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DAVAO CITY – An environmental group here has expressed elation over the decision of South Cotabato governor Reynaldo Tamayo to veto a Provincial Board’s resolution lifting a ban on open-pit mining. The environmental group Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) said the govern

Published July 30, 2021, 4:17 PM The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with partner-agencies and institutions committed Friday, July 30, to end the country’s dependence on single-use plastics by seeking better alternatives to these products while also promoting sustainable development, and economic viability. Assorted wastes were recovered during a river clean-up and brand audit at the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in Baguio District, Davao City last September 26. (Photo court...

Published June 28, 2021, 1:35 PM DAVAO CITY – The local government of Davao will collect a bicycle registration free of P25 renewable after three years from bicycle owners once the City Council of Davao approves the proposed amendments of the 2010 Bicycle Ordinance. Atty. Mark Peñalver, executive director of Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), said that Councilor Mabel Acosta, who chairs the Committee on Peace and Public Safety, has completed the draft of the propo...

Published January 30, 2021, 11:57 AM DAVAO CITY – Environmental groups here are calling for the banning of single-use plastics here after almost 2,000 different types of solid wastes were collected in a recent river clean-up. In a statement Friday, January 28, the Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) and Bantay Bukid volunteers said they were able to collect a total of 1,954 pieces of waste in the river clean-up and brand audit last January 27at the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed in Baguio D...

Published January 29, 2021, 1:41 PM DAVAO CITY – Davao City-based environmental group Interface Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) found a dead Philippine Sailfin Lizard, considered an endemic species of the Philippines that is already vulnerable to extinction, which was reportedly shot along the riverbanks of Panigan-Tamugan watershed in Baguio District here. Dead Philippine Sailfin Lizard, or known to locals as “ibid,” was found along the riverbanks of Davao City’s ne...