Ten zero-waste cities: Community participation worked wonders for San Fernando

The whole community played an integral role in making the implementation of the zero-waste programme city-wide, a success

Ten zero-waste cities: How Taguig in the Philippines became clean

Down To Earth profiles ten cities across the globe which have got rid of their waste problem using the ‘zero waste model’

Studying conversion

Ten zero-waste cities: How Tacloban in the Philippines managed to spruce itself up

With a decentralised waste management system, the city was able to save on waste management and reduce its landfill-bound waste by 31 per cent

Ocean warming will intensify typhoons hitting Asia: study

Typhoons in the northwest Pacific had intensified by 12–15 per cent on an average since 1977

Rate of sea level rise likely to be detected in 10 years

A new study shows the role played by a volcanic eruption in detecting future trends in global sea level rise

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Guns are too large

How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging

New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia

Typhoon Tembin: death toll crosses 230 in the Philippines; Vietnam spared the wrath

The storm, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Philippines, did not make landfall in Vietnam

Ozone layer drops to lowest recorded level

Two major volcanic eruptions have further damaged the CFC-affected ozone layer, creating a larger than ever gap in the stratosphere.

Gene transfer yields pest-resisting rice strain

Darshan S Brar, who has been working for years on rice hybrids at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, talks about gene …

Tropical storm, Fung-Wong, leaves 200,000 displaced in the Philippines

Taiwan evacuates people from danger zones

Typhoon Rammasun moving towards India

India Met office says it will have positive impact on southwest monsoon in India

Earthquake of magnitude 7.3 strikes southeast of Philippines

Such high-magnitude earthquakes at that depth are rare in the Philippines

Under fire

The International Rice Research Institute accused of biopiracy

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Treacherous Syngenta

The world's third largest seed company files patents for public-funded rice research

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‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’

Special legislation and quick response systems needed to provide protection and support to these defenders, experts said at a meeting in Udaipur

"India has lost much to the West"

Lynn Crisanta R Panganiban is a physician in the department of pharmacology at the University of Philippines, Manila. A toxicologist and an …

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THE PHILIPPINES

Sundarbans needs a development model sensitive to local biodiversity

Conservationists at an international workshop call for a paradigm shift towards eco-centric development to improve resilience of the fragile delta

El Nino likely to bring record-breaking temperatures in Bay of Bengal, the Philippines & Caribbean Sea: Study

This study comes as 2023 was designated as the hottest year on record while January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally