Environment

DENR makes sewerage system mandatory for all Boracay establishments

BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will now strictly require businesses on Boracay Island to have their own sewerage treatment plant. This is based on an administrative...

Restoring the ecological health of China’s Fuxian Lake

YUNNAN, China – Fuxian Lake, also known as the “fairy lake,” is the third largest lake in China. It looks like a shape of an upside-down calabash located in Yuxi City, rising...

BFAR to lead coastal clean-ups

MANILA -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will boost its nationwide coastal resource protection and conservation advocacy campaign to help improve fisheries in the country. BFAR will lead a series...

Sushi Served With a Secret Ingredient: Microplastic

WASHINGTON — The beautiful, all-you-can-eat sushi platter you shared with friends last week might have included a special ingredient: plastic. Microplastics — the remnants of plastic bags, takeout containers and straws that almost-but-not-quite...

Ilocos Norte joins ‘Ambag sa Kalikasan’ project

LAOAG CITY -- In time for the month-long celebration of Philippine Environment Month this June, eco warriors, composed mainly of young men and women volunteers from different parts of the province, are...

Juvenile mynahs, blue-naped parrots seized in Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- Environment enforcers in Palawan have recovered 47 hatchling and juvenile mynahs and blue-naped parrots from suspected illegal wildlife trading operation in the southern Palawan municipality of Quezon. Jovic...

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