06/15/2006
Drilling for Oil is Now Profitable
Yesterday the Nido Petroleum company presented to WWF their project to drill for oil in Northwest Palawan, 51 kilometers off the coast of Busuanga. They were in the process of obtaining clearance from the DENR to begin drilling operations and had conducted the necessary consultations with the local government, people’s organizations and needed consultation with an environmental group, WWF, because the project is within the Sulu Suluwesi ecoregion. So they presented their gem of a project, taking pictures of the consultation as proof that it had happened.
10:15 Posted by sr in Biodiversity , Climate Change , Community , Marine , Sulu Sulawesi Ecoregion , Sus Dev , Sustainable Business | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: Nido Petroleum, Palawan, oil exploration
04/27/2006
Tubbataha Reefs - The Spirit of Hope
by Lory Tan
In 1978, I was one among a dozen scuba divers on board the outriggered live aboard, Aqua One, that visited Tubbataha Reef on the very first commercial dive tour there. It was nothing short of a submarine Serengeti. Like stepping onto the pages of National Geographic.
Then came the dark years, when Tubbataha went through a series of travails that threatened the survival of this national marine park.
01:17 Posted by sr in Biodiversity , Marine , Sulu Sulawesi Ecoregion , Sus Dev | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: Ecology & Environment
04/06/2006
Hope for Sulu Sulawesi
Lest we are tagged as ‘bad news bloggers’, here’s some good news. After 6 years of hard work, the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have just signed a tripartite agreement to conserve and manage the Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME). This milestone agreement over Southeast Asia’s most biologically productive marine environment gives the region hope.
02:27 Posted by sr in Apo Reef , Batangas , Biodiversity , Marine , Sulu Sulawesi Ecoregion , Sustainable Business , Sustainable Consumption | Permalink | Comments (0) | Email this | Tags: Ecology & Environment