Research Guides: Understanding Philippines: Environmental

At A Glance

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In this video, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) listing the various environmental issues exists in the Philippines.

The Philippines is one of the world's worst water polluters. Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila on the severe pollution affecting Filipino. The Philippine Government is looking at how to tackle the growing problem.

Environmental

This section explores the environmental aspects in the Philippines.

International Agreements
Find out the various signed international agreements by the Philippines.
UNDP Philippines
UNDP has been working to improving the lives of the Filipino people since 1965, and has been committed to helping the country achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as national development priorities as set out in the Philippine Development Plan.
Funding The Philippines
Find out how much does the Global Environment Facility has been funding the Philippines.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
PAGASA, one of the agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under its Scientific and Technical Services Institutes, is mandated to “provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure the safety, well being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress.”
ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre
The main roles of ASMC are:
1) Monitor and assess land and forest fires, as well as the occurrence of transboundary smoke haze for the ASEAN region.
2) Conduct seasonal and climate predictions for the ASEAN region.

How exactly can government agencies turn Boracay into the paradise it was known as? CNN OnTheRecord find out more about rehabilitation efforts.

This is ground zero for new thinking on waste - beyond recycling or charity to convert it into something valuable. This video explores how the Philippines is turning decayed fishing nets into the raw materials rather than disposing of what was once thought of as rubbish.

Videos

Anna Oposa, a 24-year-old multi-hyphenated changemaker, gives her take on the protecting the Philippines' marine biodiversity. Breaking the mould of the stereotypical environmentalist, this young environmental advocate talks about how saving the seas can create ripples of change for the Philippines.

As the Philippines started to have more infrastructure projects for sustainability, find out how the nation reduce environmental pollution and produce clean energy.

CNN looked into the Philippines supply and demand of power. Will there be enough power supply to sustain the sudden spike of usage?