 9, 2019, on page 13)
      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 ...

    • Youth groups to embark on 'freedom voyage' in West PhI Sea 

      Laude, Jaime; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, November 21, 2015, on page 15)
      Various youth groups in the country are set to converge in Palawan on Nov. 30 to begin a month-long “freedom voyage” to seven islets in the West Philippine Sea occupied by Filipino troops and are being claimed by China. ...

    • Zambales river set for dredging 

      (The Philippine Star, November 1, 2018, on page B7)
      One of three big rivers in Zambales that had been rendered virtually dead since the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991 will be rehabilitated and dredged of its lahar deposits by a dredging and mining company, reportedly at no ...

    • Zamboanga puts up 1st seaweed gene bank, nursery 

      Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2007, on page B-5)
      Seaweed farmers in Western Mindanao will soon have a regular source of quality seedlings because of the establishment of a seaweed gene bank and nursery at the Rio Hondo campus of the Zamboanga State College of Marine ...

    • Zamboanga stakes claim as RP’s top seaweed producer 

      (The Philippine Star, March 23, 2008, on page C-6-C-7)
      In the face of declining seaweed harvests in the country’s traditional major seaweed production centers, the regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region IX has taken bold steps to ...