ENVIRONMENT: Rescuing uplands from destruction
Geographically, the Philippines is an upland country because 60% of its 30 million hectares are classified as such.
The uplands are rolling to steep areas...
Methane: Climate change’s second culprit
“Methane is far more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, capturing more of the sun’s relative force, but it persists for less...
ENVIRONMENT: Philippine forests: Going, going, gone?
“Only when the last tree has been cuvt, the last river poisoned, and the last fish caught will we realize we can’t eat money.”...
ENVIRONMENT: Philippine forests: Going, going, gone?
“To be poor and be without trees is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees...
ENVIRONMENT: Philippine forests: Going, going, gone?
“A person without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.” – Theodore Roosevelt, American president
“I was a...
ENVIRONMENT: Coral reefs soon to be shadow of their old selves
“To lose coral reefs is to fundamentally undermine the health of a very large proportion of the human race.” – Dr. Ruth Gates, director...
ENVIRONMENT: Climate change is here
“When the doctor tells you that your cholesterol is too high, you tend to listen and change your diet. When the world’s climate scientists...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving Philippine eagle from extinction
Dennis Salvador and Roberto P. Puentespina, Jr. have one thing in common. Both are trying to save the endangered Philippine eagle from extinction. Salvador...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving Philippine eagle from extinction
Visitors, both foreigners and locals, who come to Davao City for the first time almost always include the Philippine Eagle Center in Malagos, Calinan...
ENVIRONMENT: Saving Philippine eagle from extinction
Come January 15, Pag-asa – which means “hope” in Tagalog – will turn 26 years old. The male Philippine eagle is the first of...