One of the 22 MRFs rehabilitated by the project (before the project) [Katherine C. Viñegas] The Philippines is the third largest contributor of mismanaged plastic waste into the ocean, with 0.28 to 0.75 million tons annually. (Jambeck et. al. 2015). Much of these plastic wastes entering the ocean is attributed...
Building upon the existing momentum and looking ahead towards a year of exchanges strongly related to the ocean and to an entire decade dedicated to ocean science for sustainable development, GIZ invites you to a timely expert dialogue among science and research, civil society, international organisations and policy to: Foster...
To assess the current science on sea level rise and to identify gaps in information gathering, monitoring, and dissemination in the country, the Philippine Climate Change Commission (CCC) and its National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE), in partnership with the Oscar M. Lopez Center, hosted an online forum entitled...
The GIZ "Sustainable Coastal Protection through Biodiversity Conservation in Coastal Ecosystems affected by Typhoons in the Philippines" (ProCoast) Project in the Philippines, together with the Zoological Society of London- Philippines (ZSL), is currently developing field manuals and protocols for mangrove and beach forest conservation, rehabilitation and management. The ZSL...
Dates: 7-9 March 2018 Location: Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico For more information: https://events.economist.com/events-conferences/americas/world-ocean-summit/?RefID=PARTNER_IISD The Economist Events' fifth World Ocean Summit will convene in Mexico and will expand into a wider, more ambitious World Ocean Initiative focused on five pillars: sustainable fisheries, pollution, climate change, finance and technology. The event seeks to deepen...
From 13-16 March, 2018, the Blue Solutions Initiative will host a 3.5-day Fair in Thailand to foster international knowledge exchange and to accelerate action towards addressing climate change in the marine and coastal realm in Southeast Asia. Under the topic “Facing the rising tide: sustainable ways to address climate change...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 (15:11) The Philippines has been named as one of the five “migratory species champions” in the world for its exemplary contribution in the global effort to protect migratory animals, particularly the whale shark or butanding. Also recognized by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of...
MANILA --- The Twelfth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held on 23-28 October 2017 in Manila, the Philippines, for the first time that the COP will ever have been held in...
To sustainably manage and protect their marine biodiversity, Pacific Island States have an appetite for open source geographic information systems and related planning tools. A new “cookbook”, developed by the MACBIO project, provides a free training hub and community of practice for spatial planning practitioners in the Pacific. Based on...
