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Development policies key to fight vs climate change
Time for "concept-to-action," says a UN-based Filipino expert.
Puerto Galera to get water treatment plants
PUERTO GALERA – Three waste water treatment facilities projects (WWTFP) costing about P254 million will soon rise in this world-famous biosphere reserve of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Use foreshore lease agreements or lose them – DENR chief
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza Jr. has strongly urged holders of foreshore lease agreements to utilize immediately the foreshore areas leased to them by the government and failure to do so will mean cancellation of the agreement.
Groups to promote RP as world-class ecotourism destination
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism (DoT), ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc.’s Bantay Kalikasan, and Conservation International Philippines will work together to promote "Magandang Pilipinas" which aims to promote the Philippines as a world-class ecotourism destination.
World’s largest marine protected area created in Pacific Ocean
ARLINGTON, Virginia – The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world’s largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by overfishing and climate change.
A global climate formula gone wrong?
Higher energy prices boost "dirty fuel" use instead of lowering emissions.
Amphibian loss seen to hurt fight vs climate change
Another restaurant order of frog legs could mean another lost clue to global climate change.
Butterfly farm used to gauge clean air
LUGAIT, Misamis Oriental – The Butterfly Farm inside the Lugait plant of Holcim Philippines is the company’s barometer whether its advocacy to protect the environment is working or not.
Eco-friendly lake resort to rise in Zambales
CASTILLEJOS, Zambales – A 113-hectare natural lagoon will be developed into a lake resort in this town, just 30 minutes away from the popular tourist center of Subic Bay.
RP urged to follow EU’s lead on carbon reduction
The Ecological Society of the Philippines (ESP) is calling on the Philippine government, as well as the private sector, to adopt the plan of the European Union with regards to reduce emissions of the harmful carbon dioxide in the environment.
Internet sales put pressure on threatened species
Around 4,300 ads for wildlife products are presently posted online.
DENR, LGUs to rehabilitate denuded forests
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its corporate arm, the Natural Resources Development Corp. (NRDC), is set to forge agreements with local government units (LGUs) to rehabilitate 50,000 hectares of denuded forest areas under its "Planting Futures" program.
Fighting to save ‘pawikans’ from extinction
You may know them as the green, pizza-loving martial artists on television but in real life, sea turtles, better known as pawikans are atop the country’s endangered list.
Maitum bats
Thousands of fruit bats (Golden Crown Flying Fox and Giant Flying Foxes, also known as pteropus vampyrus) are seen in Barangay Ticulab which is some 15 kilometers from the poblacion of Maitum, Sarangani.
Climate skeptics slam Gore on global warming
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Al Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his environmental advocacy, was the main target on Monday at a conference of dissident scientists skeptical of his views on global warming.
Battle lines drawn over EU’s climate change proposals
BRUSSELS (DPA) – With the ink barely dry on the European Commission’s plans for fighting climate change, the European Union’s member states have already begun a tug-of-war to pull the legal proposals in their favor.
‘Eat whale, save the planet’ – lobby group
OSLO (Reuters) – Eat a whale and save the planet, a Norwegian pro-whaling lobby said of a study showing that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock.
ASEAN eco group opens workshop on heritage parks
The Philippine-based Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Centre for Biodiversity (ASEAN-ACB) has opened a five-day workshop on the enhancement of capability of ASEAN member-countries to manage the region’s 27 "heritage" parks with rich biodiversity resources in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Climate change fight needs collaborative effort, says ESP
Mitigating climate change is a team effort.
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