Environment

Program to boost ASEAN youth action in biodiversity upkeep launched

MANILA -- A new international program aims to increasingly promote youth participation in the conservation of Southeast Asia's rich but threatened biodiversity. Launched in Metro Manila on Tuesday, the European Union-funded ASEAN Youth...

Maynilad aims to plant 100K trees in 2018 under ‘Plant for Life’

MANILA -- As part of its efforts to help reforest vital watersheds and prevent calamities like land erosion and flooding, water distributor Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) recently kicked off its “Plant...

Samoan Leader Calls Denial of Climate Change ‘Stupid’

SYDNEY — One of the South Pacific’s longest serving leaders, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele, told a meeting in Australia that climate change is an “existential threat” to island nations and that...

Iloilo City to regulate plastics use

ILOILO CITY -- The city government here is eyeing an ordinance that will regulate the use of plastic drinking straws and stirrers in all business establishments and stalls to promote environment-friendly practices...

Imus City holds ‘BasuRaffle’ vs. plastic residual waste

IMUS CITY, Cavite -- The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) here is set to conduct its monthly raffle at Bayang Luma Tres village on Aug. 31, Friday, in a bid...

‘Scubasureros’: Heroes of the Hundred Islands National Park

ALAMINOS CITY, Pangasinan — Scuba diving is no longer a mere leisure activity at the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) here as  "scubasureros" also do it to maintain the cleanliness of the...

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