Finding the balance

I came across two articles from the GMA news feed several weeks ago, both about the establishment of proposed renewable energy power plants and the opposition they presently face from local constituents. While the articles are not as recent, the issues they present are ever as fresh. I quote them both at some length here:
Class [...]

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The Tears of Sierra Madre

Just saw this story in Inquirer.net, which immediately transported me into a state of nostalgia and melancholy:
Help save Sierra Madre, tribe leader urges media
By Delfin Mallari Jr.
Southern Luzon Bureau
LUCENA CITY, Philippines — Using a borrowed mobile phone, a tribal leader in Sierra Madre in northern Quezon asked for media’s help to stop the renewed illegal [...]

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Donsol and the gentle giants

In the Philippines, forests have become denuded due to logging and mining concessions, while coastal areas have been polluted and destroyed due to navigational accidents and destructive fishing methods. Fisheries resources have been plummeting and recovery has been deemed to be unsuccessful as fisher folks continue to fish endlessly. Fish stocks [...]

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A Planet in Peril

“It’s one of the most important news stories of our time, and it’s breaking right now.”
Go around the world with CNN as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet host and wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin take viewers to four continents and 13 countries, investigating stories of environmental change and [...]

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Alex Acuña: On saving endangered wildlife and nature conservation

In a previous visit to Polillo town in Quezon Province, I had an opportunity to hear a great news that a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was rescued from an illegal trader. Alex Acuña, a fellow conservationist and staff of the Polillo Islands Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PIBCFI), recounted that the turtle was accidentally caught [...]

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