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Belmonte to QC dwellers: Exercise conscious efforts to conserve water

March 13, 2019 admin Conservation, conserve water, Joy Belmonte, Latest News Stories, local news, Metro, Metro News, Nation, news, Philippine news updates, Quezon City, utility, Water, water supply

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:08:24 +0000

Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte on Thursday urged city dwellers to immediately report broken faucets or pipe leaks to authorities so it can immediately be fixed as she appealed for the exercise of water conservation measures amid water supply shortage and looming El Niño phenomenon.

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Senate panel to probe water shortage in Metro Manila, provinces

March 13, 2019 admin Cavite, Conservation, Grace Poe, inquiry, investigation, Latest News Stories, local news, Manila Water, Metro Manila, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates, Probe, Rizal, Senate, Water Management, water shortage

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 07:29:24 +0000

The Senate committee on public services will conduct an inquiry on the “not normal” water supply situation in Metro Manila, etc.

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Government steps up water saving projects as drought widens

March 8, 2019 admin Conservation, DA, drought, El Niño, government, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Manny Pinol, Nation, Pagasa, save, Water, water impounding facilities, Weather

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:25:12 +0000

The country will soon embark on a massive water conservation and watershed protection program, not just because of the drought but to build up its irrigation supply so “we can feed every Filipino” at all times, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said here on Friday.

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This Woman Killed Hundreds Of Elephants For Their Ivory. Cops Finally Caught Her.

February 22, 2019 admin africa, Asia, China, Conservation, Crime, Elephants, environment, ivory trade, poaching, tanzania

Credit to Author: Edoardo Liotta| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:37:23 +0000

Chinese criminal Yang Fenlan faces 15 years in prison for managing an organized group that poached endangered elephants

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Locals find monarch colony in Mexico after yearslong search

February 15, 2019 admin Conservation, Latest News Stories, Mexico, monarch butterfly, nevado de toluca volcano, World

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:36:08 +0000

For years, park rangers and conservationists working around Mexico’s Nevado de Toluca volcano chased rumors of a monarch butterfly colony that wintered high in a forest of oyamel firs in some corner of the 132,000-acre (53,419-hectare) national reserve.

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Conservationists use rope farming to save coral’s ‘northern habitat’ in Japan

December 31, 2018 admin Asia, Conservation, eda midoriishi coral, environment, Japan, Latest News Stories, World

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 07:56:51 +0000

NUMAZU, Japan —Preservation activities for Eda midoriishi coral using ropes to farm them in the sea and then transplanting them are being employed in an effort to save an endangered colony at Kuzura in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Train kills 3 endangered lions in India

December 18, 2018 admin accident, Animal, Conservation, endangered species, India, international news, Latest News Stories, news, World, World News

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:07:37 +0000

Three endangered young lions were killed after being run over by a goods train in a wildlife sanctuary in western India.

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Cuteness alert! Giant pandas enjoy snow in China

December 12, 2018 admin ANIMALS, Asia, China, Conservation, Latest News Stories, Panda, snow, winter, World

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 06:55:35 +0000

A couple of two-year-old giant pandas, Chuxin and Muyun, seemed happy playing in the snow-covered Siberian Tiger Park in Changchun city, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin province.

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Environmentalists firm on keeping forest in summer capital

December 6, 2018 admin Baguio, Birds, Conservation, environment, Forest, Headlines, Latest News Stories, local news, news, Philippine news updates, pine trees, Regional News, Regions, sanctuary, tree park

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:17:18 +0000

Twenty four types of birds have made their home in a 1.4-hectare forest flanked by a mall, the Supreme Court courthouse and justices’ cottages, and the University of the Philippines Baguio.

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September declared ‘Verde Island Passage (VIP) awareness week’

September 17, 2018 admin Conservation, environment, Hermilando Mandanas, Latest News Stories, Regions, rodelio lacson, Verde Island Passage

An inter-agency management network declared every fourth week of September as the “Verde Island Passage (VIP) conservation awareness week,” an initiative meant to heighten efforts to preserve the marine corridor.

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