Decisive Climate Actions Needed to Save Coral Triangle
Immediate adaptive action on climate change, overfishing and pollution in the Philippines are keys to avert a possible ecological catastrophe, according to a WWF-commissioned environmental, economic and social study of possible scenarios recently presented to the World Oceans Conference in Manado, Indonesia.
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WWF-PHILIPPINES NEWS
100 Trucks Worth of Logs Seized in Sierra Madre
Undermines Efforts to Save Country’s Last Great Forest and Major Rice GranarySan Mariano, Isabela – An estimated 300,000 board feet of lumber was confiscated by combined units of Tanggol Kalikasan, the Armed Forces and the Provincial Government after raiding three lumber yards and log ponds in San Mariano, Isabela last 2 June.
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FROM THE NETWORK
Forty Percent of Global Fisheries Catch Wasted
WWF Study Reveals Dangers of BycatchMillions of kilograms of non-target marine species are caught in fishing nets and discarded every year in the Coral Triangle, including highly endangered marine turtles and threatened fish species such as sharks, says WWF.
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