Philippines

A nearly three-century-old map that helped the Philippines win its territorial dispute against China was formally received at the Malacañang Palace on Friday, December 6, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hailing it as a historic document that has “defined the Philippines.”   The Murillo Velarde map of 1734 — officially titled “Carta Hydro-graphica y Choro-graphica ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources targets to increase the country’s forest cover by an additional three million hectares by 2028 as part of efforts to minimize the impact of climate change, DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga revealed. “We have four targeted areas for reforestation, 1.2 million hectares that can be made available ...

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have collaborated to develop a nationwide mangrove map using remote sensing data, a vital tool for conservation efforts. The mangrove mapping initiative is part of the DENR’s development of a national geospatial database for its environment and natural resource accounting program. ...

The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, along with representatives of different government and public organizations dedicated to environmental conservation in Palawan, attended a training-workshop organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Fish Right program on August 21-23. The workshop consisted of using the features of Google Earth Engine, integrating it with the ...

“Currently, we utilize Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data to inform our inflation policy, but in order to enhance our inflation analysis, we need to augment our data sources. This is particularly important in the case of rice, our staple, and amid volatile weather,” NEDA Officer in Charge Assistant Director Rory Jay S.C. Dacumos said in ...

Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental province is the newest recipient of a tax mapping technology of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Caraga State University (CSU) that could help boost its income. Calago was referring to the “MapX,” a broad real property mapping and assessment solution that uses advanced geoinformatics technologies. “The ...

Officials from the Philippine Space Agency, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the European Union (EU) launched on 24 April 2023 the Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) worth approximately Php 610 million or €10 million. The first space cooperation programme in the region, this new initiative will help Philippine ...

The UAE Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Space Agency (PhiSA) to enhance cooperation in scientific research, space exploration and knowledge exchange to serve common interests and promote international partnerships supporting science and knowledge exchange in the outer space industry, according to the Emirates News Agency. This partnership is ...