The Philippines' National Greening Program (NGP) is mitigating climate risks and reducing the country's poverty rate, according to the World Bank. In a Nov. 11 blog post, the multilateral lender cited the dual goals successfully achieved by the NGP, a collaborative initiative co-implemented by the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will lead the planting of one million trees through its “Project PagbaBAGo: A Million Learners and Trees” that aims to attain environmental sustainability. Vice President Sara Duterte (center) signs a memorandum of agreement with Environment Secretary Maria...
Students and volunteers in Angono, Rizal are now replicating the Marcos administration's sustainable agriculture initiatives in their own little way. This came as students of Systems Technology Institute (STI) and University of Rizal Systems (URS) have partnered with the local government unit to...
A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. (second to the right) and...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL When SM Investments Corp., SM Supermalls, and SM Retail sent out their invitations for a special media event that would highlight their ongoing #SMGreenMovement, we weren’t immedi-ately aware of just how special the afternoon would be, and how...
SLSU Clonal Nursery uses both the mist and non-mist system during the rooting stage of the plants. Much like animals can be cloned like the ever-controversial Dolly the Sheep, the same can be done with plants. Some plants may even benefit from cloning. Clonal propagation is the process of...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The famous snow-capped peaks of the Alps are fading fast and being replaced by vegetation cover -- a process called "greening" that is expected to accelerate climate change, a study said Thursday. The research, published in Science, was based on 38 years of satellite...
The local government of Pasig and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources - National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) signed on Monday, April 18, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the implementation of a Climate Resilient and Localized Urban Greening Plan (CRLUGP). (Photo courtesy of the...
Following the pro-environment advocacies of the Rizal Provincial Government, Antipolo City continues to support the capitol’s initiative as its employees planted bamboos in the vicinity of the Hinulugang Taktak Protected Landscape (HTPL) where the iconic water falls is located . The City hall...
CALAX-WESTBOUND To turn the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) into a ‘green highway’, operator Metro Pacific Tollways South Management Corporation (MPT South), partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and...
