Manila, the Philippines - Coca-Cola Philippines and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines) unveiled last 23 June the very first plant billboard in the country - an iconic structure to represent the long-standing partnership between the two organizations to make a positive difference for the environment. The billboard now crowns the Adriano Building, between Buendia and Kalayaan Avenues in Makati City.
The Philippines is living up to its reputation as one of the world’s 17 mega-diverse countries in the world in terms of biodiversity as a group of American and Filipino biologists unearthed seven previously unknown mammal species in Luzon island.
Amidst the recent onslaught of fish kills in Taal Lake and in Anda and Bolinao, Pangasinan, the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has set up precautionary measures to secure Laguna de Bay, the largest freshwater lake in the country, from fish kills.