Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "natural resources"

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    • Bill creating Phl Rise dev’t authority pushed 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, March 17, 2018, on page 7)
      Sen. Sonny Angara yesterday pushed for approval of a bill creating the Philippine Rise Development Authority (PRDA), which will boost research efforts in the potentially resource-rich undersea territory off the coast of ...

    • China hits back at US criticism sea 'restrictions' 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2015, on page 5)
      China hit back yesterday at United States criticism that it restricts navigation and overflights in the South China Sea amid a festering marine territorial dispute with some of its neighbors. China claims most of the South ...

    • Ecotourism site to rise in MM 

      Echeminada, Perseus (The Philippine Star, March 4, 2017, on page 5)
      Sen. Cynthia Villar made this declaration Thursday, as project proponents have already withdrawn to pave the way for the full development of the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat Eco-tourism Areas (LPPCHEA). Earlier, ...

    • Endangered Lake 

      (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2018, on page 12)
      It’s been nearly a year to the day Roy Cimatu took over as secretary of environment and natural resources. Among his promises upon assuming the post was a thorough cleanup of water resources, particularly the country’s ...

    • EU launches plastic management program in Southeast Asia 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, October 18, 2018, on page B6)
      The European Union will launch next year a program that aims to help countries in East and Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, implement better plastic waste management. “(There are) two central problems we are ...

    • Gov't earmarks P.5 B for Phl Rise this year 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, February 22, 2018, on page B7)
      The government has allocated half a billion pesos this year for various coastal and marine research programs, including those for the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), Sen. Loren Legarda has said. Legarda, chair of the Senate ...

    • Kiko pushes for protection of mangroves forests 

      Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, September 5, 2019, on page B6)
      Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is pushing for protection of all mangrove forests, which will help provide forest products and sustain the fisheries industry. Pangilinan filed Senate Bill 239 seeking to establish Mangrove ...

    • Lawmaker warns Duterte of China's debt trap diplomacy 

      Porcalla, Delon; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2018, on page 2)
      An opposition member of the House of Representatives yesterday warned of the possibility that the Philippines would be falling into China's "debt trap diplomacy," following President Duterte's friendly policy towards the ...

    • MOA to protect El Nido signed 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2018, on page 14)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the local government of El Nido in Palawan recently signed an agreement to protect natural resources on the island. Alexander Mancio of the El Nido-Taytay ...

    • Natural resources not collateral for Phl loans, says Beijing 

      Diaz, Jess; Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, March 11, 2018, on page 1-2)
      The Chinese government has denied a report that it would require the Philippines to use its natural resources as collateral for the loans that it will provide to the Duterte administration. During the press briefing, Geng ...

    • New El Nido joint conservation agreement signed 

      Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2018, on page B7)
      Various stakeholders have renewed their commitment to protect and strengthen the natural resources of El Nido in Palawan with the signing of a new joint conservation agreement. The Department of Environment and Natural ...