Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
Philippines
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PHILIPPINES
Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( apec ) forum have agreed to liberalise global trade in information technology. The apec nations will chalk out a common position on
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Coral cause
The world s seas and oceans harbour about 600 species of corals, most of which are hard put to escape human marauders. A people s initiative in the Philippines, however, has fought to save the reefs and succeeded
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Pearl of the Antilles
An island holds up a model in marine conservation
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The Phuket experience
In Phuket, a community initiative pays dividends
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India has lost much to the West
<font class='UCASE'>Lynn Crisanta R Panganiban</font> is a physician in the department of pharmacology at the University of Philippines, Manila. A toxicologist and an active member of the Pesticide Action Network, she attended the International Workshop
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MINING MALAISE
Three officials of the Marcopper Mining Corporation in the Philippines have been named in a criminal prosecution launched by the Philippine government last month. The officials have been accused of
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THE PHILLIPINES
Tourism is taking its toll of the country's beautiful beaches. Environ mentalists are particularly concerned about Boracay, a small islet once famed for its white sandy beach. Over the years, wanton
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IN MURKY WATERS
A mining company in Marinduque, 160 kin South of Manila in Philippines, has invited criminal charges from the government for leaking toxic waste into a 25-kni river. The Marcopper Mining
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New addition
The Panay cloudrunner -a rodent- like nocturnal mammal -previously unknown to science, has been discovered in the island of Panay in the central Philippines. The arboreal rodent which has been
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Pens not swords
Survival International, a global organisation supporting tribal peoples, has launched a letter campaign to prevent the devastation of the lands of the Igorot tribals in the northern