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biodiversity
Treasure beyond measure: Accounting for the environment, natural resources
ON March 3, 2021, in celebration of World Wildlife Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released a study on the economic value of marine turtles and blue-naped parrots.
Asean conference highlights medicinal forest-tree research
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has emphasized the significance of advancing research and knowledge on medicinal plants and forest trees.
Land reclamation in Verde Island Passage flagged
A coalition of communities, sectors and advocates of the Verde Island Passage (VIP) welcomed the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to suspend all the ongoing land reclamation projects in the Manila Bay area pending the cumulative impact assessment by experts.
The Corals of Currimao
Lake Sebu women farmers boost income from biodiversity-friendly livelihood
A group of women farmers in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, weaves and sells uniquely Filipino handicrafts—bags, wallets, hats, baskets, food trays and lampshades—using the dried nito vine.
Saving the seas from plastic pollution
The video of a marine biologist removing a plastic straw stuck in a sea turtle’s nose in August 2015 catalyzed a larger movement to eliminate single-use plastics, like plastic straws, from our day-to-day lives.
PHL climate change policy? It’s in the air
Finding ‘loro’: The truth about parrotfish
Over the past years, social media posts have been circulating about the need to avoid parrotfish, popularly called loro or molmol, in public markets.
Cagayan’s island paradise
The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (PIPLS) in the municipality of Sta. Ana in Cagayan, known as the game-fishing hub of the Philippines, is an island paradise teeming with unique wildlife.
Let’s show them!
The birth of a Sumatran elephant calf within the protected area of Indonesia’s Gunung Leuser National Park is cause for double celebration, according to conservation advocates, an auspicious timing as the world celebrates International Day of Forests on March 21.
Medicines derived from biodiversity
‘THE protection of biodiversity has to be considered a basic requirement of sustainability—passing on to future generations a world of undiminished options —and a fundamental moral responsibility as travelers on the only planet known to support life.”—John C. Ryan, Worldwatch Institute
Cancun commitments to boost biodiversity
THE global effort to protect and conserve biodiversity got a much-needed boost during the United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference in December 2016 in Cancun, Mexico.
Climate-resistant beans could save millions
CALI, Colombia—A global food watchdog works around the clock to preserve crop biodiversity, with a seed bank deep in the Colombian countryside holding the largest collection of beans and cassava in the world and storing crops that could avert devastating problems.