In our present world, the preservation of the environment continues to be a pressing issue as it still feels the negative impact of human activities and extravagance. Among the environmental concerns that are being discussed today is food waste. All over the world, one-third of the food...
In a bid to boost the country’s fisheries output, the Philippine government is amenable to the private sector’s proposal to set up aquaculture sites within protected areas and dams across the country. This came two weeks after advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for the crafting of...
Karen Ibasco Celebrities who are also climate action advocates recount their “green” efforts to help save energy and throw support behind R.E.START, the Renewable Energy Transition Awareness campaign of Oxfam Pilipinas. R.E.STARTis mounted in collaboration with WWF-Philippines 2020, the Asian...
The Philippines has long been known as a center of biodiversity. 11 new plant discoveries in the country were published in international scientific journals in 2020, adding to the extensive list of flora endemic to its shores. The plants were discovered and/or published by members of the Philippine...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had just started its post-Typhoon Ulysses audit of all quarry and crushing plant operations in Rizal, but listed ATN Holdings Inc. (AHI) is already calling on the government to lift the suspension on the operations of its crushing plant in...
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government is still determined to award the country’s best mining companies. A Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) memorandum showed that the agency, tasked to regulate and develop the country’s mining sector, has already started the nomination...
GCash, the digital financial services firm of Globe Telecom, Inc., will fund a massive government-led re-forestation of Ipo Watershed, which is one of Metro Manila’s sources of freshwater. A statement showed that through donations generated from GCash, the Department of Environment and Natural...
Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco, as an ambassador for R.E.START Renewable Energy Transition, has cited the importance of energy conservation and embracing renewable energy. Ibasco is also a physicist and WWF Philippine ambassador. The R.E.START Renewable Energy Transition...
The Department of Finance (DOF) wants to revive the mining industry to create jobs in rural as well as generate revenues for the government’s efforts in rebuilding the economy hit by the pandemic. At the virtual Philippine Business Conference and Expo, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III...
It is dubbed as the “plastic water bottle” of the pandemic. These face masks, which is a “must” these days, are set to become the looming environment crisis that we would face. Though light as a feather (at least four grams each), millions of face masks are discarded each day, some even...
Still receiving backlash for its decision to fill world-known Manila Bay with tons of white sand made from dolomite rock, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is still determined to participate in this year’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), a global campaign to protect...
According to a report released by the Senate of the Philippines, Metro Manila is the top producer of waste as its population of 12 million people generated 9,212.92 tons per day of wastes in 2016 alone. When combined with the numbers from other regions, the total amount of waste that the...
