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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, November 5, 2007 |
| Negros Oriental |
 Marine scientists calling for mining laws revision Go organic, NegOr farmers told Cooperative gets dryer |
Marine scientists calling
for mining laws revision
BY NESTOR P. BURGOS JR.
ILOILO CITY – Marine scientists have called for revisions in the country's mining laws to prevent further degradation of the coastal resources and conserve marine biodiversity.
In a resolution issued at the conclusion of the 9th National Symposium in Marine Science held on October 24-26 in Iloilo City, the marine scientists also called for stricter monitoring of mining projects.
The resolution, signed by at least 120 marine scientists, said that coastal areas are facing threats because of increased sedimentation due to strip mining, mine tailings and acidification due to acid mine drainage. 
| Go organic, Farmers in Negros Oriental have been urged to adopt organic methods to produce healthy and chemical-free food products, non-government organization PAGBAG-O said yesterday. Executive director of PAGBAG-O Mary Anne de la Raya said NGOs are working with farmers in strongly pushing for organic farming in the upland communities. She disclosed that 32 families in Mabinay town are using organic fertilizer to produce rice, and they put up a bio-fertilizer facility producing organic fertilizer. . |
| Cooperative gets dryer The National Food Authority has granted the Bayawan Multi-Purpose Agricultural Kilusang Bayan in Bayawan City , Negros Oriental with a Biomass-Fed Furnace, a dryer for palay and corn, the NFA said yesterday. It will be the third farmers' cooperative in the country to receive and own a crop dryer worth P500,000, given through the Corn Development Fund of the NFA, information officer of the grains agency, Rolando Lazalita, said. The dryer will be retrofit by a fabricator in Bukidnon to suit the existing rice mill of BMAKB, Lazalita added. |
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