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Environmental issues in the Philippines. Today, environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, extinction, global warming and climate change. [1][2][3] Due to the paucity of extant documents, a ...
Pagpag. Filipino Pagpag. Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover food from restaurants (usually from fast food restaurants) scavenged from garbage sites and dumps. [1][2] Pagpag food can also be expired frozen meat, fish, or vegetables discarded by supermarkets and scavenged in garbage trucks where this expired food is collected. [3]
Territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The Philippines is an Archipelagic state whose over 7,000 islands [1] with their large coastal population [2]: 2 are surrounded by waters including 2,263,816 square kilometres (874,064 sq mi) of exclusive economic zone and 679,800 square kilometres (262,500 sq mi) of territorial sea [3]: 1 surrounding 36,289 kilometres (22,549 ...
The Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pangisdaan at Yamang-tubig, [2] abbreviated as BFAR), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for the development, improvement, law enforcement, management and conservation of the Philippines' fisheries and aquatic resources.
Milkfish is the most popular fish in Taiwanese cuisine; it is valued for its versatility as well as its tender meat and economical price. Popular presentations include as a topping for congee, pan fried, braised, and as fish balls. There is a milkfish museum in Anping District and city of Kaohsiung holds an annual milkfish festival.
The Fisheries Act of 1932 (Act 4003) restricted fishing access to American and Filipino companies and created the concept of municipal waters, which reached 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) from the shore, [66]: 175 [13]: 2 within which only municipal governments could create fish ponds and corrals, catch milkfish fry, and license ships smaller than 3 tons.
The Pasig River (Filipino: Ilog Pasig; Spanish: Río Pásig) is a water body in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Stretching for 25.2 kilometers (15.7 mi), it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves. Its major tributaries are the Marikina River and San ...
Marcopper mining disaster. The Marcopper mining disaster is one of the worst mining and environmental disasters in Philippine history. [1][2][3] It occurred on March 24, 1996, on the Philippine island of Marinduque, a province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The disaster led to drastic reforms in the country's mining policy. [1]