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News spotlight: In the Philippines, a sea turtle sanctuary is threatened by climate change

By Mary Kate McCoy

November 15, 2022

On a tiny island in the Philippines, fishermen and green sea turtles live side by side in hard-earned harmony. That wasn’t always the case. Slowly and steadily, they have returned, a story of against-the-odds compromise.

Fishing town of Concepcion, Iloilo in the Philippines.

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Armed with nature, Philippines to boost defenses against stronger storms

By Bruno Vander Velde

December 14, 2015

An agreement signed at the climate talks in Paris will help restore vital coastal ecosystems — and stave off stronger storms.