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	<title>Iloilo River &#187; governance</title>
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		<title>Palawan mountain now a protected area</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has declared Mt. Mantalingahan in the southern mainland of Palawan as a protected area, securing some 120,000 hectares of mostly old-growth forest in an area severely threatened by mining projects and illegal logging.
Conservation International Philippines, a nonprofit group that facilitated several years of scientific surveys, consultation with stakeholders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines fast losing its forests</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Philippines has often been an example for the &#8220;worst-case-scenario&#8221; in environmental degradation. Some scientists have even concluded that environmental efforts should be put elsewhere, claiming the Philippines is a lost cause.
John Terborgh, in his book, Requiem for Nature, opines that the &#8220;overpopulated Philippines&#8221; is &#8220;already beyond the point of no return.&#8221;
The United Nations demographers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines gets $8-M climate change grant from Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines has received an $8-million grant from the Spanish government to pursue a program together with the United Nations to help it cope with climate change, a problem that has resulted in substantial economic losses for the country, especially its farm sector.
Ralph Recto, newly appointed director general of the National Economic and Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public participation in Environmental Governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A HIGHLY respected and much loved Buddhist monk was asked what he thought was the cause of human suffering. “Greed,” was his prompt reply. Psychoanalyst-philosopher Erick Fromm defines it as “a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” It is a form of addiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P450M needed to relocate river squatters</title>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/p450m-needed-to-relocate-river-squatters.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[flood control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Iloilo City Government will spend more than P400 million before it can relocate some 2,910 families squatting on riverbanks and waterways.
Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday submitted the “informal settlers housing rehabilitation plan for typhoon Frank victim-families” to the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HIDCC) for possible funding.
Some P450 million funding requirement is needed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local execs warned vs open dumps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT Secretary Jose Atienza has warned local chief executives they risk being charged in court if they fail to shut down open garbage dumps in their jurisdictions.
The National Solid Waste Management Commission has been sending out notices to governors and mayors whose jurisdictions continue to operate open dump sites in violation of the Solid Waste Management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DepEd orders nationwide ‘greening’ of schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus has ordered all public and private schools nationwide to plant trees in a bid to combat global warming.
Lapus’ order is contained in Department Education (DepEd) order No. 33, directing all schools to conduct annual “extensive tree-panting, tree-growing, and tree-caring activities” in their campuses and nearby communities.
He emphasized that schools should plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gonzalez wants foreigners out of anti-coal plant campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUSTICE Secretary Raul Gonzalez lashed at foreigners who joined protest actions against a proposed coal-fired power plant in this city.
&#8220;They should not interfere in our affairs. They should be stopped,&#8221; Gonzalez told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview on Tuesday.
Gonzalez said he directed the regional office of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor slams Greenpeace</title>
		<link>http://www.iloiloriver.com/mayor-slams-greenpeace.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday downplayed the anti-coal protest of international environmental advocate Greenpeace which “dumped” 20 sacks of charcoal in front of Metrobank on Gen. Luna Street.
“The protest has no effect on the business community here because they are very supportive of the coal plant proposal,” Treñas said.
In a statement, Melvin Purzuelo of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DENR: RP not ready to close coal plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nereo Lujan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. has said the Philippines is not yet ready to let go of its coal-fired power plants because it needs the power sources.
Atienza made the admission following the clamor of environmental groups to shift to cleaner and renewable sources of energy.
Atienza said his department supports the environmental group Greenpeace, which is [...]]]></description>
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