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CEBU CITY, Philippines — A lawyer of Mandaue City government has called the filing of a complaint for the alleged cutting of mangroves against a contractor in Plaridel Interior in Barangay Paknaan this city as a form…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue City Government plans to develop mangrove swamps that are located on its coastal barangays into eco-tourism sites, according to Sharon Mangadlao, in-charge of the City Agriculture Office (CAO). Doing so was…
MANILA, Philippines —In celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded P240 million ($4.3 million) in grants to help civil society…
Just like any other trees, mangroves play a vital role in the well-being of nature. However, they also share the same fate as the trees that are found on land for they are also disappearing rapidly due…
The country’s Philippine Development Plan (PDP) (2023-2028) assessed the progress in environmental and climate action in the last six years as modest. Progress can be seen in the increase in forest cover by 3.03 percent from 2015…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Ports Authority is going green. PPA now requires those who want to do business with the agency to plant trees or mangroves before it entertains their papers. On Thursday, the PPA said…
A team from Marco Polo Plaza Cebu recently planted 2,000 mangrove propagules in a coastal area in Barangay Luyang, Carmen town, northern Cebu. The hotel partnered with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources through DENR Carmen…
SHORE IT UP The eco-tourism efforts of Cordova town on Mactan Island received a boost with the implementation of the multi-million peso Mangrove Propagation & Information Center at its 278-hectare mangrove area in Barangay Day-as. The municipality…
NO mangrove trees will be cut to pave the way for the construction of the third bridge or the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) that will connect Cebu City to Cordova town. Eduardo Inting, Asst. Regional Director for…
FIFTEEN thousand mangrove propagules are set to be planted on the shoreline of Barangay Guinsay, Danao City, during the 3.3-kilometer Run to Plant program of the Cebu provincial government on Saturday, September 9. Romel Kirit of the…
THE Mandaue City Council amended its Local Fisheries Code with more stringent provisions and penalties against the cutting of mangrove trees in the city. The amendments now prohibit the cutting, damaging and conversion of mangroves to fish…
THE importance of mangroves as primary defense against the effects of typhoons and storm surges was emphasized yesterday during the symposium dubbed as Mangrove for Climate – Adaptive and Resilient Communities, attended by at least 200 participants…
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