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Going beyond corporate responsibility, Manila’s top hotels and restaurants advocate for sustainable seafood
Manila, Philippines — In a bid to help save overfished Philippine seas, Manila’s top hotels and restaurants, came together with environmental groups and fisheries NGOs to declare their support for the promotion of sustainable seafood. [1] The groups fully recognize that the marine environment has long been plagued by problems, including overfishing due to decades…
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Greenpeace ranks Philippine tuna canneries based on sustainable and equitable fisheries guidelines
Quezon City – After months of research and monitoring, Greenpeace Philippines today released a tuna ranking of nine local canneries based on international sustainable and equitable fisheries guidelines. It found that almost all the local canneries surveyed scored poorly indicating just how the industry is not doing enough to address the problem of rampant illegal,…
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Greenpeace expose juvenile ‘baby’ tuna catch in Philippine tuna industry
Manila Philippines – Greenpeace today released the results of an investigation into juvenile bycatch, showing evidence that ‘baby’ skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna are unloaded regularly at the General Santos fish port. The investigation was carried out in the lead up to the annual meeting of tuna stakeholders at the 11th Western and Central Pacific…
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Agrochemicals a major source of water pollution, Greenpeace says
Decades of agrochemical use in the Philippines and Thailand has polluted water sources in the country and are directly posing risks to human health and the environment, Greenpeace said today at the launch of a new study entitled "Agrochemical use in the Philippines and its consequences to the environment." The environment group additionally called on…
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Chemical fertilizer use linked to climate change
The use of chemical fertilizers is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and contributes greatly to climate change, Greenpeace said today during the Philippine launch of the report Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential.