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Environment

DENR-Central Luzon intensifies anti-illegal logging operations

May 17, 2012 Environment

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 16 — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Central Luzon has recently retrieved some 9,000 board feet of abandoned lumber in its anti-illegal logging operation in Zambales near its forest border with Pangasinan.

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Climate change takes heavy toll on Kenya: PM

May 17, 2012 Environment

NAIROBI, May 17 — Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said climate change has caused economic losses of 11.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2011 in his country.

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Malaysian chief minister to grace Iloilo river summit

May 17, 2012 Environment

ILOILO CITY, May 17 -– Chief Minister YAB Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Bin Mohd Rustam of Melaka, Malaysia will come to this southern city to share with international and local delegates to the First Philippine International River Summit the experiences and initiatives at the Melaka River in his country.

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Islamic ministers to meet in Astana to discuss environmental problems

May 17, 2012 Environment

ASTANA, May 17 — More than 200 representatives from 57 Muslim countries and 25 international organizations will attend the Islamic Conference of Environment Ministers to open in Astana on Thursday, May 17.

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15 fires burning on 2,600 hectares in Buryatia

May 16, 2012 Environment

ULAN UDE, East Russia, May 16 — Fifteen fires are burning on 2,600 hectares in Buryatia, in east Russia.

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Farmers rescue two Brahminy kites in Davao village

May 16, 2012 Environment

DAVAO CITY, May 16 — Two Brahminy kites (Haliastur indus), also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle in Australia or locally known as "Banug," were rescued recently by farm workers in Toril district, this city.

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Solid waste experts from PHL, Korea discuss recycling tech

May 16, 2012 Environment

MANILA, May 16 — Solid waste management experts in the country met with their counterparts from Korea Wednesday (May 16) at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, to discover and learn more about state-of-the-art and environment-friendly recycling technologies developed by Koreans.

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Albay launches climate change guidebook

May 16, 2012 Environment

LEGAZPI CITY, May 15 — The Albay provincial government, the Manila Observatory (MO) and Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc. (CGPHI) have launched the Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook (ASDG), a pioneering planning tool to help address climate change and disaster risks through effective resource management.

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Heavy fog strands 200 vessels in Qingdao, China

May 15, 2012 Environment

QINGDAO, Shandong, May 15 — Week-long heavy fog in east China's seaport of Qingdao, Shandong province, has disrupted passage on the waterway, stranding more than 200 vessels daily at the port, said the municipal marine affairs bureau Tuesday.

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