Geohazard News

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza is set to meet today with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to discuss initiatives to ensure the sustainable management and conservation of the Coral Triangle, a rich marine area bordering Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Solomon islands. “Like all other ecosystems, our marine areas, ...

Dec. 11, 2007

By Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Philippines

The government’s geohazard mapping program is in danger of encountering a snag in its performance starting next year with the increasing number of geologists leaving government service. Antonio Apostol, geohazard mapping project leader of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), said the decision of several MGB geologists to resign and seek better pay in private mining firms here and abroad can ...

Dec. 5, 2007

By Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Philippines