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                    [Title] => Phl urged to tap into $50-M GEF
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines could tap into the Global Environment Facility (GEF) which is providing $50 million in grants to addess the depletion of the high seas, as the country moves to protect its biodiverse marine resources.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 549528 [Title] => Biologists trained on bird banding [Summary] =>

The Cebu Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. has started training biologists and parabiologists to develop the country’s bird ringing scheme in compliance with the Convention on Migratory Species of which the Philippines is one of the signatories.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 541748 [Title] => Rare bird's breeding ground found in Afghanistan [Summary] =>

The first known breeding area of one of the world's rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-19 06:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261672 [Title] => New bird species discovered [Summary] => A new species of flightless bird has been discovered living on a tiny island in the northern Philippines where the inhabitants formerly ate them, scientists and birdwatchers said yesterday.

The bird, named the "Calayan Rail," is the size of a small crow and has dark brown plumage and bright orange-red legs and beak, said Carl Oliveros, who helped lead the joint Filipino-British expedition that found it.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208475 [Title] => Samar: It’s about time [Summary] => While waiting for my flight (to Manila) at the Daniel Romualdez Airport in Tacloban, someone from the DENR handed me a brochure on the Samar Island Biodiversity Project. I went through it courteously and tucked it safely in one of the pages of Marquez’s 100 Years of Solitude that was on my third re-reading. Like Woodward and Maya Angelou, Gabriel Garcia. Marquez is a constant travel companion anywhere I go. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134006 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804782 [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138209 [Title] => Government, international groups act to prevent extinction of endangered species [Summary] => The Philippine government and its instrumentalities, with help coming from international organizations, have been exerting serious efforts to preserve the country’s fauna and prevent the extinction of a number of endangered animal species.

At the forefront of these efforts is the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) which oversees several conservation programs in cooperation with local and international organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168285 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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