Stronger measures for the preservation and protection of mangrove forests hurdled the committee level at the House of Representatives.
A national scientist has signed a position paper opposing the plan of the city government here headed by Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo to undertake a reclamation project that would entail billions of pesos through a joint venture agreement.
A lawmaker in Albay has filed a bill seeking the declaration of Mt. Masaraga here as a protected area.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Eastern Visayas (DENR-8) is heightening its watch against poaching of wild plants as more people are allowed to access eco-tourism sites due to more relaxed movement restrictions.
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has secured the accreditation of a United Nations-backed institution that provides financing support for environment and climate-related programs and advocacies in line with the Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol, a top official said.
A meeting of the environment and energy ministers of the Group of 20 rich nations began Thursday in Naples hosted by Italy, the rotating president of the G20.
The Bureau of Customs-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) seized an unclaimed and overstaying parcel which was found to contain 44 wildlife species worth PHP500,000 in PHLPost Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 12 has stepped up its enforcement patrols against illegal fishing and other related activities within the declared marine protected areas (MPAs) in parts of the Sarangani Bay.
The city government has designated a mangrove forest in one of its coastal villages as a special protection area to properly secure the environment and ensure its preservation.
Officers of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have seized 276 imported carnivorous plants worth PHP150,000 at a cargo warehouse in Pasay City earlier this week.
The European Commission says aviation must do more to contribute to the European Union’s goal to cut economy-wide net emissions by 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels
Environment groups denounced the Philippine government’s decision allowing Australian-owned OceanaGold Philippines to resume gold and copper mining in Nueva Vizcaya, saying this would cause further damage in the area and displace indigenous groups.
Senator Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee on environment, natural resources, and climate change, has not acted on at least three proposed measures that will protect the country’s natural resources.
Artisanal fishers are also threatened by a new bill in Congress that seeks to allow domestic commercial vessels within municipal waters, a practice that is banned under the prevailing fisheries law
The Commission on Human Rights supported on Friday the urgent passage of the Environmental Protection and Enforcement Bureau bill.
Even as a new policy governing the work of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), the accountability mechanism of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) at the World Bank Group, is set to take effect today, communities around the world continue to face potential harm from IFC-financed development projects.
Today, the World Heritage Committee added 13 cultural sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, including the Roșia Montană Mining Landscape in Romania. The site was simultaneously inscribed into the List of World Heritage in Danger, pending the removal of threats to its integrity posed by extractive activities. The inscription comes after years of local communities’ efforts to protect the area from the threats posed by Gabriel Resources mining company.
On Thursday 8 July and Friday 9 July, 2021, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico will host the Inter-American Environmental Law Congress in Mexico City and online. The general theme of the regional Congress is Biodiversity and Law.
UCN Oceania Regional Office (ORO), in partnership with the US Embassy in Fiji, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), with support from the Pacific Network for Environmental Law, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), is hosting the Inaugural IUCN Oceania Environmental Law Conference in conjunction with the 2nd World Environmental Law Congress from 14-16 July 2021
Over one hundred participants attended the virtual official opening of the Inaugural IUCN Oceania Environmental Law Conference held in conjunction with the 2nd World Environmental Law Congress earlier yesterday.
On Thursday, July 8, and Friday, July 9, participants from around the world gathered in Mexico City and online for the Inter-American Environmental Law Congress, organized by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted by the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación).
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