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                    [ArticleID] => 405329
                    [Title] => Protecting the circle of life
                    [Summary] => Today, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), begins a nine-day Congress on World Conservation ...
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-10-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135429
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1115213
                    [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 371134
                    [Title] => Home is the turtle
                    [Summary] => 



Turtles are among the oldest existing animals on earth, predating even lizards and snakes. Yet all that time on earth may go to naught since man has become their No. 1 predator. As man continues to develop the environment to meet his needs, he pushes many animal and plant species to extinction.

[DatePublished] => 2006-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420681 [AuthorName] => Joseph Cortes [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 333954 [Title] => 1 pang sawa naggala sa QC [Summary] => Hindi talaga nilulubayan ng mga galang ahas ang Roxas District sa Quezon City matapos na isa na namang sawa ang natagpuan, kamakalawa ng gabi sa nabanggit na lugar.

Tinatayang nasa 12-talampakan ang haba ng sawa na namataang pagala-gala dakong alas-10 ng gabi sa Champaca St., malapit sa isang creek sa Roxas District.

Ang naturang sawa ay ika-10 na ngayong taon na nahuli at dinala ng mga barangay officials sa pangangalaga ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Parks and Wildlife Bureau sa naturang lugar.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280677 [Title] => DENR rescues exotic animals from pet shop [Summary] => A team of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) agents have arrested a 78-year-old businessman and rescued 14 exotic animals, including rare birds, during a recent raid on a pet shop in Tondo, Manila.

Environment Secretary Michael Defensor identified the arrested trader as Santos Tiu See, whose pet shop yielded birds found to have been illegally imported from South America and South Africa.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258778 [Title] => Homegrown table grapes, anyone? [Summary] => You can have homegrown table grapes the whole year round– and in your backyard yet. You can produce them yourselves with just half a drum of fertile soil. This is made possible with Bernardo O. Dizon’s technology from which you can produce them rain or shine.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1665308 [AuthorName] => Ramon Ma. Epino [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 208076 [Title] => Slithery intruder sneaks into NAIA runway [Summary] => It was neither fish, fowl, nor anti-terrorism measure. A python 15 feet long was found yesterday along a runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The snake, with a body diameter of about 5 inches, was found around 7:40 a.m. along the ramp area of Bay 5 of the NAIA Terminal 1, according to Joseph Agustin, chief of the Aircraft Movement Area (AMA), Environmental Management and Safety Section (EMSS) of the Manila International Airport Authority-Airport Ground Operations and Services Division. [DatePublished] => 2003-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138908 [Title] => Dugong: Once believed to be a mermaid now an endangered species [Summary] => Dugongs or sea cows are in trouble. Their members are few and declining, hence, they have been classified as endangered.

Aware of this, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Parks and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) launched what it calls the Pawikan Conservation Project (PCP) to lead in the management and conservation of pawikans or marine turtles and dugongs.

PCP’s immediate problem is poaching.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168285 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 138209 [Title] => Government, international groups act to prevent extinction of endangered species [Summary] => The Philippine government and its instrumentalities, with help coming from international organizations, have been exerting serious efforts to preserve the country’s fauna and prevent the extinction of a number of endangered animal species.

At the forefront of these efforts is the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) which oversees several conservation programs in cooperation with local and international organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1168285 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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