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Environment

Bulabog Puti-an National Park: A glimpse of nature’s amazing beauty

BLUE skies arrays from above as the sunlight shines telling it is the sunny time of the year. It’s definitely the time to be...
Youth graduates of the training program of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department assist in the stocking of milkfish breeders at the newly-constructed broodstock facilities of the research center in Tigbauan, Iloilo. JF ALDON

Youth called to engage in aquaculture to secure fish supply

THE African swine fever threatening the protein supplies of the country still grappling with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic prompted the chief of...
Zarraga Pantat Fingerlings hatchery manager Larry Poñoso inspects the farm’s hatchery tanks in Zarraga, Iloilo. Catfish eggs and fry are nurtured in these tanks before moving them into grow-out ponds. JR PAGADOR

A hard problem with a soft solution; Catfish farm’s production surges after easy fix

THERE are not enough catfish in the “Catfish Country” of Zarraga, Iloilo, but recent findings in one farm may just be the catalyst that...

Pavia’s first eco-park opens to public

THE public can now visit Pavia, Iloilo’s first-ever eco-park located at the town’s Barangay Balabag following its opening on Friday, Oct. 23. Barangay Balabag Eco...
NATURE’S MR. MOM. A tiger tail seahorse (Hippocampus comes) shown to locals during a training at Molocaboc Island in Sagay, Negros Occidental. Seahorses belong to the fish family Syngnathidae where males carry eggs from the female in a pouch to fertilize during incubation, making them appear “pregnant”. Photos by RD Dianala & SM Ursua

Seahorses get second life with SEAFDEC, NegOcc islanders’ help

by Juliana Rose Pagador THE coral reefs north of Negros Island are once more teeming with seahorses after a seven-year partnership between researchers and the...

Lute turtle rescued in Culasi, hawksbill in Guimaras island

FOR hundreds of years, marine turtles lived in the vast oceans but they coexist with humans in many countries and shores each time they...

WHITE SAND AT MANILA BAY?

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is looking to fill 500 meters of the bay walk on Roxas Boulevard with white sand...
Victor Emmanuel Estilo, station head of the Dumangas Brackishwater Station of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department, shows crates of whiteleg shrimp harvested from biofloc ponds. Photo by RD Dianala

From pollution to profit:Over P3-M of shrimp harvested from a hectare

By Rossea Ledesma BY RECYCLING excess nutrients that would otherwise have been released to the environment, a shrimp farm harvested almost 13 tons of shrimp...
Captured the newly discovered Halophila spinulosa seagrass at Sitio Tambisaan, Manoc-manoc, Malay, Aklan. Photo by Dagatnon Environmental Consulting Services

A new seagrass species thrive in Boracay Island

ADDITIONAL seagrass species in the island of Boracay was recently recorded. A team of professionals from the Dagatnon Environmental Consulting Services who were tapped by...
Abaca – a fiber from the Philippines used in teabags and banknotes – could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to combat COVID-19. @TYRATOYADO/TWITTER

Masks made from abaca cut plastic waste brought by COVID-19 – study

ABACA – a fiber from the Philippines used in teabags and banknotes – could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns...