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Activists and Indigenous peoples holding a protest.

Southern Philippine coal project moves ahead despite community opposition

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 Oct 2022
Tampakan government employees close a facility belonging to Sagittarius Mines, Inc.

Activists welcome decision to revoke permit for controversial Philippine gold mine

Bong S. Sarmiento 21 Sep 2022
Seaweeds are harvested and dried.

Seaweed an increasingly fragile lifeline for Philippine farmers

Keith Anthony Fabro 1 Sep 2022
Fishers in a boat in the Malampaya Sound mangroves.

Healthy mangroves build a resilient community in the Philippines’ Palawan

Keith Anthony Fabro 29 Aug 2022

Study: Climate impacts to disproportionately hurt tropical fishers, farmers

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2022
Young people at Macatumbalen are trained by their parents to co-manage the community nursery where the tree seedlings are grown and regularly watered.

Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support

Keith Anthony Fabro 23 May 2022
Power lines supply electricity to residents within the Tampakan project

Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project

Bong S. Sarmiento 18 May 2022
A rally on May 5 in front of the municipal hall.

Ousted anti-mining mayor heads back to Philippine city hall after landslide win

Keith Anthony Fabro 16 May 2022
Rice planting. Image via MASIPAG.

From traditional practice to top climate solution, agroecology gets growing attention

Anna Lappé 13 Apr 2022
Piñatex fibers in the drying stage. The pineapple leaf fiber has great tensile strength and flexibility. Image courtesy of Riikka Juva/Ananas Anam.

Sustainable fashion: Biomaterial revolution replacing fur and skins

Jenny Gonzales 8 Apr 2022

An Indigenous basket-weaving tradition keeps a Philippine forest alive

Keith Anthony Fabro 6 Mar 2022

‘I am pro-mining’: Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Feb 2022
Goby

One fish, two fish: New goby species described from the Philippines

Carolyn Cowan 21 Feb 2022

A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

Keith Anthony Fabro 11 Feb 2022

Typhoon exposes biodiversity haven Palawan’s vulnerability — and resilience

Keith Anthony Fabro 24 Jan 2022

Philippine groups slam ‘cruel Christmas gift’ as open-pit mining ban is lifted

Bong S. Sarmiento 11 Jan 2022
Philippine eagle

In round 2 of Philippine geothermal project, tribes dig in for a greater say

Bong S. Sarmiento 31 Dec 2021
Great barrier reef. Image by Ayanadak123 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Restoring coastal forests can protect coral reefs against sediment runoff: Study

Aimee Gabay 7 Dec 2021
Planted mangrove seedlings. Image by Irwandi wancaleu via Wikimedia Commons (CC 4.0)

Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 7 Dec 2021

Illegal mining threatens Indigenous land at foot of Philippines’ tallest peak

Bong S. Sarmiento 30 Nov 2021

Struggle endures for Philippine community pitted against gold miner

Karlston Lapniten 9 Nov 2021

Philippine wetland oil riches untouched by war now up for grabs in peacetime

Bong S. Sarmiento 28 Oct 2021

As seizures of poached giant clams rise, links to ivory trade surface

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Oct 2021

Women on storm-hit Philippine island lead Indigenous effort to restore mangroves

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Oct 2021

Indigenous rights and the future of biodiversity conservation

Mike Gaworecki 29 Sep 2021

Philippine-UK comic anthology looks to incite action on climate change

Jen Chan 24 Sep 2021

Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers

Philip Jacobson, Basten Gokkon, Taufik Wijaya, Seulki Lee, Makoto Watanabe, Annelise Giseburt 13 Sep 2021

New Philippine corpse flower is phallic-shaped, funky smelling — and nearly extinct

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Sep 2021

Plant-based face masks? This young Philippine inventor has you covered

Ethan Kisses Guevarra 6 Sep 2021

Scientists, communities battle against Philippine land reclamation project

Aprille Roselle Vince Juanillo 17 Aug 2021
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Geopolitical standoff in South China Sea leads to environmental fallout

Leilani Chavez 12 Aug 2021

What can seashells tell us about the health of the oceans?

Mike Gaworecki 10 Aug 2021

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