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A Philippine City’s ‘Green Program’ Requires Marriage License Applicants to Plant Trees
As part of an initiative to promote greener public spaces, a city in the Philippines now requires couples applying for a marriage license to plant five trees each. Participants are already celebrating the “green legacy” of the program.
The City of Borongan in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, took to Facebook in December 2020 to announce the new environmentally-friendly stepping stone for engaged couples. Creightania Coles (L) and her partner Jay-Ar Tavera. (Courtesy of Borongan City Information Office)
Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan C. Agda, in collaboration with Mr. Mark Lucio Cortado of the City Population Office, headed the initiative in support of the Department of Budget and Management’s “Green, Green, Green” program.
Minh Phu’s next big bet is on organic black tiger shrimp
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Ca Mau, Vietnam-based Minh Phu Seafood is planning on significantly expanding its organic black tiger shrimp farming, a bold play for a company which has recently prioritized investment in developing its vannamei production capabilities.
Minh Phu has been Vietnam’s largest shrimp company for several years, achieving exports valued at USD 643.7 million (EUR 525 million) in 2019. In recent years, it has invested heavily in upgrading the technology of its vannamei farms in Loc An and Kien Giang in Vietnam’s south, which are in the process of being expanded to meet an expected growth in demand.
New programme launched to enhance climate resilience, water security in Pakistan
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Pakistan is among the top five countries affected by the impacts of weather-related events such as heatwaves, storms, floods among others. Photo: File/ Geo.tv
Recharge Pakistan aims to increase water storage and recharge through wetlands, floodplains, and hill-torrents management
The programme will build the resilience of vulnerable communities through climate-adapted, community-based natural resource management and livelihoods
It will forge a paradigm shift in Pakistan’s climate change adaptation and flood risk management approaches.
Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) under the Ministry of Water Resources, and WWF-Pakistan have launched a programme titled ‘Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s Resilience to Climate Change through Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Integrated Flood Risk Management’ with a 30-year vision.