Environment

UN chief urges youth efforts to combat against climate change

June 15, 2013 Environment

UNITED NATIONS, June 14 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the youth to work towards tackling the problem of climate change, which is a threat to global development and the health of the planet.

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Authorities mull incentivizing PHL Eagle conservation

June 15, 2013 Environment

By Catherine Teves MANILA, June 14 (PNA) — Authorities are exploring a potential incentive for enhancing LGU action on conserving the endemic but critically endangered Philippine Eagle (scientific name: Pithecophaca jeferryi) to further help save this bird from extinction.

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DENR, 5 Zambo Sur barangays ink MOA to establish plant nurseries

June 15, 2013 Environment

BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, June 14 -– The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and five barangays have forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the establishments of nursery and seedlings production in this municipality, a town official announced Friday.

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CCC, UP eye partnership vs. climate change

June 15, 2013 Environment

MANILA, June 14 — The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the University of the Philippines will forge a partnership on boosting the country's campaign against climate change.

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Bulakenyos plant 5,000 trees in Dona Remedios Trinidad town

June 15, 2013 Environment

DONA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD, Bulacan, June 14 — Similar cause and cooperation between local government units (LGUs) and the private sector is helping this booming mountain resort town in fortifying the forest cover of its mountains and hills where mining and logging activities are strictly being monitored and regulated by the provincial government.

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Antarctic ice shelf melts mostly from below: study

June 15, 2013 Environment

WASHINGTON, June 14 — Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice loss, a U.S. study said Thursday.

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Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits Tonga — USGS

June 15, 2013 Environment

HONGKONG, June 14 — An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Tonga at 22:19:32 GMT Thursday (06:19:32 Beijing Time Friday), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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6.5-M quake strikes off West Java, Indonesia

June 15, 2013 Environment

JAKARTA, June 14 — An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted West Java, Indonesia before midnight on Thursday, but no potential for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here.

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No 'Feast of the Forest' celebration in Puerto Princesa

June 12, 2013 Environment

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 12 — Many are looking forward to the annual "Pista Y Ang Kagueban" (Feast of the Forest) on the last Saturday of June, but sad to say, due to lack of preparations by the city government, it is still unknown when it can be held this year.

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Magnitude 4.3 quake jolts Surigao del Sur

June 12, 2013 Environment

MANILA, June 12 – A magnitude 4.3 earthquake jolted parts of Surigao Del Sur on Wednesday evening, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs).

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