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RP to use circle hooks for longline fishing
The Philippine government will soon implement the mainstream use of circle hooks for longline fishing operations to reduce sea turtle bycatch. President Arroyo announced the new policy during her speech at the Coral Triangle ...
- January 21, 2010
Phl, China commit to start talks on sea code
The Philippines and China reiterated yesterday their commitment to start negotiations for a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea early next month. They made the commitment at the second meeting of the Philippines-China ...
- February 15, 2018
Phl wins third consecutive term in Unesco's oceanographic body
The Philippines won a seat on the executive council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) for the period 2019-2021, the ...
- July 10, 2019
MWSS to plant 1.8M trees in watersheds through 2022.
The Metropolitan Waterworks Sewerage System (MWSS) will plant at least 1.8 million trees in six watersheds in Luzon during the five remaining years of President Duterte's administration. The Annual Million Tree Challenge ...
- June 29, 2017
Shelter from the storm: Coastal greenbelts of mangroves and beach forests
A school module published in 2009 — the Mangrove Resource and Instruction for Elementary Grades — already differentiated storm surges from tsunamis. Funded by P1 million from my Pew Fellowship grant to cover module writing, ...
- December 19, 2013
Reef makes pledge for cleaner beaches
International beach apparel brand Reef makes a pledge for cleaner beaches by accomplishing 1,500 beach cleanups, remove 150,000 lbs of trash, and engage 30,000 volunteers around the world to promote responsible travel and ...
- January 22, 2019
Cayetano prepares for DFA, joins South China Sea meet
Preparing to assume the post of foreign affairs secretary by the middle of this year, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has been joining presidential visits and meetings abroad as well as international conferences on the South China ...
- January 11, 2017
Philippine beach forests
Beach Forest Species and Mangrove Associates in the Philippines is the latest contribution of the tandem of Jurgenne Primavera and Rex Sadaba who eight years earlier published the highly acclaimed Handbook of the Mangroves ...
- December 1, 2012
China completes construction of lighthouses in disputed South China Sea
China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing’s maritime ambitions. A completion ceremony ...
- October 11, 2015
The other polluted waters
Boracay, however, is not the only place suffering from polluted waters in this archipelago of 7,100 islands. All over the country, many other bodies of water are polluted – seas, rivers, lakes and creeks – not only turning ...
- February 18, 2018