ENVIRONMENT: June 8: World Oceans Day
Since its original proposal in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Oceans Day has been unofficially celebrated...
Spare Narra trees in front of school: IDIS
Environment advocacy group Interface Development Interventions (IDIS), Inc., is urging the Department of Public Works and Highways 11 (DPWH 11) to review its road...
Hinatuan Mining’s version of a ‘Miyawaki’ forest
Miyawaki is a technique, pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, on how to grow plants and build forests 10 times faster. The concept is...
PAGASA raises La Niña warning in late October
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio disclosed that the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced that current conditions and model forecasts show there is...
PANDEMIC WASTE
If you think Covid-19 pandemic is a threat to humans alone, wait until you know how it poses risk to the environment.
While everyone...
Davao de Oro intensifies efforts against ASF
The provincial government of Davao de Oro is intensifying efforts against African Swine Fever (ASF) starting with the prohibition on the use of swill...
DAYS OF BIG RAINS
Three’s a company, so goes the title of a popular American television show. In the Philippines, disaster comes together in three forms: typhoon, rain,...
Indonesian Consulate pushes drive vs wildlife smuggling
Following the successful repatriation of rescued 91 Indonesian endangered animals to Indonesia on July 27, 2020, Consul General Dicky Fabrian of the Indonesian Consulate...
PLASTICS: GOING, GOING SOON!
“The greatest environmental challenges facing the world.” That was how British Prime Minister Theresa May described those single-use plastic items like plastic bags, straws,...
2020 is Disaster and Climate Emergency Awareness Year
“We all need to keep this in mind: We may be vulnerable, but we are not incapable of action. We will translate our vulnerability...