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It uses tactics of non-violent direct action to draw attention to what it considers significant threats to the environment, and then forces solutions. In 2005 the Rainbow Warrior II ran aground on and damaged the Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines while inspecting the reef for coral bleaching. Greenpeace was fined US$7,000 for damaging the reef ...
An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces. In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment.
Nature conservation organisations based in the Philippines (2 P) Pages in category "Environmental organizations based in the Philippines" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman), abbreviated as DENR, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources, specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in ...
It is a coalition composed of non-governmental organizations, church groups, and academic institutions and is the largest anti-mining advocacy network in the country. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Alyansa Tigil Mina began as a loose collective that began meeting in 2004 to address threats posed to sustainable development initiatives by the revival of mining ...
Environmental Rights Action (ERA), sometimes referred to as Friends of Earth Nigeria, is a Nigerian advocacy non-governmental organization, with a focus on the environmental human right issues in Nigeria and protection of the human ecosystem. [1]
Networks of environment journalists are able to work in ways that would be impossible for individual reporters. The Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists has, for instance, built an SMS -based news service that connects hyperlocal reports on environmental issues and disaster events to a national audience.
IRRI's headquarters in the Philippines is located on a 252 hectares (620 acres) experimental farm with modern laboratories and glasshouses, and a training center. The land is owned by the University of the Philippines Los Baños and is leased to the institute. It also houses the International Rice Genebank and Riceworld Museum.