Philippines

07.29.2010
DENR nears completion of RP’s geohazard mapping
LEGAZPI CITY, July 28 – It’s six more provinces to go and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would be wrapping up its Geohazard Mapping and Assessment Project (GMAP).

07.25.2010
No wonder they’re the ‘Pines’ wonders
A country like the Philippines that is rich in natural wonders is a perfect tourist attraction for both the local and international market. As natural landscapes, pristine beaches and lush flora and fauna abound every part and region of the country, it is only but reasonable that these attractions must be promoted and marketed as world-class tourist destinations both locally and abroad.

07.20.2010
Adaptation critical in fight vs climate change—CCC
As the country braces for the possible arrival of stronger typhoons this year, the Climate Change Commission (CCC) said adaptation is the “critical aspect" in the fight against climate change.

06.06.2010
Apayao urged to remain stewards of environment
CONNER, Apayao – Both government and the church urged the people living along the Nabuangan River here to remain stewards of the environment.

05.31.2010
Palace preparing AO for flood warning
MALACAÑANG is preparing an administration order (AO) that would integrate all existing flood-warning, flood-monitoring and forecasting systems in Central Luzon and Metro Manila to create a database for the public, to better prepare vulnerable communities and their residents for disasters.

04.26.2010
DENR to host regional meeting of ozone officers
MANILA, April 25 – The Philippine government, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), is hosting this year's Southeast Asia and the Pacific (SEAP) Network Meeting of Ozone-Depleting Substance (ODS) Officers from April 26 to 29, 2010 at the Dusit Hotel in Makati City.

04.22.2010
EDITORIAL - Earth Day
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is marked today in a year that is also celebrated to promote biodiversity. Global awareness of the need to protect the environment has grown exponentially since 20 million people in the United States marked the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. That environmental teach-in was staged in protest over US government inaction on the destruction caused by an oil spill along the coast of southern California. For 10 days in January 1969, a busted platform of Union Oil had spewed up to 10,000 barrels of crude oil into the ocean, fouling up coastal communities, killing marine life and about 10,000 birds.

03.29.2010
Editorial: War over water
WATER, so goes the cliché, is life. But water—dirty, untreated, tainted with chemicals—can also be death, a reality that confronts billions of people around the world.

03.24.2010
The President of the Philippines declares 2010 its National Year of Biodiversity
Cali, Colombia, 24 March 2010 – On 19 February 2010, the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines declared 2010 to be the National Year of Biodiversity (NYB) in the Philippines as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity

03.22.2010
Helen Clark: Address to ILO on the Social Dimension of Globalization
It is an honour and privilege for me to address this ILO Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalisation this morning.