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                    [Title] => DENR to hold environment summit in February
                    [Summary] => 

A summit will be held in Manila next month to address environmental problems in relation to sustainable development.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-27 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1526502 [Title] => What we don’t know about our native trees [Summary] =>

Did you know that there are more than 3,600 species of native trees in the Philippines, of which 67 percent are endemic to, or existing only in the Philippines?

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-27 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135208 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1288831 [AuthorName] => Ed Maranan [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/modern-living/20151128/Philippine-Native-Trees-Books.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1439611 [Title] => Native trees and national development [Summary] =>

This is the time of year when many of our countrymen troop to the churches and through national highways for a vacation to cooler places.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-31 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1421170 [Title] => Advocacy for native trees [Summary] =>

A fortnight ago, this space introduced a book that came out in 2012. I’m convinced it needs to be promoted and propagated even more, well before its sequel is published.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150209/NAtive-Trees-Book.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416295 [Title] => A hundred trees for a centenarian [Summary] =>

This year we actually have the unique opportunity to greet someone we’ve known a long time a happy 100th birthday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134575 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804845 [AuthorName] => Alfred A. Yuson [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150126/100-Tree-Garden.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949189 [Title] => Group hope CA order to stop planting of GMOs [Summary] =>

A group of environmentalists has expressed hope that the planting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the country will not be pushed after the Court of Appeals (CA) recently stopped the ongoing field-testing of genetically modified eggplant and its looming commercialization.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 849517 [Title] => For love of Nature [Summary] =>

Every so often we are reminded of the beauty and bounty of the Philippines, of the incredible diversity of species in our terrestrial and marine environments.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267617 [AuthorName] => Dina Sta. Maria [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img269/9476/starweekthumb.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563939 [Title] => RP environmentalists oppose Conservation Award for GMA [Summary] =>

Domestic environmental advocacy groups are opposing the Conservation Award to be conferred on President Arroyo by US-based conservation organizations.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486154 [Title] => Group seeks transparency in Laiban Dam project [Summary] =>

PSE Disclosure Various Green Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy, a coalition of more than 40 organizations nationwide, has asked the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to shed light on its alleged hasty award of the $1.1-billion Laiban Dam project in Tanay, Rizal to San Miguel Bulk Water Co. (SMBWC).

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 75769 [Title] => Green groups give GMA failing grade [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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