There is definetely a huge environmental problem in the country from waste management to loss of natural ecosystems and there doesn't seem to be alot of really strong government policies on this issue .

Just take Metro Manila and Laguna lake there are virtually no large pristine forests left whitin this region the closest place that responds to this is perhaps la mesa reservoir and it's catchment area, meanwhile Laguna has been turned into some kind of giant fishpen just imagine how many fish dung falls into those water daily and over time, and of course raw sewage from humans and god knows what other types of uncontrolled pollution and it's quite sad to see other parts of the country following in the NCR's disastrous footsteps .

I think the country should start with the rehabilitation and restoration of green zones and the ecology of the NCR's region and it's vicinity before thinking of matching "first world standards in eco architechture", there should be a push to save the remaining unbuilt lands and turning them into protected forested preserves and to create laws that would make cities set aside a specific % of their territories as public parks and green spaces and this does not mean a few swings and sari sari stores and then a few pot's of plants .

Alot of land can be set aside especially if some subdivisions or parts thereof are simply scrapped and replaced with modern low rise appartment blocs which could house a higher density and free up space for public green spaces, i would aknowledge that places like BF homes and Ayala Alabang and so on do have gardens and often have lots of trees and green lawns, the aggregate of which i suppose equals that of a a large park but im talking more about places like Tondo and other more highly dense area's where this isn't the case . uh huh :yes: yea, I like the way you think...For Laguna lake to become fully free of fish pens adding a complete ban on commercial fishing activities, instead the entire lake should be transformed into a nature preserve and rehabilitated to a good, clean and natural state aswell as turning Talim island into an eco park and nature preserve, the only industries that should be allowed imo to exploit the lake and most of it's shores should be a responsible and well regulated tourism industry and of course transport services.If the Philippines could harness its Biggest Lake and make it work that would be somethin. Let's concentrate on Laguna de Bai.

Yes, all fishpens and commercial fishing activities should be banned for the interim. Meaning, let the lake recover for 5 years before individual fishermen on small non-motorized sailboats can go back to their traditional livelihood. Meanwhile, the fat cats with their big commercial fishpens should be banned altogether.

A one kilometre (ballpark figure, if anyone can suggest a better figure let him speak) buffer between the lakeshore and the nearest human habitation/ town should be strictly enforced (by electric fence if need be). The Buffer Zone should be planted with a dense forest, or dense tropical jungle. (Taking the cue from Skybar :lol:, if we need to import Bengal Tigers to patrol the buffer zone, then maybe we should.) We can always feed old carabaos and horses to these predators. :D or the occasional corrupt general and politican as human sacrifice.

Since I believe the flow of water is outward from Laguna lake to the Pasig River, thence pollution from the Pasig should be minimal, else we could put up a lock or a gate like those used in Amsterdam canals. NAWASA should handle the Lake as the biggest source of freshwater for the entire Metro Manila area and the surrounding areas. So that we will no longer here of pathetic subdivisions in Las Pinas and Paranaque that have to "import" water on trucks :lol:

The lake bed should be dredged by professional dredgers and the silt loaded onto trucks and taken away to fertilize farmlands (since it was mentioned that the lakebed is full of fish poo and human poo.) The remainder can be treated by NAWASA over a curing period of 5 years. The lakebed should be planted with all kinds of freshwater plants to clean it up. Why, we can even import sturgeons so we can have our own Philippine Caviar.

In Singapore, they do allow surface water sports and activities in their small lake reservoirs like kayaking and boating but not swimming. This can be enforced on Laguna de Bai as well. Which is why I emphasized only sailboats and non-motorized boats. NAWASA should set up its HQ somewhere along the lake edge maybe in Taguig, Muntinlupa or Rizal. Be careful of the Bengal Tigers though. :lol:

Talim island can be converted into a 5 star freshwater resort and posh casino to handle the money making venture. Florida Key West style landbridges can connect Talim island to the nearest mainland in Rizal or Cainta. Foreign guests can have free flowing Laguna Caviar served with lambanog.

There is a very small island which can be viewed from Los Banos, the name is Crocodile Island but I guess it's privately owned judging from the nice houses and swimming pools I saw on satellite pics.
Alot of these big problem issues are tied togheter housing, economic growth and jobs can be solved if linked to a strong comprehensive policy with a strong environmental or green component in it, getting rid of the fishpens and rehabilitating the lake for example imo would create more and better paying jobs than what these fishpens produce aswell as profits obviously and generate taxes, just think hotels, water sports and leisure services and activities, and shuttle ferry service and cargo transport barges linking these places with the metro and so on .

As for fish lovers well they could simply develop the not so far away located Infanta Quezon on the east coast as a fishing port where a couple of deep sea trawlers can ply the Pacific ocean and probably match the production of the lake or simply use the Pacific coast instead for fish pens .

Btw my dad used to own fishpens in the lake as a little side investment amongst other businesses he had in the country back in the 80's, he sold it after a while because of the occassional "red tides" and other problematic issues which in his opinion didn't really make them worthwhile investments .I forgot to mention about that other lake nearby, the beautiful but often forgotten Lake Caliraya in the highlands of Cavinti. Its waters also flow into Laguna de Bai. Hand in hand, Lake Caliraya should also be developed as a major tourist attraction. I do know there are several private resorts there. The weather there is fantastic and cool during summer. :cheers2:

Construction of dam, reforestation areas northeast of Metro Manila sought
By Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=730994&publicationSubCategoryId=63)) Updated September 26, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Marikina Rep. Romero Quimbo yesterday called for the construction of a dam and reforestation of areas northeast of Metro Manila as well as a unified action by local governments to prevent a repeat of the onslaught of tropical storm “Ondoy” in 2009.

Quimbo made the call as residents in Metro Manila and Rizal recalled Ondoy’s wrath that left nearly 500 people dead.

Marikina City was the hardest hit and registered the highest number of casualties.

“The resilience of Marikenyos made it possible for us to bounce back after Ondoy but we constantly live in fear of another Ondoy unless intermediate, comprehensive and effective strategies to address flooding in our city are adopted,” Quimbo said in a statement.

“It has been two years since Marikina was brought to its knees by Ondoy, and no major flood control project has yet been thought of or is in the drawing board to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy,” he said.

He recognized the move initiated by President Aquino, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino to rehabilitate the Nangka River System and two major creeks in his district.

But he called for a more comprehensive plan to address flooding in Marikina City and nearby cities and municipalities like Pasig, Antipolo, San Mateo, and Montalban, both in Rizal.

He said 90 percent of the floodwater that Marikina City catches comes from Antipolo and Montalban.

“Whatever diligence Marikenyos do in terms of waste segregation, cleanup and rehabilitation of our drainage and creek system, if our neighbors do not cooperate, we will continue to suffer,” Quimbo said.

He also called for the reforestation of the Marikina watershed, which straddles Antipolo City, Montalban and San Mateo.

“To make the watershed effective in preventing floods, at least 25 million trees need to be replanted considering that almost 80 percent of the 28,000 hectare watershed is already denuded. And it will probably take at least 10 years to do that,” he said.

Quimbo said putting up a dam in Montalban is the quickest solution to ensure that the destructive flooding two years ago will not happen again.

The latest storm and flooding is showing how crucial green spaces are as rain water has a hard time penetrating the ground due to the large amount of concrete the metro has become covered in .

Construction of dam, reforestation areas northeast of Metro Manila sought
By Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=730994&publicationSubCategoryId=63)) Updated September 26, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Marikina Rep. Romero Quimbo yesterday called for the construction of a dam and reforestation of areas northeast of Metro Manila as well as a unified action by local governments to prevent a repeat of the onslaught of tropical storm “Ondoy” in 2009.

Quimbo made the call as residents in Metro Manila and Rizal recalled Ondoy’s wrath that left nearly 500 people dead.

Marikina City was the hardest hit and registered the highest number of casualties.

“The resilience of Marikenyos made it possible for us to bounce back after Ondoy but we constantly live in fear of another Ondoy unless intermediate, comprehensive and effective strategies to address flooding in our city are adopted,” Quimbo said in a statement.

“It has been two years since Marikina was brought to its knees by Ondoy, and no major flood control project has yet been thought of or is in the drawing board to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy,” he said.

He recognized the move initiated by President Aquino, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino to rehabilitate the Nangka River System and two major creeks in his district.

But he called for a more comprehensive plan to address flooding in Marikina City and nearby cities and municipalities like Pasig, Antipolo, San Mateo, and Montalban, both in Rizal.

He said 90 percent of the floodwater that Marikina City catches comes from Antipolo and Montalban.

“Whatever diligence Marikenyos do in terms of waste segregation, cleanup and rehabilitation of our drainage and creek system, if our neighbors do not cooperate, we will continue to suffer,” Quimbo said.

He also called for the reforestation of the Marikina watershed, which straddles Antipolo City, Montalban and San Mateo.

“To make the watershed effective in preventing floods, at least 25 million trees need to be replanted considering that almost 80 percent of the 28,000 hectare watershed is already denuded. And it will probably take at least 10 years to do that,” he said.

Quimbo said putting up a dam in Montalban is the quickest solution to ensure that the destructive flooding two years ago will not happen again.

It's easy to say but it's hard to do.

Have they calculated the productive land that will be inundated if ever some crazy, know-nothing high official believes in that idea? It's kinda "reactive" counter-measure, IMHO.

The rains will always come. Run-off is a function of rainfall amount less the soil absorption. If too much run-off occurs and you don't have a catchment area or drain channels, you will expect "flooding". But didn't we say "rainfall amount less absorption"? Why can't we address the activities to increase the "soil absorption" factor? Planting trees, yes.

Or planning the community properly such that fast-water channels can drain those flood-prone areas and avoid run-off to accumulate at dangerous levels in low-level areas? Maybe they should consider other factors well before saying a dam is the best solution!

Wala kasi control ang gobyerno sa informal settlers. You see, pati watersheds eh binabahayan nila.

The gov't should have a blue print on where houses and commercial areas are allowed and where they are offlimits (as in no human population living by!).

A simple look at google earth and one can see the total haphazardness of urban sprawl, there doesn't seem to be any real urban planning aside from the wealthy neighbourhoods and CBD's, urban planning based on housing needs, economic needs, and environmental needs should be taken more seriously by the authorities .

^^ The phil gov't does not even have urban planning in most CBDs. A barong barong is beside a fancy mall. Definitely not urban planning

Good day gentlemen, anyone knows if Cebu city has any plans for a waste water treatment facility at par with what Manila water utilities provider doing now?

^^Sir, you may course through your inquiries to Sir Paul known in this forum as zidlakan.

Thank you for your reply brother, I hope sir Paul can enlighten us on the subject.

Phl to start ODS phaseout
By Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star) October 06, 2011

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government will finally start to put an end to the use of harmful substances that deplete the earth’s ozone layer by 2013.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje announced the other day that a freeze order on the importation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) more than a year from now.

He said the ban on ozone-depleting substances (ODS) is pursuant to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, to which the Philippines is a signatory.

“Starting 2013, we are putting a cap on the importation of HCFC to 2,644 metric tons (MT) — the country’s average import of HCFC from 2009 to 2010,” Paje said.

From the base level of 2,644 MT, the HCFC import will be gradually reduced by 10 percent, to 2,3796 MT by 2015; 35 percent to 1,718.6 MT by 2020; then 67.5 percent, to 859.3 MT in 2025.

Paje said that from 2030 to 2039 the DENR would allow the import of the substance to only 66.1 MT annually, representing 2.5 percent of the base level, for the continued use of the servicing sector.

HCFCs are a group of ODS controlled by the Montreal Protocol and comprise the last of eight ODS groups to be phased out pursuant to the Protocol.

The other ODS that have already been phased out in the country include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 11, 12, 113, 114, halon 1301 and 1211, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroforms.

HCFC consumption in the Philippines is attributed to HCFC-22, more commonly known as R-22, HCFC-141b, HCFC-123 and blends of HCFC-225.

HCFCs are commonly used as substitutes for CFCs in the foam blowing, refrigeration, fire extinguishing, solvent and servicing sectors.

Of these HCFCs, Paje said the DENR will prioritize the phaseout of HCFC-141b because it has the most ozone-depleting potential (ODP) of 0.11 as compared with HCFC-22 or R-22 with an ODP of .055 only, HCFC-123 with 0.02 and HCFC blends, from .025 to .033.

He said phaseout would initially cover the foam sector, particularly the polyurethane rigid foam in appliances, panels and sprays.

A total of 364.34 MT of HCFCs is projected to be phased out under the project, which is being implemented by the DENR through the Environmental Management Bureau in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

Paje said a total of $2.26 million was granted to fund the project from Japan and the Multilateral Fund.

Near-extinct Philippine eagle shot dead (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/10/07/11/near-extinct-philippine-eagle-shot-dead)

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 10/07/2011 6:05 PM | Updated as of 10/07/2011 6:05 PM

MANILA, Philippines - An endangered Philippine eagle, one of only a few hundred left in the world, has been shot dead, a conservation group that had previously rescued the bird said Friday.

The 2-year-old female raptor was found last month with a bullet embedded in its carcass in a forest in the southern island of Mindanao, according to Dennis Salvador, head of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF).

Villagers who found the carcass -- which had been tagged with a radio transmitter by the foundation -- turned it over to Salvador's group this week, he told AFP.

In a press statement, the PEF said the eagle’s transmitter, leg band and some feathers and bones were first discovered by a forest guard on the banks of the Binagyuhan Creek in Sitio Mangilit, Barangay Bal-ason, Gingoog.

Officials of the PEF and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources investigated the site and found more bones and feathers, the frame of the head, sternum and tail feathers, the leg and tarsus.

However, the eagle’s radio transmitter that was fitted prior to its release remains missing.

PEF said Hagpa’s satellite transmitter that was recovered had a “bullet-sized hole”, leading authorities to suspect that the eagle was shot.

The bird of prey, also popularly known as "monkey-eating eagle", is a one-meter (3.3-foot) raptor found only in the Philippines and whose numbers have declined due to hunting and deforestation.

"Even with all our hard work, if there is just one guy with a gun who decides to shoot the bird, he can undo everything," Salvador said.

He warned that the species, one of the world's largest and most powerful eagles, could become extinct within 20 years unless stronger measures are taken to protect the eagle and its habitat.

A farmer had captured the eagle in May 2010 when it tried to prey on his puppy.

He handed the bruised bird over to the foundation, which nursed it back to health and released it back into the wild tagged with the transmitter, Salvador said.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature lists the animal as "critically endangered" and estimates that there may be only 670 birds left.

The PEF has released 6 eagles -- either bred in captivity or rehabilitated after injuries -- but 4 of them have since died, at least 3 of after being shot.

The eagle is the country's national bird and harming or capturing it is against the law, but people still hunt the creature for food or sport, Salvador said. - with a report from Agence France-Presse

West Tower's Rejoinder (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=66&articleId=735755)
BIZLINKS By Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star) Updated October 10, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0)

We are reprinting a letter that residents of West Tower Condominium and Barangay Bangkal sent in reaction to an article that appeared in another newspaper quoting claims made by First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) on the ongoing cleanup of the petroleum products that leaked from its Batangas-to-Pandacan pipeline.

The letter, sent to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, was signed by Hector Z. Reyes on behalf of the Board of Directors of West Tower Condominium Corp. and Thelma D. Santos representing 250 Barangay Bangkal residents.

The rejoinder deals on several points raised by FPIC as written by Tina Santos for the Philippine Daily Inquirer last Sept. 30. Here are the salient points in the letter:

““…its waste treatment contractors are accredited and duly licensed wastewater treaters.”

“This is a lie. Check DENR’S website, www.emb.gov.ph/ hazardous/Treater, click on the List of Registered Treatment /Storage/Disposal (TSD) Facilities for Hazardous Wastes, one will see that both CH2MHILL and WSMSI are NOT accredited treaters by DENR.

““…FPIC has passed the bureau’s wastewater discharge analyses.”

“This is a lie. We took samples of the discharge into the estero and had the samples analyzed by an accredited DENR third-party laboratory, the same laboratory used by FPIC in its reports to DENR.

Direct to the estero

“The results showed these discharges direct to the estero contained large volumes of benzene, toluene, and xylene. The residents decried the fact the benzene is a carcinogenic chemical and that its disposal into the estero and into Manila Bay is a blatant violation of the Supreme Court mandate prohibiting the pollution of Manila Bay.

““Prior to any discharge, the hydrocarbon tainted water, which is estimated to have less than 0.1 percent hydrocarbon … is treated ….”

“This is misleading and has no basis in fact. FPIC claim is not backed by any actual laboratory report. On the other hand, we have submitted a complete set of laboratory reports in our complaint letter to Mr. Sheen of DENR. The report indicates that total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in substantial quantities are present in FPIC’s discharge to the estero.

Disregard for health and safety

“FPIC and DENR claim that “the laboratory tests of their discharge samples passed the allowable limits” set by DENR’s Mr. Sheen.

“The limits imposed in the Special Water Discharge Permit issued by Mr. Sheen to FPIC did not test for petroleum hydrocarbons. While it is public knowledge that the pollutant is fuel from FPIC’s leaking pipeline, DENR, strangely, imposed test parameters that only address typical effluents from industrial plants. It is not surprising, therefore, that the discharge passed these parameters since tests for the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons were not included.

“Please note that the West Tower residents and now the Barangay Bangkal community have banded together to deplore this utter disregard for their health and safety by FPIC and now by the government’s DENR. We were already displaced by FPIC’s fuel spill, now the whole community is slowly being killed by their discharge of carcinogenic chemicals.

“We lament the fact that, all these months, DENR have allowed and continue to allow FPIC, et al to discharge petroleum hydrocarbons into the city sewers and the estero which result in the contamination and pollution of other communities in Pasay, Parañaque, and ultimately to Manila Bay.”

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We all know who the majority owner of this company. The sad thing is we don't hear anything about it in the mainstream media that they own.

West Tower's Rejoinder (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=66&articleId=735755)
BIZLINKS By Rey Gamboa (The Philippine Star) Updated October 10, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0)

We are reprinting a letter that residents of West Tower Condominium and Barangay Bangkal sent in reaction to an article that appeared in another newspaper quoting claims made by First Philippine Industrial Corp. (FPIC) on the ongoing cleanup of the petroleum products that leaked from its Batangas-to-Pandacan pipeline.

The letter, sent to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, was signed by Hector Z. Reyes on behalf of the Board of Directors of West Tower Condominium Corp. and Thelma D. Santos representing 250 Barangay Bangkal residents.

The rejoinder deals on several points raised by FPIC as written by Tina Santos for the Philippine Daily Inquirer last Sept. 30. Here are the salient points in the letter:

““…its waste treatment contractors are accredited and duly licensed wastewater treaters.”

“This is a lie. Check DENR’S website, www.emb.gov.ph/ (http://www.emb.gov.ph/) hazardous/Treater, click on the List of Registered Treatment /Storage/Disposal (TSD) Facilities for Hazardous Wastes, one will see that both CH2MHILL and WSMSI are NOT accredited treaters by DENR.

““…FPIC has passed the bureau’s wastewater discharge analyses.”

“This is a lie. We took samples of the discharge into the estero and had the samples analyzed by an accredited DENR third-party laboratory, the same laboratory used by FPIC in its reports to DENR.

Direct to the estero

“The results showed these discharges direct to the estero contained large volumes of benzene, toluene, and xylene. The residents decried the fact the benzene is a carcinogenic chemical and that its disposal into the estero and into Manila Bay is a blatant violation of the Supreme Court mandate prohibiting the pollution of Manila Bay.

““Prior to any discharge, the hydrocarbon tainted water, which is estimated to have less than 0.1 percent hydrocarbon … is treated ….”

“This is misleading and has no basis in fact. FPIC claim is not backed by any actual laboratory report. On the other hand, we have submitted a complete set of laboratory reports in our complaint letter to Mr. Sheen of DENR. The report indicates that total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in substantial quantities are present in FPIC’s discharge to the estero.

Disregard for health and safety

“FPIC and DENR claim that “the laboratory tests of their discharge samples passed the allowable limits” set by DENR’s Mr. Sheen.

“The limits imposed in the Special Water Discharge Permit issued by Mr. Sheen to FPIC did not test for petroleum hydrocarbons. While it is public knowledge that the pollutant is fuel from FPIC’s leaking pipeline, DENR, strangely, imposed test parameters that only address typical effluents from industrial plants. It is not surprising, therefore, that the discharge passed these parameters since tests for the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons were not included.

“Please note that the West Tower residents and now the Barangay Bangkal community have banded together to deplore this utter disregard for their health and safety by FPIC and now by the government’s DENR. We were already displaced by FPIC’s fuel spill, now the whole community is slowly being killed by their discharge of carcinogenic chemicals.

“We lament the fact that, all these months, DENR have allowed and continue to allow FPIC, et al to discharge petroleum hydrocarbons into the city sewers and the estero which result in the contamination and pollution of other communities in Pasay, Parañaque, and ultimately to Manila Bay.”

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We all know who the majority owner of this company. The sad thing is we don't hear anything about it in the mainstream media that they own.

Sad indeed. But we'll just live with it; any information that the mainstream media doesn't want you to know, they'll just spike it!

:ohno::bash:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312109_291713614172930_117645804913046_1279911_138761484_n.jpg (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=291713614172930&set=a.118102668200693.18299.117645804913046&type=1&ref=nf)

we need more creative campaigns like this.

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Art Exhibit Protest against Obando Landfill
(OBANDO LANDFILL; The recently approved Obando Landfill converting 44.4
hectares of Salambao River in Obando Bulacan to a garbage dump.)

Opening - Oct 23, 2011 Sunday 6 PM
Km 0. Kanlungan ng Sining Rizal Park, Manila
(ART ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES)


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Poster designed by: Mr. Wilfredo Offemaria Jr.
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For Additional information please contact:
Mark Louie Gonzales
Mobile Number : 09473041080
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mabuhaynews (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=281389621880559&set=a.281389508547237.75693.100000285709750&type=1&ref=nf)

Biologists discover seven new mice species in Luzon
QUEZON CITY, Philippines—A group of Filipino and American scientists have discovered seven previously unknown mammal species in Luzon.

The seven species are forest mice belonging to the genus Apomys and live only in a small part of Luzon. The discovery increased the number of native mammals – excluding bats – in the country’s largest island from 42 to 49, or up by 17 percent.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said the discovery shows the diversity of species in the Philippines.

The international community has recognized that our country has among the highest rates of discovery in the world,” Paje said. “Filipinos should be aware of such discoveries, to show a collective pride and give a more positive meaning to the expression, ‘only in the Philippine

Two of the species live in, or are endemic to, Mt. Tapulao in Zambales; two in Mt. Banahaw; another two in the Mingan Mountains of Aurora Province; and the remaining specie in the Sierra Madre mountain range of northeastern Luzon.
http://mindoropost.com/2011/06/27/biologists-discover-seven-new-mice-species-in-luzon/

Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
By SETH BORENSTEIN



WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly. The study of the world's surface temperatures by Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers. He pursued long-held skeptic theories in analyzing the data. He was spurred to action because of "Climategate," a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists.

Yet he found that the land is 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) warmer than in the 1950s. Those numbers from Muller, who works at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, match those by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.

Source (http://news.yahoo.com/skeptic-finds-now-agrees-global-warming-real-142616605.html)


Just an update about our anti coral/ endangered shell trade advocacy - as expected - govt is not moving its ass. BFAR is useless. And some environmentalist hangers-on are gone. We will go rogue and start releasing our data to the media and to everyone. We will release all the communications as well.

Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real
By SETH BORENSTEIN





Source (http://news.yahoo.com/skeptic-finds-now-agrees-global-warming-real-142616605.html)


Just want to highlight this portion of the article--the irony is just too amusing.

What's different, and why everyone from opinion columnists to "The Daily Show" is paying attention is who is behind the study.

One-quarter of the $600,000 to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of skeptic groups and the tea party. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizable greenhouse gas emissions.

(Background on the Kochs: in the US earlier this year the Koch brothers unexpectedly found themselves in the spotlight when they were accused of being behind the Wisconsin governor's efforts to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of the unions in that particular state (which, ironically again, was the first US state to provide such rights to public employees). Unions, by the way, tend to vote Democratic, and Democrats in turn typically support regulations (especially environmental) and raising taxes, both of which are viewed unfavorably by businesses in general.)

Next step for Dr. Muller--proving that AGW is occuring.


Just an update about our anti coral/ endangered shell trade advocacy - as expected - govt is not moving its ass. BFAR is useless. And some environmentalist hangers-on are gone. We will go rogue and start releasing our data to the media and to everyone. We will release all the communications as well.

When? Anyway, I wish you good luck--your steadfast commitment to this issue is admired and appreciated :)

:ohno::bash:

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we need more creative campaigns like this.

^^^^
so true there's a lot of environmental issues which people don't mind... great idea that through this colorful and heart-awakening campaigns people would do realize how important our environment.
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How Metro Manila smog caused New Year haze
By Dharel Placido, abs-cbnNEWS.com

MANILA, Philippines - Record levels of air pollution from firecrackers worsened by the lack of wind and rains caused a blanket of smog to envelope a large portion of Metro Manila until the afternoon of New Year's Day, according to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje.

Paje said that on New Year's Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources measured 2 levels of particulate matters or tiny solid particles suspended in air small enough to enter a person’s lung and cause serious respiratory ailments.

He said normal levels of particulate matters 10 (PM10) and 2.5 (PM2.5) are at 150 micrograms and 65 micrograms per cubic meter. But on New Year's Day, he said the PM10 levels reached as high as 950.

"There was no rain, no wind and there was really a lot of pollution....This is why up to 3 p.m., we still had smog. This is probably the reason why flights were diverted," he said in a radio dzMM interview.

The environment chief said he is planning to suggest a total ban on the public use of firecrackers by next year.

“Pinu-push talaga namin, at sinusuportahan ako ni President Aquino dito na kung pu-pwede, yung pag-celebrate ng New Year at pasko next year, ay wala nang paputok. At kung meron man, it has to be managed by the LGUs (local government units) only,” he said.

“Katulad sa ibang bansa, isang lugar lang, at yung LGUs lang ang pwedeng magpaputok. At manunuod na lang yung mga tao,” he added.

Paje noted that animal manure used as extenders in some firecrackers is to blame for the foul odor in the smoke.

Hyundai Asia Resources sustains reforestation activities
Jan 2 2012
http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/hyundai-asia-resources-sustains-reforestation-activities
Environment group Haribon Foundation has named Hyundai Asia Resources (HARI) as the highest single donor to the organization's reforestation efforts.

HARI, official distributor of Hyundai vehicles in the Philippines, planted 15,000 tree seedlings and made a donation to reforest a portion of Brgy. Cuyambay in Tanay, Rizal.

Hyundai planted the trees in two tranches--August 26 and September 3, 2011. With each HARI volunteer planting 33 trees, 12 hectares that was devastated by Typhoon Ondoy was covered with trees.

"We celebrate our partnership with Haribon and thank them for having given Hyundai this opportunity to serve our country in an enduring way," HARI president Maria Fe Perez-Agudo said.

Hyundai Asia Resources sustains reforestation activities
Jan 2 2012
http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/hyundai-asia-resources-sustains-reforestation-activities

Environment group Haribon Foundation has named Hyundai Asia Resources (HARI) as the highest single donor to the organization's reforestation efforts.

HARI, official distributor of Hyundai vehicles in the Philippines, planted 15,000 tree seedlings and made a donation to reforest a portion of Brgy. Cuyambay in Tanay, Rizal.

Hyundai planted the trees in two tranches--August 26 and September 3, 2011. With each HARI volunteer planting 33 trees, 12 hectares that was devastated by Typhoon Ondoy was covered with trees.

"We celebrate our partnership with Haribon and thank them for having given Hyundai this opportunity to serve our country in an enduring way," HARI president Maria Fe Perez-Agudo said.
You see, it's okay to be selling more gas-guzzling, smoke-belching automobiles if you just give to envi groups!

Pollution by Cars is Harming Our Environment More Than You Think
Posted: Jun 10, 2010

Pollution by cars is a major issue for most of modern-day societies. The pollution in air is comprised of many environmental attributes. It contains carbon monoxide, nitrates, sulfur dioxide, ozone, lead, secondhand tobacco smoke and particulate matter. Particulate matter, also known as particle pollution, is comprised of liquid and solid particles in the air. It is produced from road dust, tire fragmentation, vehicle emissions, power generation and industrial combustion, smelting and other metal processing, construction and demolition activities, residential wood burning, windblown soil, pollens, molds, forest fires, volcanic emissions and sea spray. These particles vary significantly in size, composition and origin.
Overloaded and busy streets of the USA contribute much to the deterioration of the air pollution issue. Carbon monoxide is a biggest constituent of air pollution. It is highly toxic, odorless and colorless gas. It is connected with incineration reaction in cars and other vehicles same with cigarette smoke. Carbon monoxide is dangerous due to the fact that when our body consumes it, the level of oxygen diminishes. Higher ranges of carbon monoxide is a danger to one's life. Minimal levels of CO if inhaled by the body in a long extent of time will still cause respiratory sickness. Too much exposure may lead to harmful health issues.. . . . more (http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/pollution-by-cars-is-harming-our-environment-more-than-you-think-2603997.html)

You see, it's okay to be selling more gas-guzzling, smoke-belching automobiles if you just give to envi groups!

^^
glad to know this news, automobile companies aiming for reforestation and taking concern in our environment.

Pollution by Cars is Harming Our Environment More Than You Think
Posted: Jun 10, 2010
more (http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/pollution-by-cars-is-harming-our-environment-more-than-you-think-2603997.html)

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on the other hand this seems sad but true :ohno:

Congress okays law against illegal logging

By Alexander Villafania

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA – Under House Bill 5485, those who have illegally occupied forest land or using it for commercial or business purposes will also be held liable.

In an effort to stem the destruction of the country's forest cover, the House of Representatives have recently approved in its third and final reading House Bill 5485 that seeks to impose life imprisonment against illegal loggers.

Also called Sustainable Forest Management Act filed by Representative Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro), the bill provides protection, rehabilitation and sustainable management of the country's forests.

Full story here... (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/congress-okays-law-against-illegal-logging-041610986.html;_ylt=AqRdfPmt7CcZEJwsuFboNNvmV8d_;_ylu=X3oDMTNkYnVra2thBG1pdAMEcGtnAzIxM2VhNzdjLWIwMDktM2E0MS05YWEzLTYwNzEzNjdlOGM1MQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDbG5fbG9RYWxfZ2FsBHZlcgNmZjk5ODU1MC0zNzUzLTExZTEtOWI3YS02NTM5MDBmMTA3Njg-;_ylv=3)

Philippines seizes butchered pangolins

Wildlife authorities seized a huge shipment of meat and scales from up to a hundred slaughtered pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, officials said on Friday.
Their meat and scales were probably destined for China to be used in culinary delicacies, traditional medicine and handicrafts, the officials said.

No one was arrested in the seizure operations this week at Puerto Princesa airport on the island of Palawan, the only area where they can be found in the Philippines, said local conservation official Alex Marciada.

“We suspect, considering the volume of the scales, that between 80 to 100 individual (pangolins) were butchered,” Marciada, spokesman of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, told AFP.

The pangolin, which eats termites and ants, is a protected animal in the Philippines where it is considered “near-threatened” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to extensive hunting and habitat loss.

Full story here (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/123541/philippines-seizes-butchered-pangolins)

^^ Tsk2x...

Question here as well: How can the Philippines be environmentally sustainable or how can we care our environment when our neighbor is the biggest polluter in the world?

Philippines seizes butchered pangolins



Full story here (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/123541/philippines-seizes-butchered-pangolins)

No offense to the Chinese, but they have a voracious appetite for anything that is rare or endangered and it sucks that they have to go to other countries to sustain this most odorous cultural practice. People, rape and pillage your own fucking environment cause we're obviously doing a good enough job of that, that we don't need your help...

Congress okays law against illegal logging

By Alexander Villafania

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA – Under House Bill 5485, those who have illegally occupied forest land or using it for commercial or business purposes will also be held liable.

In an effort to stem the destruction of the country's forest cover, the House of Representatives have recently approved in its third and final reading House Bill 5485 that seeks to impose life imprisonment against illegal loggers.

Also called Sustainable Forest Management Act filed by Representative Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro), the bill provides protection, rehabilitation and sustainable management of the country's forests.

Full story here... (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/congress-okays-law-against-illegal-logging-041610986.html;_ylt=AqRdfPmt7CcZEJwsuFboNNvmV8d_;_ylu=X3oDMTNkYnVra2thBG1pdAMEcGtnAzIxM2VhNzdjLWIwMDktM2E0MS05YWEzLTYwNzEzNjdlOGM1MQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDbG5fbG9RYWxfZ2FsBHZlcgNmZjk5ODU1MC0zNzUzLTExZTEtOWI3YS02NTM5MDBmMTA3Njg-;_ylv=3)



Wow, i'd love to see how they enforce this piece of legislation. The Philippine congress is soooo good at reacting but so pathetic at following up it may as well not enact any legislation at all.

Begging whale sharks stir debate in Philippines

Whale sharks begging for food in the central Philippines have sparked a debate on whether feeding the giant fish may ultimately be hurting the creatures, officials said on Saturday.

While the mayor of the coastal town of Oslob insists that the practice of feeding the whale sharks does no harm and is good for tourism, environmentalists have recommended that it be halted.

Fishermen in Oslob in the central resort island of Cebu have been feeding whale sharks with baby shrimp since the 1980s and now use this feeding to make the creatures rise to the surface of the water for the amusement of tourists.

Full story here (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g9R-WJV3bznzj1lxOoKnsDN3aRzQ?docId=CNG.36c3f163965af959290ee2127d710e65.181)

Globe seen to be ‘greenest’ in Asean
BY MYLA IGLESIAS
http://www.malaya.com.ph/01062012/busi4.html

GLOBE Telecom Inc. yesterday said it will use alternative sources of power and renewable energy to power its state-of-the-art mobile cellsites to generate fuel savings of up to 60 percent.

Once the network modernization program is completed, Globe will have one of the "greenest" network infrastructures in the ASEAN region using solar and wind-energy-powered cellsites.

The company has started its modernization program, which involves network and IT transformations, to resolve issues on dropped calls, delayed text messages and slow broadband connections.

This will boost energy savings through reductions in its carbon footprint and power consumption, generating fuel savings of up to 60 percent.

Globe seen to be ‘greenest’ in Asean
BY MYLA IGLESIAS
http://www.malaya.com.ph/01062012/busi4.html
I never knew Globe employs "mobile cell sites"! Nyyyyyaaaaaakkkk!

Globe seen to be ‘greenest’ in Asean
BY MYLA IGLESIAS
http://www.malaya.com.ph/01062012/busi4.html

^^
this is great, having good intention in helping our environment and at the same time pursuing better commitment to a swift and reliable service.

ARMM, DENR ink reforestation pact

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Environment Secretary Ramon Paje. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

In the aftermath of Tropical Storm “Sendong,” the national government and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have agreed to reforest some 2,500 hectares of denuded land in the ARMM, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has announced.

Environment Secretary Ramon Paje and ARMM OIC Mujiv Hataman on Monday signed an agreement to reforest 2,500 hectares under the National Greening Program. The project, with a budget of just under P50 million, is the first joint undertaking between the national government and the ARMM since Hataman assumed the post of officer in charge last month.

Full story here (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/125407/armm-denr-ink-reforestation-pact?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

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kung ganito na lang sana lagi ang mga balita good joint projects sa pagtulong sa pagbangon sa pananalanta ng nagdaang kalimidad eh di mas maganda. sana ma-retain ang pagsasamahan nito at patuloy ang update ng sa gayon hindi mapabayaan ang nasimulang magandang hangarin :yes:-:yes: (http://www.dmcihomes.com/)

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kung ganito na lang sana lagi ang mga balita good joint projects sa pagtulong sa pagbangon sa pananalanta ng nagdaang kalimidad eh di mas maganda. sana ma-retain ang pagsasamahan nito at patuloy ang update ng sa gayon hindi mapabayaan ang nasimulang magandang hangarin :yes:-:yes: (http://www.dmcihomes.com/)
Hindi mo ba alam na meron ding mga balita na hindi lumalabas sa mainstream media dahil mismong may-ari ng mga medya o ang mga galamay nila ang tatamaan? When mainstream media doesn't want people to know, they just spike it!

Buti gov't press release ito, kung hindi, malamang dun sa kangkungan ma publish.

Donsol's mangroves: Conserving nature's resources

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Three very different creatures are known to converge in the municipality of Donsol in Sorsogon: the most celebrated of course, are the whale sharks – largest of all fish and delightfully crisscrossed with bars and spots.

Next come fleets of tiny fireflies, dancing and drifting like ephemeral clouds of light.

Finally, legions of people trudge each summer to chance upon both the largest and smallest denizens of Donsol.

All three creatures intertwine, seemingly held in perfect balance.

“Whale sharks congregate in Donsol because of all the plankton,” according to WWF-Philippines project manager Raul Burce.

“Plankton consume nutrients discharged by Donsol’s still-healthy rivers, one of the few habitats where fireflies still thrive. Remove mangroves and the fireflies shall be driven off. Without the healthy rivers needed by fireflies, plankton populations cannot bloom – and the whale sharks will migrate elsewhere. If one component crashes, the others follow suit. This can be catastrophic for the people of Donsol,”Burce warned.

Tourism has transformed Donsol into a boomtown.

A total of 24,191 local and foreign visitors swam with the gentle giants from December to June 2011.

Donsol’s Municipal Tourism Office estimated that the 2010 season alone generated over P100 million ($2.3 million) from transportation, food, lodging, registration fees, plus whale shark, mangrove and firefly tours.

Around P20 million ($465,000) was retained by the local government, bolstering incomes and improving lives.

Jasmine Yanson, a 36-year old mother of seven, admitted, “Malaking tulong ang turismo sa mga taga-Donsol. Nakabili kami ng bangka, kagamitan sa bahay at nakatapos rin ng pag-aaral ang mga anak ko.” (Tourism gave us a big boost. We were able to buy an outrigger boat, household appliances, plus my children were able to finish school.)

It is, thus, important to conserve not just whale sharks, but mangroves and other critical ecosystems which ensure the livelihood of Donsolanos.

Full story here (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=767807&publicationSubCategoryId=77)

Shangri-La hotels drop shark fin from menu

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/17/2012 6:44 PM | Updated as of 01/17/2012 6:47 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts announced on Tuesday that it would stop serving shark fin dishes in its 72 hotels and resorts as part of its "sustainable seafood policy."

The Hong Kong-based hotel chain said it would also phase out blue fin tuna and Chilean sea bass in all its operated restaurants within the year.

"The new policy is a continuation of Shangri-La's journey toward environmental support," Shangri-La said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/17/12/shangri-la-hotels-drop-shark-fin-menu

Hindi mo ba alam na meron ding mga balita na hindi lumalabas sa mainstream media dahil mismong may-ari ng mga medya o ang mga galamay nila ang tatamaan? When mainstream media doesn't want people to know, they just spike it!

Buti gov't press release ito, kung hindi, malamang dun sa kangkungan ma publish.

^^
thanks for the info bro! :)

Shangri-La hotels drop shark fin from menu

abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/17/2012 6:44 PM | Updated as of 01/17/2012 6:47 PM

MANILA, Philippines -- Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts announced on Tuesday that it would stop serving shark fin dishes in its 72 hotels and resorts as part of its "sustainable seafood policy."

The Hong Kong-based hotel chain said it would also phase out blue fin tuna and Chilean sea bass in all its operated restaurants within the year.

"The new policy is a continuation of Shangri-La's journey toward environmental support," Shangri-La said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/17/12/shangri-la-hotels-drop-shark-fin-menu

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glad to hear this, one of the country's well-known hotel Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts having ethical standards in serving their dishes (sustainable seafood policy) within the year. Hoping that other business establishment would also have a policy that help conserve our environment in their own little way. :yes:-:yes: (http://www.dmcileasing.com/)

Philippines pushes tobacco – for fish farming

Agence France-Presse
6:11 pm | Thursday, January 19th, 2012

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has launched a new campaign promoting tobacco — not for smoking but for fish farming, a government tobacco agency official said Thursday.

Over six months, about 400 fish-farmers in the northern coastal province of La Union will be using “tobacco dust” to kill mollusks and other predators that prey on fish, said Rex Teoxon of the National Tobacco Administration.

“We are going to train the fisher folk and the whole community on sustainable aqua culture using the tobacco dust,” said Teoxon, head of the agency’s corporate planning department.

The drive is part of an effort to find alternative uses for the crop in the face of the global anti-smoking campaign.

Read more: http://business.inquirer.net/40395/philippines-pushes-tobacco-for-fish-farming

Endangered sea turtles lay 1.44M eggs in Tawi-Tawi

MANILA, Philippines--It's a baby boom in Turtle Islands as conservation efforts broke a 28-year record to produce 1.44 million green turtle eggs in a protected sanctuary in Tawi-Tawi, Conservation International (CI) Philippines on Friday.

A total of 14,220 green turtle nests were recorded on Baguan Island in 2011, up from the 12,311 nests recorded in 1995, CI Philippines, citing figures obtained from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), announced.

An average of 101 eggs are laid per nest and with 14,220 nests in 2011 an estimated 1.44 million eggs of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) were laid last year, Orlando Maliwanag, CI Philippines official for its Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Project told INQUIRER.net.
CI Philippines said the number of laid eggs was an all-time high since recording of nesting started in 1984.

"With an average of 90 percent hatching success and 1 percent survival rate up to sexual maturity, Baguan in 2011 alone could contribute up to 13,000 to the adult turtle population," Trono said.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/24121/endangered-sea-turtles-lay-1-44m-eggs-in-tawi-tawi

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House inquiry to pin down Lanao execs on illegal logging

MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives is set to conduct an inquiry into the reported involvement of local government officials, environment officers and police and military forces in the unabated illegal logging operations in Lanao del Sur despite the total logging ban.

The inquiry was prompted by House Resolution 2042 filed by Reps. Rufus Rodriguez (Cagayan de Oro City), Maximo Rodriguez (party-list Abante Mindanao) and Vicente Belmonte Jr. (Iligan City) that also extended the appreciation of the people of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities for President Aquino’s move to create a task force that will look into the cause of the devastation wreaked by tropical storm “Sendong” in Northern Mindanao.

Heavy rains brought about by Sendong caused major rivers to overflow, triggering flashfloods that killed over 1,200 people in the two cities and left more than a thousand others missing.

Rodriguez said officials responsible for the illegal logging operations in Lanao del Sur, which aggravated the flashfloods, must be held accountable.

Read more here... (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/house-inquiry-pin-down-lanao-execs-illegal-logging-160042382.html;_ylt=ArJytG2_xWAdzvBfKFr7KjDmV8d_;_ylu=X3oDMTNnMHNnZmhoBG1pdAMEcGtnAzI4Nzk4ODJkLWMwMDEtM2ZiMi04ZTY5LTBmMzlkYjE3ZWY2NQRwb3MDNgRzZWMDbG5fUGhpbFN0YXJfZ2FsBHZlcgM2NGY2OWRiMC00YTkyLTExZTEtOTY1NS0zNjM5YjdjNTMwMjQ-;_ylv=3)

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That's the usual thing in our country! There are laws that don't get implemented. Since laws are supposed to be for the good of the citizenry, officials should have followed these to the letter. But they kept a blind eye on those violations.Then we loose lots of lives!

Sort of just knee-jerk reactions of our officials when disasters happen! When will we be proactive enough?

Related:

"Philippines Tops Natural Disasters List"

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/349474/philippines-tops-natural-disasters-list

‘Pyramids’ planted to revive corals off Boracay

9:04 pm | Thursday, February 9th, 2012

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MANILA, Philippines—Thousands of small “pyramids” are being planted off the Philippines’ famous Boracay resort island in an effort to bring its nearly destroyed coral reefs back to life, an environment group said Thursday.

Over 300 of the structures were planted this week off Boracay’s coast and eventually about 5,000 will be placed in the sea, according to Sangkalikasan (Nature) which is behind the effort.

“This is like putting garden soil for ideal growth on land. We are doing the same concept in the sea,” Jose Rodriguez, vice chairman of the group, told AFP.

Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/25445/pyramids-planted-to-revive-corals-off-boracay

WWF launches Earth Hour 'dare campaign' for Filipinos

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QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA—The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) follows a more personal approach in launching Earth Hour 2012 with a campaign that empowers Filipinos to perform a personal dare by asking everyone to do their part to save the planet.

Dubbed the “I Will If You Will” campaign, it uses the YouTube video platform to urge people worldwide to take a creative leap from the annual lights out event, said Earth Hour Philippines national director and lawyer Gia Ibay.

The concept of “I Will If You Will” centers around the fulfillment of a “social contract between two parties.”

It aims to connect one person, business, or organization to a “promise to reduce carbon footprint” and their friends, family, customers or members to a “personal dare or challenge”—uniting them behind the common goal of creating a positive environmental outcome.

The promise can range from recycling, to switching to energy-efficient light bulbs, turning off your mobile charger when not in use, or signing up for paperless banking, explained Ibay.

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Which is which?

Global Cooling is Here
Evidence for Predicting Global Cooling for the Next Three Decades

by Prof. Don J. Easterbrook

Global Research, November 2, 2008
Department of Geology, Western Washington University

INTRODUCTION

Despite no global warming in 10 years and recording setting cold in 2007-2008, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (IPCC) and computer modelers who believe that CO2 is the cause of global warming still predict the Earth is in store for catastrophic warming in this century. IPCC computer models have predicted global warming of 1° F per decade and 5-6° C (10-11° F) by 2100 (Fig. 1), which would cause global catastrophe with ramifications for human life, natural habitat, energy and water resources, and food production. All of this is predicated on the assumption that global warming is caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 and that CO2 will continue to rise rapidly.http://www.globalresearch.ca/articlePictures/glcool1.jpg
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Figure 1. A. IPCC prediction of global warming early in the 21st century. B. IPCC prediction of global warming to 2100. (Sources: IPCC website)
However, records of past climate changes suggest an altogether different scenario for the 21st century. Rather than drastic global warming at a rate of 0.5 ° C (1° F) per decade, historic records of past natural cycles suggest global cooling for the first several decades of the 21st century to about 2030, followed by global warming from about 2030 to about 2060, and renewed global cooling from 2060 to 2090 (Easterbrook, D.J., 2005, 2006a, b, 2007, 2008a, b); Easterbrook and Kovanen, 2000, 2001). Climatic fluctuations over the past several hundred years suggest ~30 year climatic cycles of global warming and cooling, on a general rising trend from the Little Ice Age.

PREDICTIONS BASED ON PAST CLIMATE PATTERNS

Global climate changes have been far more intense (12 to 20 times as intense in some cases) than the global warming of the past century, and they took place in as little as 20–100 years. Global warming of the past century (0.8° C) is virtually insignificant when compared to the magnitude of at least 10 global climate changes in the past 15,000 years. None of these sudden global climate changes could possibly have been caused by human CO2 input to the atmosphere because they all took place long before anthropogenic CO2 emissions began. The cause of the ten earlier ‘natural’ climate changes was most likely the same as the cause of global warming from 1977 to 1998.
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Figure 2. Climate changes in the past 17,000 years from the GISP2 Greenland ice core. Red = warming, blue = cooling. (Modified from Cuffy and Clow, 1997)
Climatic fluctuations over the past several hundred years suggest ~30 year climatic cycles of global warming and cooling (Figure 3) on a generally rising trend from the Little Ice Age about 500 years ago.
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Figure 3. Alternating warm and cool cycles since 1470 AD. Blue = cool, red = warm. Based on oxygen isotope ratios from the GISP2 Greenland ice core.

Relationships between glacial fluctuations, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and global climate change.

After several decades of studying alpine glacier fluctuations in the North Cascade Range, my research showed a distinct pattern of glacial advances and retreats (the Glacial Decadal Oscillation, GDO) that correlated well with climate records. In 1992, Mantua published the Pacific Decadal Oscillation curve showing warming and cooling of the Pacific Ocean that correlated remarkably well with glacial fluctuations. Both the GDA and the PDO matched global temperature records and were obviously related (Fig. 4). All but the latest 30 years of changes occurred prior to significant CO2 emissions so they were clearly unrelated to atmospheric CO2.
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Figure 4. Correspondence of the GDO, PDO, and global temperature variations.
he significance of the correlation between the GDO, PDO, and global temperature is that once this connection has been made, climatic changes during the past century can be understood, and the pattern of glacial and climatic fluctuations over the past millennia can be reconstructed. These patterns can then be used to project climatic changes in the future. Using the pattern established for the past several hundred years, in 1998 I projected the temperature curve for the past century into the next century and came up with curve ‘A’ in Figure 5 as an approximation of what might be in store for the world if the pattern of past climate changes continued. Ironically, that prediction was made in the warmest year of the past three decades and at the acme of the 1977-1998 warm period. At that time, the projected curved indicated global cooling beginning about 2005 ± 3-5 years until about 2030, then renewed warming from about 2030 to about 2060 (unrelated to CO2—just continuation of the natural cycle), then another cool period from about 2060 to about 2090. This was admittedly an approximation, but it was radically different from the 1° F per decade warming called for by the IPCC. Because the prediction was so different from the IPCC prediction, time would obviously show which projection was ultimately correct.

Now a decade later, the global climate has not warmed 1° F as forecast by the IPCC but has cooled slightly until 2007-08 when global temperatures turned sharply downward. In 2008, NASA satellite imagery (Figure 6) confirmed that the Pacific Ocean had switched from the warm mode it had been in since 1977 to its cool mode, similar to that of the 1945-1977 global cooling period. The shift strongly suggests that the next several decades will be cooler, not warmer as predicted by the IPCC.
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Figure 5. Global temperature projection for the coming century, based on warming/cooling cycles of the past several centuries. ‘A’ projection based on assuming next cool phase will be similar to the 1945-1977 cool phase. ‘B’ projection based on assuming next cool phase will be similar to the 1880-1915 cool phase. The predicted warm cycle from 2030 to 2060 is based on projection of the 1977 to 1998 warm phase and the cooling phase from 2060 to 2090 is based on projection of the 1945 to 1977 cool cycle.


HERE (http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10783)

its better to cool down than to heat up... right? but i think the major impacts are the countries lying near our earth's poles?

its better to cool down than to heat up... right? but i think the major impacts are the countries lying near our earth's poles?

It's better to have a bit of a stable temperature or slow, minute changes in the environment so as to allow the human race to adapt by way of the normal mutation.

As to which areas are impacted most, it depends on which way the temp trends will be. Cooling will trap most of the water in the polar caps and the seawater levels to drop; warming gets to drown some low-lying areas as the waters rise.

mutations?

I'm gonna have scales and gills when sea level reaches Mayon peak:D


or thick feathers, I mean fur when Manila snows:D

mutations?

I'm gonna have scales and gills when sea level reaches Mayon peak:D

or thick feathers, I mean fur when Manila snows:D

Parang xmen may mga aliases sila base sa mga powers nila

What's your power?

The ability to bend my gender.

Ok, I'll call you a Gender bender :lol:

Ok, how bout you?

I can botch brain surgeries

Ok, you'll be the Malpractice. :lol:

And you?

I have the power to spread gossips at both ends of the milky way galaxy.

So you'll be the Gossip Queen. :lol:

mutations?

I'm gonna have scales and gills when sea level reaches Mayon peak:D


or thick feathers, I mean fur when Manila snows:D
Stocked-knowledge from school years of long ago!

Since you are at a loss, I tried surfing the web for you:

Lamarck's theory:
(Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck (Bazentin, Somme, 1 August 1744 - Paris, 18 December 1829)
Read as: Jan batiste Piyar Antwan de Mone, Tsuvalye du la Mark "In essence, a change in the environment brings about change in "needs" (besoins), resulting in change in behavior, bringing change in organ usage and development, bringing change in form over time — and thus the gradual transmutation of the species."

Just found this on the internet..Amazing transformation! anything can be done!

Pasig River Beautification Project
http://i.imgur.com/fRPOE.jpg

Question:

Do we need to create artificial reefs to conserve our natural reefs?

Question:

Do we need to create artificial reefs to conserve our natural reefs?
Bigat mo namang magtanong dyan!

Hindi ako marine biologist ha, pero sa ganang akin lang, reefs are important for the marine life to grow in number. Kakapit dyan yang mga halamang dagat na siyang nagbibigay din ng shelter at food source ng ibang mga isda at iba pang animals dyaan. Kung masira ang mga iyan, dapat punan upang hindi mawawala ang mga isda at iba pang marine life.

Pero, ang hindi ko makuha yung sabi mong "to conserve our natural reefs". Sira na nga, iko-conserve mo pa? Artificial reefs will ultimately be gone, replaced by natural reefs which should have grown in time when the artificial ones get worn-out.

^what I meant by the phrase "to conserve our natural reefs" is to prevent further devastation. If we have artificial reefs then tourists, divers, and fisherfolks can come to them instead of the natural ones.

^what I meant by the phrase "to conserve our natural reefs" is to prevent further devastation. If we have artificial reefs then tourists, divers, and fisherfolks can come to them instead of the natural ones.

I think there is no relationship between dropping artificial reefs from "preventing further damage" to the natural reefs. The provision of artificial reefs are done to supplement what was damage and useless natural ones, hence give the marine life a lease.

If I were to do a cause and effect analysis, I would point out eradicating dynamite fishing, bottom-scraping drag nets, etc. (as causes) and then our natural reefs will not get damaged anymore (effect)

Parang xmen may mga aliases sila base sa mga powers nila

What's your power?

The ability to bend my gender.

Ok, I'll call you a Gender bender :lol:

Ok, how bout you?

I can botch brain surgeries

Ok, you'll be the Malpractice. :lol:

And you?

I have the power to spread gossips at both ends of the milky way galaxy.

So you'll be the Gossip Queen. :lol:
gender bender, nice parang gusto ko na gamitin. LMAOOOOOOO:lol:
I prefer Gossip Prince:lol: pag queen kasi need mo pa hihingi ng pahintulot mula kay XP

I think there is no relationship between dropping artificial reefs from "preventing further damage" to the natural reefs. The provision of artificial reefs are done to supplement what was damage and useless natural ones, hence give the marine life a lease.

If I were to do a cause and effect analysis, I would point out eradicating dynamite fishing, bottom-scraping drag nets, etc. (as causes) and then our natural reefs will not get damaged anymore (effect)

You are right with the cause and effect thingy. However, you forget that there are OTHER causes of damage as well.

If we have artificial reefs on top of natural reefs (cause) then fishermen, tourists, divers, etc. will have OTHER places to go to OTHER THAN the natural reefs (effect).

This implies we PRESERVE natural reefs and divert all human activities to artificial reefs.

Anyways, this debate aside. Do we need to put up additional artificial reefs?

You are right with the cause and effect thingy. However, you forget that there are OTHER causes of damage as well.

If we have artificial reefs on top of natural reefs (cause) then fishermen, tourists, divers, etc. will have OTHER places to go to OTHER THAN the natural reefs (effect).

This implies we PRESERVE natural reefs and divert all human activities to artificial reefs.

Anyways, this debate aside. Do we need to put up additional artificial reefs?

Yeah, you didn't spell it out like that the time you posted. I can only imagine what you meant when you said dropping artificial reefs!

Those questions of yours really need marine biologists to weigh things on what to do. I was talking about generalities and please don't take my replies as the only right answer. Perhaps other posters well-versed with these things can help answer your questions.:cheers:

Yeah, you didn't spell it out like that the time you posted. I can only imagine what you meant when you said dropping artificial reefs!

Those questions of yours really need marine biologists to weigh things on what to do. I was talking about generalities and please don't take my replies as the only right answer. Perhaps other posters well-versed with these things can help answer your questions.:cheers:

Sorry for not being more detailed in my initial post.

Do we have marine biologists in this forum?

Mining areas 'poorest' in country

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Friday, March 2, 2012

MANILA -- Gina Lopez, managing director of ABS-CBN foundation, said Friday that the poorest areas in the country are those engage in mining.

Lopez, in the conference on Mining's Impact on Philippine Economy and Ecology, said Filipinos can get out of poverty if they invest in their islands and not in mining.

"Poorest areas in the country are mining areas ...so what track record does mining have to speak of?" she said.

People in mining areas don't benefit from it, she added.

"We're 7,107 amazing islands. We can get our people out of poverty if we invest in our islands.

Lopez also said our country can address poverty by investing in eco-system, backing sustainable tourism as an alternative to mining.


http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2012/03/02/mining-areas-poorest-country-209142

Dear Friends,

I have posted simllar below write-ups in Agriculture Threads, but wish to touch base with the issues herein as I some readers my not browse through.
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Water or water coming from rain should be a welcome phenomena and not a curse as what is now happening to our homes, subdivisions, cities etc., Flooding, here and there and everywhere rain strikes causes so much misery and problems, millions of property lost and damaged.
This natural, renewable resource abundant and provided by mother nature should be harnessed and managed properly to ensure that this "free resource" is utilized to the fullest.
Once people realize that there is so much value in these rain water - through the use of Aquaponics systems, I believe that our outlook towards water conservation will change. Every drop of rain will be valued when we propagate the concept of aquaponics.
Green plants absorb energy from the sun and can influence weather and climate change. That means the more we plant the more we are able to speed up absorption of energy and transform these energy into green plants and food itself. The government has always worked on tree-planting and reforestration. However, we can do our part within backyard, housing units and our communities as well so that we can give our forest the chance to heal itself.
Aquaponics for those who are not familiar with this concept is the production of fish and vegetables/greens. It is a combination of hydroponics(soiless production of plants) and aquaculture. In short the plant "feeds" the fish and the fish feeds the plant. This concept and the many practical application of which can and should be used in designing green buildings or site development and urban planning.
Green Building focus mostly has been on energy savings and efficiency, however, adaption of this concept will enhance energy savings considering that utilizing aquaponics in food production (healthy, fresh, organic) in the building/residences can already start a distributed system of food production as opposed to "Centralized Farming or Fishing". In aquaponics - production of fish and vegetables are already done nearest to the cosumer/end user.
Hence, there is no need to transport food all the way down to the consumers as hi-density quality-fresh food production is readily available within the community itself.
Issues related to climate change, floodings, are one of the many aspects that can be addressed when incorporating the concept of aquaponics. Apart from the concept of food production (decentralized) it can provide localized jobs and address socio-economic problems such as job opportunities, illegal-gambling,drugs,fishing(overfishing) etc., which is a result of having no work opportunities.
Likewise, the environmental impact - forest, seas, lakes and rivers can now be addressed if people are given an alternative source of income and job opportunity.
Fiinally, eco-tourism can be promoted vigorously consider we are a clean and green country. Tourish are provided, fresh, clean, organic, chemical free, pesticide free, fish and vegetables.
Check us out at facebook.
www.facebook.com/philippine.aquaponics
www.facebook.com/groups/philippineaquaponics

Just found this on the internet..Amazing transformation! anything can be done!

Pasig River Beautification Project
http://i.imgur.com/fRPOE.jpg


Beautiful results from concerned citizens, I don't know much about this program and updates but my query is if this beautification is sustainable?

By sustainable, what I mean is that the river can clean itself (???) Fish may start to thrive, how is this system maintained (??) If we want nature to work for us, we have to give nature the "framework" to work by itself.

Congress okays law against illegal logging

By Alexander Villafania

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA – Under House Bill 5485, those who have illegally occupied forest land or using it for commercial or business purposes will also be held liable.

In an effort to stem the destruction of the country's forest cover, the House of Representatives have recently approved in its third and final reading House Bill 5485 that seeks to impose life imprisonment against illegal loggers.

Also called Sustainable Forest Management Act filed by Representative Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district, Cagayan de Oro), the bill provides protection, rehabilitation and sustainable management of the country's forests.

Full story here... (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/congress-okays-law-against-illegal-logging-041610986.html;_ylt=AqRdfPmt7CcZEJwsuFboNNvmV8d_;_ylu=X3oDMTNkYnVra2thBG1pdAMEcGtnAzIxM2VhNzdjLWIwMDktM2E0MS05YWEzLTYwNzEzNjdlOGM1MQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDbG5fbG9RYWxfZ2FsBHZlcgNmZjk5ODU1MC0zNzUzLTExZTEtOWI3YS02NTM5MDBmMTA3Njg-;_ylv=3)


Illegal logging, illegal fishing, illegal drugs, illegal gambling, illegal prostitution, illegal squatters, topping up with 4.5 million involuntarily hungry filipinos, I hope that the Philippine Government will oneday look into the simple solution of using aquaponics technology and educate the people towards a better way of producing fish and vegetables.

If people are provided assistance and have an alternative I believe so much "illegals" can avoided and putting in resources to "watch" this illegal can now be utilized to other productive and beneficial activities.

Teaching people how to fish(with vegetables) instead of giving them "fish", that is what aquaponics is all about.

I have visited government agencies - BFAR, DA, LGU's, and no one seems to be interested in this method of food production. It was a tremendous waste of time, money and resources on my part-more losses. Land Bank rejected my loan, because according to them there are no proven success of aquaponics in the Philippines. No proven success, no loans.

I hope through these forums here I can introduce this "simple technology" that works on sustainability, renewability and green(environmental protection). As I wrote to Land Bank, not all the things in life that counts can be counted (MONEY).

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z365/esoylegaspi/News%20related/th_LBNEWS-DA-TELLSTOGROWVEGETABLES-EASYSAIDTHANDONE.jpg

Many believe that eating vegetables is the right way to healthy living. However there are insidious things that go into our vegetables. Can DA 7 protect us?

DA 7 - (In Cebu) warns about purchase of vegetables and tell us to grow our own vegetables to be safe...easy said than done as the expression goes. On the other hand, we now have a chance to grow our own vegetables the easy way, no watering, no weeding, no fertilizer, no digging. Learn Aquaponics.

Beautiful results from concerned citizens, I don't know much about this program and updates but my query is if this beautification is sustainable?

By sustainable, what I mean is that the river can clean itself (???) Fish may start to thrive, how is this system maintained (??) If we want nature to work for us, we have to give nature the "framework" to work by itself.

ito ba yung sa may quiapo?dapat alisin nila lahat nkatira sa riverbanks, yung sa baclaran malapit sa mia mukhang madumi na naman uli,..

ito ba yung sa may quiapo?dapat alisin nila lahat nkatira sa riverbanks, yung sa baclaran malapit sa mia mukhang madumi na naman uli,..

Indeed, sustainable and renewal strategies to start with ourselves, each and every Filipino.

Those who have put all the efforts for cleaning the environment had very good ideas, however once implemented but cannot be sustained. In another thread, I saw a post of the great "filipino minds" and their contributon to science. Great ideas and wonderful, but the beneficiaries are other people or other countries. With 90 million filipinos, that is a handful that have brought honor to our country - including a boxer from the slums...

A foreigner once commented that Filipino homes are neat and clean, but how come when they go out, they make a garbage of their surroundings. Honestly, those creating those bad impressions are not really that many, perhaps 10 % of the population, but this 10 % is enough to destroy our image and the work that has been done by the 90%.

Aquaponics know-how provides some basic working principles on sustainable and renewable thinking. It poses a challenge to the practitioner and explores endless possibilities.

In Aquaponics, water is conserved and the only water that is lost is through evaporation. Those people who have fresh water fish aquarium in their homes maintain water quality by changing and throwing the water, in aquaponics, water "processing" is done naturally and works with the principles of nature. This is no rocket science and water can be conserved.

I believe that we have many great minds and great ideas that can tackle how to maintain and sustain and even improve on what has been started.

Are you ready to ask what you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you ????? This country can be far better than Singapore, there are only 10% people who are destroying our image because the 90% are divided and fragmented. We can really do effect a change..

Indeed, sustainable and renewal strategies to start with ourselves, each and every Filipino.

Those who have put all the efforts for cleaning the environment had very good ideas, however once implemented but cannot be sustained. In another thread, I saw a post of the great "filipino minds" and their contributon to science. Great ideas and wonderful, but the beneficiaries are other people or other countries. With 90 million filipinos, that is a handful that have brought honor to our country - including a boxer from the slums...

A foreigner once commented that Filipino homes are neat and clean, but how come when they go out, they make a garbage of their surroundings. Honestly, those creating those bad impressions are not really that many, perhaps 10 % of the population, but this 10 % is enough to destroy our image and the work that has been done by the 90%.

Aquaponics know-how provides some basic working principles on sustainable and renewable thinking. It poses a challenge to the practitioner and explores endless possibilities.

In Aquaponics, water is conserved and the only water that is lost is through evaporation. Those people who have fresh water fish aquarium in their homes maintain water quality by changing and throwing the water, in aquaponics, water "processing" is done naturally and works with the principles of nature. This is no rocket science and water can be conserved.

I believe that we have many great minds and great ideas that can tackle how to maintain and sustain and even improve on what has been started.

Are you ready to ask what you can do for your country and not what your country can do for you ????? This country can be far better than Singapore, there are only 10% people who are destroying our image because the 90% are divided and fragmented. We can really do effect a change..

We really don't need to argue long on a very clear problem as "solid waste management". People knew what the source of the problems are, people know how to solve the problems, but we don't want to solve it!

We really don't need to argue long on a very clear problem as "solid waste management". People knew what the source of the problems are, people know how to solve the problems, but we don't want to solve it!

90% of the people know that 10% of people are the problem. However, evil continue to exist and persist because the 90% do not do anything about it. For Evil to exist and prevail it is enough that good men/women do nothing.

Everybody hopes that somebody would do the job nobody would do. This ends up to nobody doing a simple job that anybody could do.

The simple promise can range from recycling, to switching to energy-efficient light bulbs, turning off your mobile charger, or vowing to go paperless. Let us all support "I WILL IF YOU WILL"!

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422034_385121278165678_381246948553111_1528404_1603977117_n.jpg

Beautiful results from concerned citizens, I don't know much about this program and updates but my query is if this beautification is sustainable?

By sustainable, what I mean is that the river can clean itself (???) Fish may start to thrive, how is this system maintained (??) If we want nature to work for us, we have to give nature the "framework" to work by itself.

you're right... those greeneries are just pure aesthetics... kapag umulan at bumaha mawawala rin yan at maaanod.

what we need is permanent transformation. we have to remove all the obstacles... including squatters and unwanted plants that can cause overflowing of rivers..

mainam ding solusyon ang pagpapalalim muli ng mga ilog to accommodate huge amount of water during rainy season.

you're right... those greeneries are just pure aesthetics... kapag umulan at bumaha mawawala rin yan at maaanod.

what we need is permanent transformation. we have to remove all the obstacles... including squatters and unwanted plants that can cause overflowing of rivers..

mainam ding solusyon ang pagpapalalim muli ng mga ilog to accommodate huge amount of water during rainy season.

As I am based in Cebu, I have no idea what is being done about this river but what I do know is that your suggestion is the first of the thousands of steps we have to go through.

The river is a valuable resource just like the roads and highways. That river has to be engineered-managed-maintained and not just the aesthetics that have been put in place. And this is true not only of Pasig but all rivers in the country. We have so many many many bright minds that are not put to use how to "engineer-manage-maintain" this river system.

The solution is in each and everyone of us waiting to be unleased. We don't have to work hard at it but just work smart. We can make this system cleaner than Singapore. The political will should start with us, because we are the BOSS.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422034_385121278165678_381246948553111_1528404_1603977117_n.jpg

The first step would be access to cleaner tap waters.

The first step would be access to cleaner tap waters.

Cleaner Tap Water - That is what you want and most people want, but how to get there begins with the political will in each of us to be the BOSS. To take charge and not let other people managed this for us.

Clean Tap Water will be the result of your being the BOSS to direct change and changes that you want.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/422034_385121278165678_381246948553111_1528404_1603977117_n.jpg

I WILL, YOU WILL, is not GOOD ENOUGH, it is just another symptomatic treatment to the cancer, treating the symptoms. This must be, I WILL HAVE AND YOU WILL HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO BE THE BOSS. The power is in you to be the boss, you might not have realized that, the tools are in front of you.

Cleaner Tap Water - That is what you want and most people want, but how to get there begins with the political will in each of us to be the BOSS. To take charge and not let other people managed this for us.

Clean Tap Water will be the result of your being the BOSS to direct change and changes that you want.

point is: how can you convince people to abandon bottled water that are purified or distilled when you get high percentage of chlorine and much sediments from the tap water?

Do not forget that it is the government that supplies, controls, rations tap water. People are just the receiving end of it.

You cannot tell people to stop using this if you cannot offer better/safer alternatives.

How about YOU lobbying for safer tap water so that people will naturally and eventually abandon bottled water?

Water supplied to businesses are residential comes from ground water, not rivers, definitely not oceans

Propose a CONCRETE action. Not something too abstract.

Joel, I have seen your posts in other threads and you are TROLL promoting your BUSINESS!!!! In disguise of "environmental" facade.

just like how the "natural organic products" businesses based the mineral oil and petroleum jelly products.

bad, bad, bad marketing!

point is: how can you convince people to abandon bottled water that are purified or distilled when you get high percentage of chlorine and much sediments from the tap water?

Do not forget that it is the government that supplies, controls, rations tap water. People are just the receiving end of it.

You cannot tell people to stop using this if you cannot offer better/safer alternatives.

How about YOU lobbying for safer tap water so that people will naturally and eventually abandon bottled water?

Water supplied to businesses are residential comes from ground water, not rivers, definitely not oceans

Propose a CONCRETE action. Not something too abstract.

As I said, are you ready to be the BOSS and have the POLITICAL WILL to direct and effect changes, then I will tell you what to do next.

What an abstract rhetoric!

You are here for business, not for AWARENESS.

Troll!

Hello Everyone,
I started my aquaponics training program here in Mactan, Cebu. For a small fee, anyone interested to learn can come visit us for a half-day session enough to get you started.

Genuine people who genuinely care for the environment do not ask for a fee!!!

We don't have to work hard at it but just work smart. We can make this system cleaner than Singapore. The political will should start with us, because we are the BOSS.

I definitely agree with you ;) we are the real BOSS here and as a boss, our responsibility is to determine the right direction of our company. a bad boss is absent of the ability to lead by example...a bad boss shows no passion and provides little to no direction to his employees...it hinders real development as a whole and deprive their employees from room to grow.

we better act as one

I definitely agree with you ;) we are the real BOSS here and as a boss, our responsibility is to determine the right direction of our company. a bad boss is absent of the ability to lead by example...a bad boss shows no passion and provides little to no direction to his employees...it hinders real development as a whole and deprive their employees from room to grow.

we better act as one

If you are serious, get ready to kick some ass!!( Just kidding), That is two of us now..

Genuine people who genuinely care for the environment do not ask for a fee!!!

For you my special friend, it is free...

What an abstract rhetoric!

You are here for business, not for AWARENESS.

Troll!

An Internet troll is someone who posts offensive, controversial, or divisive material on an Internet community. Trolls are an unfortunately common occurrence on many communities across the Internet, and there are various steps which can be taken to combat them. If you are currently struggling with an Internet troll, the best thing to do is to walk away, since trolls feed on attention, and they will usually disappear if they are ignored.
======= My friend NABARTEK, can you please show me my post that is defined as offensive, controversial, divisive...===========

I like the statement at the start of this thread by the moderator - if you agree raise your hand, if you do not like my post - raise your standards...

An Internet troll is someone who posts offensive, controversial, or divisive material on an Internet community. Trolls are an unfortunately common occurrence on many communities across the Internet, and there are various steps which can be taken to combat them. If you are currently struggling with an Internet troll, the best thing to do is to walk away, since trolls feed on attention, and they will usually disappear if they are ignored.
======= My friend NABARTEK, can you please show me my post that is defined as offensive, controversial, divisive...===========

I like the statement at the start of this thread by the moderator - if you agree raise your hand, if you do not like my post - raise your standards...

You are troll because you are promoting your business here.

ha, advice for a small FEE.

There are many orgs there that I could get advice from for FREE not for a FEE

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16631/four-pangasinan-areas-affected-by-red-tide

Red Tide – Is this not the same “technology” used by the “Heavens” against the Egyptians during the time of Moses. Plague after plague due to stubbornness of the Egyptians to release the Isralites. We forget history and are bound to repeat the mistakes done by others.

The “Heavens” work with nature – our transgressions are our own makings. STD’s, Herpres, Gonorhea, Syphilis, AID’s etc., are the Heavens punishments against our “transgressions”. All these problems are self-induced, we are shooting ourselves in the foot. Nature only reacts and responds to our abuses against Mother Earth. This is no different when we get flooded. Abuse of our forest and trees and we get punished by the “heavens”. Lots of collateral damage from our greed, many innocent people have to pay for the greed of the few.

As skeptics would say - “The great flood could have been just mythical and imagination of some dubious authors ??”

Microalgae lamp that can absorb CO2 in the air 150x more than a tree

wuWDex5mh5Y

Malolos City bans use of plastic
by: Dino Balado
philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?articleid=791542)


MALOLOS CITY, Philippines – Sale and use of plastics is now banned in Bulacan.

This after Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado approved an ordinance that prohibits the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, styrofoam and related products in the province.

Alvarado described the new ordinance as a step to protect the environment, adding, “we inherit our environment from the previous generations of Bulakenyos, and we are duty-bound to preserve it.”

He added that the new ordinance will be implemented soon after the approval of its implementing rules and regulations (IRR).

The ordinance came about six months after Alvarado urged the Sangguniang Panglalawigan to pass a law banning use of plastic bags in public markets in the province.

The Sangguniang Panglalawigan expanded the measure to cover both public markets and all the 569 barangays in the province.

The ordinance carries the penalty of P5,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, for any violators.

Board Member Felix Ople, the author of the new ordinance, said the ordinance aimed to show that Bulakenyos care for the environment.

Ople also said the ordinance intends to remind both officials and citizens about the dangers posed by continued use of non-biodegradable plastics.

Malolos City bans use of plastic
by: Dino Balado
philstar.com (http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?articleid=791542)


MALOLOS CITY, Philippines – Sale and use of plastics is now banned in Bulacan.

This after Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado approved an ordinance that prohibits the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, styrofoam and related products in the province.




Good job Malolos!

More and more cities and towns are getting on board banning the use of non-biodegradable PLASTIC>

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16829/seafood-giant-sees-5bn-revenue-in-2015-via-growth

How can Thailand forecast to export 5 Billion USD in seafood while we are sleeping… Exporting OFW’s…

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16801/rm2-billion-lobster-farm-for-sabah

Malaysia setting up so 2 Billion RM lobster farm…while we are sleeping…opportunities "sleeping-away"

I know plenty of shallow-minded people who would prefer malls over trees but...

SM Started The Unthinkable at the Expense of the Trees
April 10, 2012 By Watwatworld

A few hours ago, we shed tears…

http://watwatworld.com/wp-content/uploads/122.jpg

After receiving a message that trees were already being cut by SM Employees, we immediately proceeded to SM, it was 12′oclock midnight. When we arrived, a group of young and old were already there trying to talk to the “tree cutters”. From a distance we could hear the sound of numerous “popping” hammers. The entire balcony of SM Baguio was covered with big ply woods. Luneta Hill was also surrounded with big GI Sheets, Ply woods and plastic covers. The SM Guards were armed and kept flashing their flashlights to the protesters.

By 1:00am, we heard heavy machines. There was an excavation going on in front of University of the Cordilleras (UC). The group ran in front of UC and started shouting and begging for the operators of the machines to stop. But nobody listened.Then suddenly, around 20 – 30 SM employees came down the hill and went to the area where Alnus Trees were planted. It was near the front area of COMELEC. When the branches of the Alnus trees started to shake, we knew that was it. The group ran again near the tree cutters and begged and begged and begged but to no avail. When the first Alnus tree fell… we cried. I saw tough young people cry. Some just sat down and started sobbing, some stayed tough but their tears were running down. It was a sorrowful early morning.

http://watwatworld.com/wp-content/uploads/210.jpg

After the first tree went down, it was followed by another…then another… The protesters shouted and begged. They “banged” the GI sheets to create noise but no one threw stones. After a few minutes, the police came. They talked to the protesters. I saw some of the youth leaders crying in front of them, explaining what they are doing. With the blessings of the Angels, it seemed that the Police understood them for the time being.

What is very ironic is the timing of the “drainage project” along Gov. Pack Rd. (the road leading to COMELEC and UC). The entire road was closed to traffic. The buses were relocated at the Baguio Convention Center. This move was simultaneous with the massive fencing of the Luneta Hill. People are already speculating that there was indeed a “sweetheart deal” between SM and the City Government.

This issue may end the political careers of some politicians and will leave their names tarnished forever. Unless they do some “pogi points” now to help save the trees. The people of Baguio City will never forget.

Remember, this generation is the “empowered” generation. Information is free flowing and “Gift Certificates” can not be hidden forever.

To the residents of Baguio City… WAKE UP! Your trees are being killed in your own backyard!

SOURCE: http://watwatworld.com/?p=2172

http://howtobuildthehouse.com/design-phases-and-stages

There should be a nationwide boycott of SM Malls... This is too much greed.

According to the articles of ABS-CBN, they have restraining orders to postpone cutting, yet they continued. And they are claiming that SM will "regreen" the area? It does not make sense

Ang nakakatawa, yung mall ng SM Baguio eh UMUUGA...lalo kapag may nagcoconcert tapos nagtatalunan mga tao.... :lol:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/search/node/sm%20baguio

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16883/researchers-find-evidence-of-banned-antibiotics

I do hope this is not happening to our food products in the Philippines. I hope that our BFAD are doing their part to protect us. The wise learn from the others, the fool learns from himself. For me, let us not make ourselves as the fool being used by “wise” to learn from the consequence of what “wise” will do to others before the “wise” does it to himself.

Scary indeed to know what goes into our food and all the consequences it would bring. If these can happen in the US what more to us in the Philippines, so help us God.

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16385/marine-life-decline-costs-philippines-35b


All these dramatic losses that our country is suffering, there is an option to provide for our people while addressing climate change, poverty, environment and provide a livelihood program for our people. I hope that someone influential can look into the solution of using the concepts of aquaponics to help alleviate our situation.
If only someone can take this to the attention of President Aquino, we have solution that can work that other countries have been using since time immemorial.

I know plenty of shallow-minded people who would prefer malls over trees but...

SM Started The Unthinkable at the Expense of the Trees
April 10, 2012 By Watwatworld

A few hours ago, we shed tears…

http://watwatworld.com/wp-content/uploads/122.jpg

After receiving a message that trees were already being cut by SM Employees, we immediately proceeded to SM, it was 12′oclock midnight. When we arrived, a group of young and old were already there trying to talk to the “tree cutters”. From a distance we could hear the sound of numerous “popping” hammers. The entire balcony of SM Baguio was covered with big ply woods. Luneta Hill was also surrounded with big GI Sheets, Ply woods and plastic covers. The SM Guards were armed and kept flashing their flashlights to the protesters.

By 1:00am, we heard heavy machines. There was an excavation going on in front of University of the Cordilleras (UC). The group ran in front of UC and started shouting and begging for the operators of the machines to stop. But nobody listened.Then suddenly, around 20 – 30 SM employees came down the hill and went to the area where Alnus Trees were planted. It was near the front area of COMELEC. When the branches of the Alnus trees started to shake, we knew that was it. The group ran again near the tree cutters and begged and begged and begged but to no avail. When the first Alnus tree fell… we cried. I saw tough young people cry. Some just sat down and started sobbing, some stayed tough but their tears were running down. It was a sorrowful early morning.

http://watwatworld.com/wp-content/uploads/210.jpg

After the first tree went down, it was followed by another…then another… The protesters shouted and begged. They “banged” the GI sheets to create noise but no one threw stones. After a few minutes, the police came. They talked to the protesters. I saw some of the youth leaders crying in front of them, explaining what they are doing. With the blessings of the Angels, it seemed that the Police understood them for the time being.

What is very ironic is the timing of the “drainage project” along Gov. Pack Rd. (the road leading to COMELEC and UC). The entire road was closed to traffic. The buses were relocated at the Baguio Convention Center. This move was simultaneous with the massive fencing of the Luneta Hill. People are already speculating that there was indeed a “sweetheart deal” between SM and the City Government.

This issue may end the political careers of some politicians and will leave their names tarnished forever. Unless they do some “pogi points” now to help save the trees. The people of Baguio City will never forget.

Remember, this generation is the “empowered” generation. Information is free flowing and “Gift Certificates” can not be hidden forever.

To the residents of Baguio City… WAKE UP! Your trees are being killed in your own backyard!

SOURCE: http://watwatworld.com/?p=2172

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE. SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, VERY DEARLY...AND LOTS OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE...AS ADDED SACRIFICES...

Paje: NGP on track to plant 1.5B trees by 2016

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje is confident of achieving its target of planting 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares of land by 2016 as part of the ambitious National Greening Program (NGP).
Paje, issued the statement confident that the government and its private sector partners can produce enough planting materials for the ambitious program with the establishment of a clonal facility scheduled from groundbreaking on Thursday, April 12, at the DOST (Department of Science and Technology) compound in General Santos Avenue, Bicutan, Taguig City.

The environment chief, along with Science Secretary Mario G. Montejo will lead the groundbreaking ceremony. As far as seedlings production is concerned, Paje said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is on track. Planting materials will be made available before the rainy season when the planting season starts, he said.

....
Some 69.3 million tree seedlings have been planted under the NGP in more than 118,000 hectares so far. Of the total planted seedlings, five million consisted of indigenous species like yakal, kamagong, mayapis, molave, tindalo. toog and Philippine teak.

For this year, the NGP aims to raise about 114 million seedlings to be planted in over 200,000 hectares. Of the total seedlings, 14 million will consist of native tree species, according to Tamoria.

link (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/25652-paje-ngp-on-track-to-plant-15b-trees-by-2016)

the Oligarchs with their incompetent Yellow Puppet in position are getting to be abusive.

Aquino chided on lackluster environmental program (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/180849/aquino-chided-on-lackluster-environmental-program)

MANILA, Philippines—Two years into his presidency, President Aquino’s track record on environmental issues remains dismal and unimpressive, according to environment groups.

Greenpeace, in a statement to mark Earth Day on Sunday, said Aquino’s term so far featured broken promises and lackadaisical enforcement of environmental laws. In a separate statement, Kalikasan—People’s Network for the Environment—said the Aquino administration should step up in efforts to stop various forms of environmental degradation.

“So far, the government’s environmental performance under President Aquino remains unimpressive. While we laud the President’s efforts to seriously curb corruption in public service, which itself has a positive impact on environmental governance, such gains are being eroded by the lax enforcement of existing policies such as the Clean air Act and the Renewable Energy law,” said Von Hernandez, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia.

Greenpeace also pointed out that the President, who promised to push renewable energy during his term, has been slow in fulfilling his campaign platform. Greenpeace lamented that Aquino’s Department of Energy has delayed the full implementation of the Renewable Energy Act by allowing discussions on the feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates for renewable energy to drag on, while permits were being given to investors in coal-fired power plants.

“Moreover, instead of pushing for the massive uptake of renewable energy as he promised, he is exacerbating the country’s dependence on expensive and polluting fossil fuels. His administration’s aggressive pro-coal agenda for Mindanao at the expense of clean, renewable alternatives is the biggest disappointment,” Hernandez said. :bash::bash:

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70% of Philippine towns, cities flood-prone -- DILG

MANILA, Philippines -- Almost 70 percents of cities and towns in the country are susceptible to flooding and to motivate local governments to put disaster preparedness on top of their priority development agenda, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has launched the Seal of Disaster Preparedness for Floods (SDP) that will recognize the performance and efforts of local governments in institutionalizing disaster preparedness for floods.

DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said the Seal will be conferred on a local government which demonstrates an acceptable level of disaster preparedness and disaster preparedness response before and during floods, as an official symbol of excellence.

“Through the SDP program, we will not only provide incentives to LGUs that fared well on disaster preparedness, we will also be able to assess performance gaps, provide policy or program intervention based on the identified gaps, and monitor performance progress,” said Robredo.

The DILG Secretary said that covered under initial assessment for the SDP are the provinces, cities, and municipalities identified as high risk to flooding, with priority of assessment on local governments located in the 18 major river basins.

"We are focusing on the level of preparedness of LGUs on floods since flooding is a common incidence in the country,” he said.

Data obtained from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Mines and Geosciences Bureau and River Basin Control Office) show that 1,127 out of 1,634, or 69% of cities and municipalities are susceptible to river or flashfloods.

From 2009 to 2011 alone, more than P55-billion worth of infrastructure and properties were damaged by Typhoons Ondoy, Pepeng and Sendong. Around 1,200 Filipinos, mostly in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City, also perished during Storm Sendong in 2011.

Robredo said the Seal has two levels of assessment: the first level looks into disaster preparedness before a flood occurs; and the second focuses on disaster preparedness response during a disaster brought about by a high intensity flood.

To be assessed in the first level of assessment are the following: Leadership Structure (organization of the disaster risk reduction and management council and the disaster risk reduction and management office); Guide to Action (risk assessment and mapping, and institutionalized planning and budgeting); Disaster Preparedness (contingency planning, early warning and evacuation alert system, preemptive evacuation, stockpiling and equipping, technical competency and community awareness).

On the other hand, LGUs that qualified for the second level of assessment shall be evaluated based on the following criteria: Search and Rescue (trained personnel, response time, equipage, and zero casualty); Evacuation Center Management (adequate temporary shelter for evacuees, power, food and water supply, health and sanitation, counseling, and trained center management personnel).

Local governments who pass the first level assessment shall be given a Certificate of Recognition and are qualified for the level 2 assessment. Those who passed the second level shall be conferred with the Seal plus a Disaster Management Fund or disaster equipage.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/30364/70-of-philippine-towns-cities-flood-prone----dilg

I don't know if it's already posted here.
Consider this... you be the judge
http://youtu.be/7EFMgBFxqbY

I don't know if it's already posted here.
Consider this... you be the judge
http://youtu.be/7EFMgBFxqbY

Even without SM, Baguio City has lost its tree cover since. They have planted house after house on those majestic green mountains! The problem has been overselling the place with no urban planning to guide its development, IMHO.

See for your self how Baguio looks:
http://www.freewebs.com/baguiobarkada/photos/Photo%20Gallery/baguio%20aerial%20view%201.jpg

Even without SM, Baguio City has lost its tree cover since. They have planted house after house on those majestic green mountains! The problem has been overselling the place with no urban planning to guide its development, IMHO.

See for your self how Baguio looks:
http://www.freewebs.com/baguiobarkada/photos/Photo%20Gallery/baguio%20aerial%20view%201.jpg

:ohno: talagang nakakapanghinayang

I thought I heard it 2x from Foxnews or CNN that according to their scientists the Arctic or Antarctic glaciers, but most of all the ones in central Asia are growing?

Meralco Taking The 'Smart Deal' For Power Grid, Electric Vehicles


Special Feature
By MYRNA M. VELASCO
May 2, 2012, 2:13am

As to bringing down the cost of the EVs, he noted that there are certain strategies and formulas to be followed. “If you want to roll it out with a critical mass, you have to determine what the critical mass would be able to afford. And therefore, you have to design the inputs that will enable you to achieve that. And once you’ve decided on the technology design, you have to look for a partner who would be able to work with you and that there should be an assurance of a market,” he stressed.

Ultimately, Meralco clings to a concept of being able to develop EVs that the Philippines or the company can claim to be its own – akin to what Mitsubishi has done for its i-MiEV plug-in electric car or Nissan with its Leaf. Only, in the case of the domestic power utility firm, it is something that it wants to create for the country’s public transport sector.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358534/meralco-taking-the-smart-deal-for-power-grid-electric-vehicles

Davao's share of saving mother nature...

Davao bans plastic bags starting June 28

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By Antonio L. Colina IV
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

DAVAO CITY -- Non-biodegradable plastic bags and polystyrene foam as food and beverage containers will no longer be allowed in this city starting June 28, this year.

Polystyrene foam is more commonly referred to as Styrofoam and is widely used as fastfood container.

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City Councilor Melchor Quitain said in his privilege speech that this move abides by Section 7, Article V of the Ordinance 0361 series of 2010 or the Davao City Ecological Solid Waste Management Ordinance of 2009.

According to the ordinance, only recyclable, biodegradable, or reusable containers are allowed to be used as food and beverage containers.

"Starting June 28, 2012, the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags and polystyrene foam as food and beverage containers is completely, totally, and absolutely banned in our city," Quitain said.

Also, Section 10, Rule VI of the ordinance’s implementing rules and regulations encourages the food and packaging industry to develop a more environmentally friendly container to replace the non-biodegradable ones.

Quitain said those who violate the implementation of the ordinance will face criminal liabilities and penal sanctions.

"No one can avoid criminal prosecution and conviction by claiming unawareness of the provisions of the ordinance, because ignorance of the law excuses no one," he said.

He also urged business establishments in the city to secure beforehand a substitute to the plastic and polystyrene plastic bags that they use for packing, so that they can better prepare when this ordinance takes effect next month.

"That way, there will be no hassle and abrupt disruption of business activities in the city," he said, adding that by doing this, violations against Ordinance 0361 can be avoided as well.

Quitain said he will also propose to the City Council the passage of a resolution to involve the City Environment and Natural Resources Office, the City Legal Office, Business Bureau, and the Waste Management Board in the information drive to inform the public about the new ordinance

http://specials.sunstar.com.ph/tellittosunstar/

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16829/seafood-giant-sees-5bn-revenue-in-2015-via-growth

How can Thailand forecast to export 5 Billion USD in seafood while we are sleeping… Exporting OFW’s…

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16801/rm2-billion-lobster-farm-for-sabah

Malaysia setting up so 2 Billion RM lobster farm…while we are sleeping…opportunities "sleeping-away"

http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/17229/viet-nams-fisheries-sector-sets-target-for-2012 (http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/17229/viet-nams-fisheries-sector-sets-target-for-2012)

Targeting billions of USD while we (Filipinos) are sleeping, dreaming while Vietnam is acting on their dreams.

www.facebook.com/philippine.aquaponics (http://www.facebook.com/philippine.aquaponics)
www.facebook.com/groups/philippineaquaponics (http://www.facebook.com/groups/philippineaquaponics)