Climate change fuels need for community gene banks
MANILA – An expert is recommending the establishment of community gene banks in remote farming areas nationwide.
Aside from helping preserve crop diversity for future...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...