Environment

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...

Natural seaweed farming pushed in Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved here a resolution urging municipal agriculture officers to promote and encourage the natural farming of seaweeds and avoid the use of fertilizers. The measure,...

Surigao ‘plogging’ nets over 1,500-kilo trash

SURIGAO CITY--This city has caught up with the latest pro-environment fitness trend called "plogging", or jogging while picking up trash. Organizers said a total of 1,500 kilos of assorted litter were collected...

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