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Category: Earth Files

Our coverage of environment and climate change issues, including “cold” cases of environment disasters. Earth Files is supported by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, which aims to empower journalists from developing countries to cover the environment more effectively.

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Three environmental disasters and e-book photo collage.jpg

Lessons from 3 disasters (e-book)

  • Categories Earth Files News

    Experts weigh on creation of Department of Water to mitigate water scarcity

    By Siegfred Aldous Lacerna and Ann Gabrielle Domingo*  |  Jan 02, 2023 7:47 PM

    Staying past the bedtime hours so they can fill their jugs with water to make it through the next day is nothing new for 22-year old Lynex Joy Biquio, her family, and her neighbors in Quirino, Cagayan Valley.

    Dept. of Water

  • Christmas Lights at Tagbilaran City Hall (Jane Yap)
    Categories Earth Files News

    Typhoon Odette Survivors in Bohol Celebrate New Lease on Life

    By Cooper Resabal  |  Dec 28, 2022 6:11 PM

    Boholanos celebrate the Christmas season with vigor a year after Typhoon Odette robbed them of holiday joy.

    Bohol, Tagbilaran City, typhoon, Typhoon Odette

  • RepASEAN infographic: Tourist Arrivals in Siargao
    Categories Arts & Culture Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    A year after Odette, Siargao folk put the pieces of life back together

    By J-Ann Avila*, Reporting ASEAN  |  Dec 15, 2022 9:55 AM

    Siargao resident affected by 2021 typhoon Odette: We are doing better right now because we already recovered. There are many tourists again and it’s like we are going back to normal days.

    Project NOAH, Siargao, typhoon, Typhoon Odette

  • Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick Podcast

    Bumagyo, Bumaha … Teka … Ano Bang Mapa Ang Gamit N’yo?

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 09, 2022 9:00 AM

    Paano mas magiging maayos ang paghahanda sa mga sakunang dala ng bagyo? Pakinggan natin ang pananaw ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau at ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ng Balanga City, Bataan dito sa ikalawang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F?! Podcast.

    Climate Change, Climate Change Act, climate change adaptation, DENR, deterministic map, Disaster Preparedness, geo hazard map, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, National Climate Risk Management Framework, People’s Survival Fund, probabilistic hazard map, probabilistic risk assessment, Project NOAH, RA 10174

  • WhatTheF VERA Files Podcast EP 15: Bumagyo, Bumaha … Ganito Pa Rin Tayo?
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick Podcast

    Bumagyo, Bumaha … Ganito Pa Rin Tayo?

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 03, 2022 10:58 AM

    Ilang Bagyong Paeng pa ba ang raragasa sa Pilipinas bago natin ayusin ang paghahanda para makaiwas sa malaking pinsala, na mas pinalalala ng climate change? Pakinggan ang pananaw ni Dr. Mahar Lagmay sa unang bahagi ng Episode 15 ng What The F Podcast.

    Climate Change, climate change adaptation, Disaster Preparedness, disaster risk reduction, hazard maps, Project NOAH, typhoon, UP NOAH

  • Save the Sharks Mural in Bohol
    Categories Earth Files News

    Law enforcement key to preserving Bohol’s marine ecosystems

    By Procopio Resabal Jr.  |  Sep 16, 2022 4:52 PM

    Laws need to be properly enforced to protect and preserve Bohol’s marine ecosystems.

    Bohol Sea, commercial fishers, diminishing catch, fishing, marine ecosystem, ocean governance, Overfishing

  • thumbnail_man-who-cant-speak.jpg
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Man who can’t speak gives voice to environment

    By Jun Santiago III, CSsR*  |  Nov 30, 2021 7:47 PM

    Ramon Sta. Ana, 67, could barely talk. Six successive strokes permanently damaged his speech motor, leaving the former barangay captain dependent on interpreters for communication. His sentences are slurred. But whatever voice is left of him, the 67-year-old mangrove caretaker is dedicating it to the protection of the environment.

    Cagsao, ecowarrior, environment, mangrove caretaker, Mangroves

  • thumbnail_surviving-haiyan-stronger-wise.jpg
    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    Wiser and stronger after surviving typhoon Haiyan

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Nov 25, 2021 1:22 PM

    Time has not erased from the mind of Nick and Doris “Chai” Quieta what happened on November 8, 2013. Nor has it healed the pain and suffering that typhoon Haiyan brought to their families and that of more than 7, 000 others who perished in that tragedy.

    Haiyan, Leyte, November 8 2013, Tacloban, typhoon Haiyan, typhoon Yolanda, Yolanda

  • 1- Memorial_with angel statue.jpg
    Categories Earth Files News

    Rising but remembering – Ormoc years after the deadly flood

    By Cooper Resabal  |  Nov 18, 2020 2:30 PM

    Ormoc was once devastated by a powerful typhoon. The painful experience taught the city valuable lessons that can be used in rebuilding communities ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses.

    1991 Ormoc floods, disaster, Earth Files, flash floods, floods

  • thumbnail_Dolomite_in_Manila_Bay_pic_3_Photo_by_Dde_Jesus.jpg
    Categories Earth Files News

    No need for impact assessment for Manila Bay project, says EMB exec

    By Reiven Pascasio  |  Sep 18, 2020 9:47 PM

    The Manila Bay “white sand” project did not go through an environmental impact assessment, according to an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental and Management Bureau (DENR-EMB).

    DENR-EMB, dolomite, Manila Bay, white sand

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