The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Negros Oriental passed on third reading an ordinance declaring the province’s marine protected areas (MPA) as “reclamation-free zones.” The move could potentially block the controversial 174-hectare “Smart City” project in Dumaguete City.
Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday, September 5, to back a new target to protect 80% of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action was needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth’s largest rainforest beyond a point of no return.
Despite being remiss with environmental requirements, the Commission on Audit (COA) said the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) proceeded with the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project (NCWS KDP).
For the eighth straight year, the Philippines was named the deadliest country for land and environmental defenders in the Asian continent, according to an environmental watchdog.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro struck a conciliatory tone on the environment during his speech to the United Nation’s General Assembly on Tuesday, September 21, bragging that his country’s environmental laws are a model for the world and reinforcing a vow to end illegal deforestation.
Philanthropists and investors committed $5 billion to nature restoration and conservation on Wednesday, September 22, a move environmental activists welcomed as the highest sum of private funding ever pledged.
While the economy of Moalboal, a beach town in southern Cebu, is still pulling through even after months of lockdown and the Delta variant-driven surge a year later, it could face a new threat if the noticeable increase of crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) is not put under control.
Indonesia has ended a deal with Norway on cooperation to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation, due to lack of payment, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The UN rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution, and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the opening on Monday, September 13, of a month-long session set to prioritize environmental issues.
This component city of Bataan received the third runner-up award in the 2021 national tilt for mangrove protection and management programs known as “Para El Mar” (For the Sea), Mayor Francis Garcia announced on Monday.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is promoting bamboo-planting as a climate change mitigation strategy.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday committed to continue protecting the country’s vast and diversified environment.
Environment officials and the local police confiscated here on Thursday some 500 board feet of suspected illegally cut lumber.
More than 200 volunteers from locator companies, community groups, and departments of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) fanned out to eight points along the shoreline here on Friday to collect plastic wastes and other debris that were washed ashore after the recent heavy rains.
Racing against time to address the worsening climate change crisis, multi-sectoral representatives have joined a movement initiated by geothermal power leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) aimed at attaining zero carbon emissions among businesses in the country.
De La Salle Lipa (DLSL) received the internationally-renowned STARS Silver Rating for its continuous efforts in practicing sustainability on many fronts, the first academic institution in the Philippines to earn this accolade.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is spearheading a national plan of action (NPOA) to help prevent, reduce, and manage marine litter (ML) in the country.
BRIA Homes, one of the country’s top developers of best-value housing, is fast catching the eye of environment-conscious millennials as it builds sustainably safe and healthy communities in key locations nationwide
A beach farm resort owner has asked the Regional Trial Court in Iba, Zambales to bar the alleged illegal dredging activity at the mouth of Bucao River in Botolan town.
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