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Greening the holiday season
Holiday season is probably the time of the year when carbon footprints of the global community increases. This is because of the tremendous use of el…
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Biodiversity center agreement forged
By virtue of the Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 0691, Series of 2014, Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. entered into a memorand…
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PAMB’s decision on NNNP Last of three parts
The construction of private vacation houses in the Northern Natural Park in Negros Occidental could not be justified through the development and impl…
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PAMB’s decision on NNNP 2nd of three parts
Members of the Protected Area Management Board of the Northern Negros Natural Park, who voted against the recommendation of their technical working g…
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Of PAMB’s decision on NNNP 1st of three parts
It was quite unfortunate that the body mandated to ensure the protection of the Northern Negros Natural Park in Negros Occidental also made a decisio…
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The continuing threat of climate change
Once again, Metro Manila and some other parts of Luzon experienced last week the onslaught of Mother Nature due to tropical storm Mario. Heavy rain, …
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In memoriam of Oliver
British national William Oliver, who had devoted his life for almost two decades in conserving the Philippines endemic and threatened species and hab…
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Protected areas not forestland
There is still a common notion that protected areas, like the Northern Negros Natural Park and the Mount Kanla-on Natural Park in Negros Island, ar…
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No mangrove planting in seagrass
I discovered a magazine last week with a picture that featured a mangrove reforestation in Isabela, Cagayan Valley Region, and from the look of it, y…
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The wilderness area Second of 3 parts
Negros Occidental is one of the provinces in the Philippines where environmental activism is quite pronounced. The provincial government was one of…
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The wilderness area (First of 3 parts)
The province of Negros Occidental once again commemorated its Environment Week last week, and several seal of good environmental governance awards we…
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Community based ecotourism in NNNP
Some areas within the Northern Negros Natural Park offer promising prospects on community-based ecotourism. In Barangay Patag, Silay City, several co…
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Negros region promising for resource management
The move to create Negros Island as one region is now gaining more attention and support from local leaders. The idea actually started in the mid 90s…
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Protecting our island biodiversity
The whole world commemorated the International Biodiversity Day last May 22. The United Nations General Assembly declared this event in 2000 to inc…
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Philippine teak depletion
SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro – In a workshop here organized by the Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. for its Ilin and Ambulong Island…
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Demolish illegal structures in NNNP
The Protected Area Management Board, the site-based policy and administrative body of the Northern Negros Natural Park, should heed the recommendatio…
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Land tenure in protected areas
The Protected Area Management Board of the Northern Negros Natural Park decided, in its previous meeting, to conduct a thorough evaluation on the sta…
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April 22 is Earth Day
One of the world's long running conservation events is the Earth Day that is being commemorated every April 22. It originated almost half a cen…
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The NNNP occupancy - 3 cols
The Protected Area Management Board of the Northern Negros Natural Park will meet on Thursday on the controversial construction of private vacation…
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Settlement and land tenure in Mount Kanla-on Last of 2 parts
A large part of the Mount Kanla-on Natural Park is now heavily occupied with permanent settlers, who are also dependent on it for livelihood, mostly …
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