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The Call of Coconut
The Call of Coconut
This article is actually about the future of coconut production in Sri Lanka. But the information therein is equally valid in the Philippines. Subjects are increasing production, pest management, finding a niche market, climate change, research and much more...
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Published at 2022-12-27 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Environment, Fauna and flora
Tags: Market, climate, coconut, export, industry, production, research
New Flora, Fauna Species Found in Davao Oriental
New Flora, Fauna Species Found in Davao Oriental
Several new species of flora and fauna were discovered in Mount Hamiguitan, Davao Oriental, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced.
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Published at 2021-04-17 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Environment
Tags: Davao, Hamiguitan, Mindanao, Project, biodiversity, research
New Snail Subspecies with 'Upside Down Shell' Found in Last Green Frontier East
New Snail Subspecies with 'Upside Down Shell' Found in Last Green Frontier East
It was a microsnail, its shell just about the size of an ant, and it was found crawling along the jagged limestone boulders of Masungi Georeserve, looking for lichens and other vegetation to feed on. While the snail carries its shell in a typical position when it moves, with the pointed whorl at the top, when resting in crevices it moves its shell so that the whorl is underneath.
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Published at 2020-12-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Environment, Fauna and flora
Tags: Baguio, University, companies, photography, research
The Philippines is Likely to Resort to Nuclear Power as Energy Demand Increases
The Philippines is Likely to Resort to Nuclear Power as Energy Demand Increases
Nuclear power will offer an effective solution to meet the country’s rising power demand over the coming decade, particularly as coal-fired power—which Philippines has largely turned to—comes under increasing environmental oppositions
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Published at 2020-09-08 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Business, Environment, Technology
Tags: Power, electricity, government, research
Wanted: A New Agriculture to Face Climate Change
Wanted: A New Agriculture to Face Climate Change
There's a scene in the 2014 film “César Chavez” where a group of Filipino farm workers gather in a labor camp and fill the night sky with cries of protest. It's a palpable call for justice in the face of violence, but one of the few times in the hour-and-a-half movie where Filipinos are shown on screen.
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Published at 2018-09-07 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Environment, Society
Tags: Rice, Workers, agriculture, farming, research
Philippines 'twilight Zone' Reefs Reveal New Species
Philippines 'twilight Zone' Reefs Reveal New Species
The so called Twilight Zone - between 60 & 150 metres - is one of the least explored areas of the ocean. A recent research trip by the California Academy of Sciences to the Philippines reveals its unique reef systems are home to many as yet undiscovered species - and sadly pollution too.
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Published at 2018-08-21 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: coral, marine, reefs, research, science
Philippine Dance Research and Documentation
Philippine Dance Research and Documentation
As a process of retrieving information on the ways of dancing, dance research occupies a limited sector in Philippine scholarship. By the ephemeral nature of dance, this scholarship is still to be fully oriented to understand and cope with the art and its practice. More developed methods of documentation have fairly been new, and predominantly, research still depends on verbal descriptions and pictures than on advanced forms of movement notation, filming and computer technology.
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Published at 2017-12-25 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Arts, Culture, Documentary
Tags: dances, research