Photographs Story It’s around 10 a.m. each morning that Noemi Reyes’s heart fills with hope. That’s when her husband Marionito’s boat appears on the shimmering horizon of the Pacific. By the time his ...

As the Philippines grapples with one deadly storm after another, environmentalists and rights activists have blamed unregulated mining, particularly nickel mining for the destruction of the ...

MANILA, Philippines—The waves off the Philippine coast have always provided a lifeline for millions of small-scale fishers. But in recent months, a legal storm has threatened that lifeline. A ...

Fishing communities along the Philippines’ Verde Island Passage, a haven for marine biodiversity, say the development of a natural gas import hub in the area is leading to environmental degradation.

Butch Laiti is president of the Douglas Indian Association, a tribal government in Juneau. The association has purchased a fishing boat and wants to buy a commercial fishing permit for its members to ...

THE Philippines’ maritime policy must focus on fishing communities, the blue economy, and decentralized resource management while closing governance gaps and integrating traditional knowledge, ...

Society’s most vulnerable are bearing the brunt, especially the young. UNICEF estimates that around the world, an average of 20,000 children are displaced every day, 95% by the same floods and storms ...