Environment

Ilocano youth make way to beat plastic pollution

LAOAG CITY—A group of young Ilocano volunteers is making waves in Ilocos Norte for protecting the marine resources and do away with plastic pollution. During their free time, they would gather near...

Seaweed harvest field day highlights need to boost production

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- A recent harvest field day in Buguey, Cagayan has highlighted the need to boost seaweed production in Cagayan Valley. The Bureau of Fisheries (BFAR) in Region 2 had teamed up...

Conservation, protection of endangered PH eagle pushed

MANILA -- The Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB) is calling for more multi-sector collaboration on conserving and protecting the critically endangered Philippine eagle (scientific name 'Pithecophaga jefferyi') -- the country's national bird and an indicator...

Greenpeace: Microplastic, chemical pollution widespread in Antarctica

  LONDON — Plastic and chemical pollution has been detected in most samples of snow and seawater taken by researchers in Antarctica, said the nongovernmental environmental group Greenpeace. Greenpeace scientists gathered water and snow...

Sewerage problem worsens Manila Bay’s ‘toilet bowl’ state: Villar

MANILA --- Sen. Cynthia Villar has filed a resolution directing the Senate to probe into the waste water treatment and sewerage system in Metro Manila, which was identified as a main factor...

DENR says team to validate Region 8 reforestation program

TACLOBAN CITY -- A private firm will check thousands of hectares planted with trees in Eastern Visayas under the government’s “National Greening Program (NGP)”, an official of the Department of Environment and...

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