Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "biomass"

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    • Biokubo: The search for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel 

      Razon, Luis F. (The Philippine Star, December 22, 2011, on page B-5)
      Studies have shown that the biodiesel process utilizing waste cooking oils had a better rate of return than a process which used virgin oil, although all of the processes in their papers had negative rates of return. There ...

    • Defining juvenile tuna-why size really matters 

      Ingles, Jose (The Philippine Star, September 9, 2012, on page B-4)
      The use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) – man-made structures placed at sea as anchored or floating devices designed to attract schools of fish – has been a hotly debated topic because of their tendency to catch higher ...

    • Scientists bat for wider coverage of marine protected areas 

      Lazaro, Ramon Efren (The Philippine Star, August 6, 2015, on page B-8)
      As the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Central Luzon establishes needed support to help marginalized fisherfolk in coastal villages of Manila Bay, scientists are raising the need to safeguard marine ...

    • Semirara vows to protect marine protected areas 

      Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, November 18, 2016, on page B-12)
      Amid allegations of environment degradation, coal miner and power producer Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has committed to protect marine protected areas (MPA) surrounding its coal mines in Semirara Island in ...

    • Technology will help clean up our seas 

      Avila, Bobit S. (The Philippine Star, October 23, 2018, on page 9)
      Apparently there’s a group that calls themselves a “Plastic Bank.” It plans to create a currency for the world’s poor using plastic trash as its main product. As their story goes, “The company, formed in 2013, pays people ...