ENVIRONMENT | Marine Turtles: Worth more alive than dead
Endangered marine turtles are worth more when they are alive than dead. Such was the finding of a study conducted by the Department of...
ENVIRONMENT: When the wells run dry
English author Thomas Fuller once wrote: “We only learn the value of a glass of water when the wells run dry.”
Fuller may have written...
ENVIRONMENT: Intellectual property rights for bamboo products
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are the rights acquired by an owner of an intellectual property. Intellectual property is a category of property that includes...
ENVIRONMENT: Science department puts water as major priority program
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is putting water resource management as one of major priorities in their research and development (R&D) programs...
ENVIRONMENT: Single-use plastics soon to be banned
House Bill 9147 seeks to regulate the production, importation, sale, distribution, provision, use, recovery, collection, recycling, and disposal of single-use plastic (SUP) products.
Last July...
ENVIRONMENT: Where have all the sharks gone
Sharks, rays and chimaeras are referred collectively as sharks. They are perceived to be scary and ferocious monsters of the sea. This has been...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving the country’s vanishing watersheds
What has been lost can never be restored but what remains can still be saved, managed and enhanced. Such is the case of watershed, defined...
ENVIRONMENT: Water crisis is for real
Three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according...
ENVIRONMENT: Ozone layer: Save our shield
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are man-made chemical compounds commonly used in the foam, refrigeration, and air conditioning sector. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that HCFCs destroy...
ENVIRONMENT: June 9: Coral Triangle Day
If there’s Bermuda Triangle in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, there is Coral Triangle in the western part of Pacific Ocean.
But...