Saturnino Monreal remembers when there were more large trees than people around his village on the eastern Philippine coast, close to where hundreds have died in floods and landslides this week. Now, ...

Typhoon Bopha as seen by satellite on December 1st. Photo by: NASA MODIS Rapid Response System. According to Filipino officials, rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for ...

REAL, Philippines — Philippine officials sought international help Sunday to rebuild villages ravaged by back-to-back storms that left hundreds of people dead and hundreds more missing in mostly poor ...

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Forest ranger Bienvinido “Toto” Veguilla Jr. was hacked to death by suspected illegal loggers on the Philippine island of Palawan on Sept. 5. He’s the 18th environmental defender slain in the province ...

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has imposed a nationwide moratorium on logging, following floods that have affected much of the country. Mr Aquino said excessive logging was making these areas ...

Two months after floods in the southern Philippines killed more than 1,000 people, the illegal logging that exacerbated the disaster continues unabated. A week before Christmas, Riza da Marina's house ...