Food on the table, cash for farmers
Biotech crops not only bring food on the table. They put money in farmers’ pockets too.The farm level economic benefit of planting biotech corn...
Bonsai forest, magic mountain join UNESCO World Heritage
The century-old pygmy forest of Mt. Hamiguitan is the latest addition to the World Heritage sites. Located within the towns of Mati, San Isidro...
Coral reefs on the verge of extinction
by Gerry T. EstreraOff the Davao coast, Kopiat Island boasts of clear and calm waters and wide sections of shoreline blanketed with fine white...
Apocalypse now!
by Gerry T. EstreraFrom “very likely” in 2007 to “extremely likely” in 2013 – that’s how certain the United Nation’s International Panel on Climate...
Extinction is forever
By Gerry T. Estrera“The worst thing that can happen – will happen – is not energy depletion, economic collapse, limited nuclear war, or conquest...
Protected areas crucial to food security, poverty alleviation
Senator Loren Legarda stressed the importance of the country’s protected areas in improving food security and addressing poverty. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee...
Clear differences between organic, non-organic food
Organic food has more of the antioxidant compounds linked to better health than regular food, and lower levels of toxic metals and pesticides, according...
PHL typhoon season on despite looming El Nino
Government expects the country to still experience tropical cyclones (TCs) and flooding during 2014’s second half despite the possible onset of the drought-driving El...
Experts raise urgency for broader action to address climate change
Several foreign experts urged increasing action for addressing climate change to help better protect the environment and people, particularly the marginalized, from its ills.Such...
The real story behind Brazil’s ‘greenest World Cup’
This year’s World Cup was supposed to be the “greenest ever”, with FIFA taking measures to account for the event’s greenhouse gas emissions, including...