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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is responsible for creating, supporting, and enforcing policies on environmental protection by the Philippine government. The department is also tasked with ensuring sustainable management of the Philippines' natural resources. [73]
Pollution in the Philippines (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Environmental issues in the Philippines" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The sole survivor was a reporter for the Philippine Herald, Nestor Mata. [3] 23 November 1960 – Philippine Air Lines Flight S26. A Douglas DC-3 flying from Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo to Manila International Airport crashed into Mount Baco in Mindoro, killing all 33 on board. [4] 12 September 1969 – Philippine Air Lines Flight 158.
Ok Tedi environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea beginning in 1984; Omai gold mine tailing dam breach in Guyana, 1995; Marcopper mining disaster in the Philippines, March 1996; Doñana disaster, tailings dam breach of the Los Frailes zinc/silver mine in Spain, April 1998; Aitik mine, tailings dam failure in Sweden, September 2000
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]
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts.
The Philippines rejected on Tuesday China's accusation that its grounded warship on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China had damaged the coral reef ecosystem in the area, laying ...
With its history of Spanish colonization, the Philippines is not environmentally nor economically equipped to overcome issues it is currently dealing with, such as natural disasters and climate change. This inability to recover exacerbates the problem, creating a cycle of environmental and economic devastation in the country.