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PGMA Signs Climate Change Act of 2009
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed today(October 23, 2009) in Malacañang, into law a bill that institutionalizes response to climate change. PWPA Joins Philippine Business Climate Summit
The Philippine Wood Producers Association joined the Philippine Business Climate Summit and Launch of the Corporate Imperative on Climate Change held last October 8, 2009 at the Rockwell Club. Makati City.
PWPA Schedules 58th Annual General Assembly of Members - EVP Keh, Jr. Chairs Steering Committee
The Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) will be holding its 58th Annual General Assembly of Members on November 20, 2009 at the Turf Room of the Manila Polo Club, Makati City, Metro Manila. Asian ministers forge Manila Declaration on Green Industry
Asian trade and environment ministers on September 9, 2009 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila signed and adopted the Manila Declaration on Resource Efficient and Green Industry at the International Conference on Green Industry in PWPA in Executive Briefing on Green Economy
The Executive Briefing on Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities, conducted by National Ecolabelling Programme - Green Choice Philippines Board, the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development (PCEPSD) and the Philippin Convenor`s Orientation on Green Purchasing
The Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development (PCEPSD) organized the Green Purchasing Alliance Movement (GPAM) that aims to contribute in promoting sustainable consumption patterns through the creation of demand for enviro RP Scientists Study Socioeconomics of Climate Change
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna , Philippines – A research project that focuses on the socioeconomics of climate change in the Philippines is on. Implications of Climate Change for Tropical Forests and the Contribution of Tropical Forests to the Mitigation of the Effects of Climate Change
In 2008, the Council continued to monitor the implications of climate change for tropical forests and organized an international experts Meeting on addressing climate change through sustainable management of tropical forests in Yokohama from 30 April – Climate rallies worldwide mark no. 350
NEW YORK—From Asia to the Americas, Europe and Middle East, activists on Saturday rallied to mobilize public opinion against global warming 50 days ahead of a crucial UN climate summit. Lucio Tan firm, Mitsubishi tie up for P100-M environment project
Absolut Chemicals Inc., the alcohol company of taipan Lucio C. Tan, has partnered up with Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan for a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project at at Absolut’s plant in Lian, Batangas. Senators seek total log ban to prevent floods, landslides
Senators are reviving proposals for a total log ban to preserve what is left of the country’s forests and prevent an ecological disaster more destructive than of tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.”
Gov`t awards 87 renewable energy contracts
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday awarded 87 service contracts to 18 companies for the development of renewable energy sources, with investments expected to reach P90.4 billion.
Business and Ecosystems - The Issue at a Glance
Over the past 50 years human activity has altered ecosystems faster and more extensively than ever before in human history: the main finding of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment1 (MA), a four-year, international, scientific appraisal of the condition an GOD SPEED ODETTE! Paying a Tribute to a True Environmentalist
Odette Alcantara, environmentalist par excellence, you will be missed. You who demonstrated a passion for the truth and for what is right—instead of what’s convenient or easy. And such passion rubbed off on many, both the simple, the influential and p The Making of a Marine Plywood-Made Rescue & Relief Boat
A half-day heavy downpour, equivalent to a month’s, brought in by Typhoon Ondoy on September 26, 2009 suddenly flooded eastern Metro Manila and the low-lying lake-bordering provinces of Laguna and Rizal, washing away or submerging houses and stranding f Average Plywood and Substitute Prices Survey in NCR
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Snapshot of the Tropical Timber Market
Malaysia has progressed into a nation that has diversified successfully to rise as an exporter of manufactured goods. Other exports are palm oil and rubber, in which Malaysia is among the top producers, as well as crude petroleum and liquefied natural gas |
