ENVIRONMENT: CORAL REEFS ON THE VERGE: CYANIDE FISHING (Third of Four Parts)
Manong Berto places a puck-sized lump of cyanide in the bottom of a squeeze bottle. He fills it with water, the spray the contents on...
ENVIRONMENT:CORAL REEFS ON THE VERGE: BLASTING (Second of Four Parts)
Learning a lesson from experience is hard. But it is harder and even more painful if you lost someone forever. That was what happened to Arman.
He...
ENVIRONMENT: CORAL REEFS ON THE VERGE: IMPORTANCE (First of Four Parts)
Every time there is a rice shortage, it’s a big news. But when there is fish deficiency, it merits a mere mention, except when there...
ENVIRONMENT: MARINE WILDLIFE FACING EXTINCTION: DUGONG (Last of Three Parts)
Davao Gulf, with an area of 308,000 hectares, cuts into the island of Mindanao from Philippine Sea. It is surrounded by all four provinces...
ENVIRONMENT: MARINE WILDLIFE FACING EXTINCTION: SEAHORSES (Second of Three Parts)
Some years ago, on September 22, the “Philippine Daily Inquirer” carried a news report about rare species of seahorses in the Philippines that had not...
ENVIRONMENT: MARINE WILDLIFE FACING EXTINCTION: PAWIKAN (First of Three Parts)
Marine turtles, locally known as “pawikan,” have been on this planet since time immemorial that they are now considered “living fossils.” As a matter...
ENVIRONMENT: CONTROLLING METHANE EMISSIONS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
“If we did not have rice, our deepest comfort food, we would probably feel less Filipino,” the late food columnist Doreen Fernandez once said.
Studies...
ENVIRONMENT: COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON THE BRINK (Last of Three Parts)
Like the two other marine habitats — the coral reefs and mangroves — the seagrasses are in deep trouble.
Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, director of...
ENVIRONMENT: COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON THE BRINK (Second of Three Parts)
On land, the ecosystem that supports the greatest number of plant and animal species is the rainforest. In the sea, it’s the coral reef.
What...
ENVIRONMENT : COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON THE BRINK (First of Three Parts)
More than 50 million Filipinos are dependent on fish for food, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. In...