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Aug 2018
Different environmental groups, representatives from the government, the academe and the church converged in Baguio City on August 20, 2018 for the annual State of Nature Assessment. Environmental Coalition Green Convergence held the annual State of the Nature Assessment (Green SONA) with the theme “Environmental Monsters are Back; Superheroes Needed!” on August 20, 2018 (Monday) at Albergo Hotel, Baguio City. This year’s SONA focused on the menaces that pose grave danger to the Philippine environment and how these “monsters”—specifically genetically modified organisms (GMOs), incineration and nuclear power, and large-scale mining and giant dams, can be overcome by......
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Group to assess state of environment
by Hanna C. Lacsamana via Baguio Midland Courier Green Convergence Philippines will hold the annual State of the Nature Assessment (Green SONA) with the theme “Environmental monsters are back; Superheroes needed!” on Aug. 20, 8 a.m. at Albergo Hotel, Baguio City. This year’s forum is expected to tackle how genetically modified organisms (GMOs), nuclear power, and large-scale mining and giant dams are unfolding and destroying the environment. In a statement, Green Convergence president Angelina...
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State of Nature Assessment 2017: Resolutions
STATE OF NATURE ASSESSMENT 2017 “Our Land, Our Life” August 11, 2017; Little Theater, Miriam College RESOLUTIONS Whereas the Philippines is archipelagic, mountainous and volcanic, blessed with inherent ecosystems and natural elements that maintain and preserve the richness of its biodiversity; Whereas the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP) is the largest and most diverse protected area in the Philippines, home to some of our most treasured species found only in the Philippines; Whereas...
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