Environment

Read more about the article Logging rampant in Davao Oriental a year after Pablo
LOGS, EVERYWHERE. Thousands of logs are stored in Baganga town’s port area where the lumber company Baganga Plywood Corporation is also located. Edgar Ladjao, a local of Davao Oriental, said logging has not stopped in the province despite the total log ban ordered by President Noynoy Aquino in February 2011. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Logging rampant in Davao Oriental a year after Pablo

“Based on the study of Dr. Rodel Lasco and Dr. Florencia Pulhin, government’s reforestation only delivered 30% survival rate even though more than US $ 570 million has been spent on reforestation since 1970s until today,” Juland Suazo (of Panalipdan Southern Mindanao) said. “It is more of a failure than a success that the government never learned.”

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Read more about the article Ateneo de Davao pushes climate change awareness, but dean okays coal energy
Ateneo de Davao Dean Fr. Daniel Mc Namara

Ateneo de Davao pushes climate change awareness, but dean okays coal energy

While this campaign points out coal energy as a major threat to climate and the abrupt change in weather, the university’s Dean of Arts and Sciences and astrophysicist, Fr. Dan Mc Namara, however, considers coal-fired power plant “okay” for the “short term” to meet the city’s power demand.

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Ferry boat management bumps off relief mission members for two government VIP vehicles

Their sudden ejection from the 10:00 am trip cut them off from the convoy of a relief mission organized by the Balsa Mindanao, the same organization that also organized a low-key but sustained relief and medical missions to the areas ravaged by Typhoon Pablo last year.

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MAYOR’S SIGNATURE

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte signs the city's commitment to climate change action in Tuesday's consultation with the United Nation's Habitat for Climate Change Adaptation at the Pinnacle Hotel. The consultation was attended by government and business sectors to discuss on the city's action on climate change. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

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