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Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. [2] [1] [3]
Today, environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, extinction, global warming and climate change. [1] [2] [3] Due to the paucity of extant documents, a complete history of land use in the ...
Climate change is having serious impacts in the Philippines such as increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level rise, extreme rainfall, resource shortages, and environmental degradation. [1] All of these impacts together have greatly affected the Philippines' agriculture, water, infrastructure, human health, and coastal ...
Arbor Day (or Arbour Day in some countries) is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. [1] Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.
09-24: September 24. World Environmental Health Day [143] 09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH) [144] World Cassowary Day [145] [146] 09-26: September 26. International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste [147] 09-29: September 29. World Rivers Day [148] 09: Last Sunday of September.
5 September 1977 – Sixteen persons were killed and 24 others were injured when two speeding trucks crashed into a bus. [34] 20 December 1979 – A bus plunged into a river in Isabela, killing at least 50 people. [35] 23 May 1986 – A bus fell off a cliff and exploded in Hamtic, Antique, killing 23 people and injuring 15.
2018 Naga, Cebu, landslide. On September 20, 2018, a landslide caused by heavy rainfall and quarrying operations by Apo Land and Quarry Corporations (ALQC) in Naga, Cebu, Philippines, killed 78 people. Five others are missing. [1] This is the second deadly landslide to occur in the country in five days; the first occurred in Itogon, Benguet, on ...
Payatas landslide. The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 squatters ' houses. 218 people were killed, according to official data, and caused 300 missing persons.