IRRI URGES MINIMAL USE OF PESTICIDES Rice farmers should cut their use of pesticides that kill the

natural predators of the planthopper, one of the most destructive pests of the cereal, the International Rice Research Institute said. The institute helped launch the 1970s "Green Revolution" in agriculture, lifting millions of Asians out of poverty through heavy use of pesticides. However, it said it was time for a more environmentally friendly approach. The Philippines-based IRRI said it had found that pesticides and the lack of ecological diversity in rice farms had reduced the predatory bugs and spiders that prey on planthoppers, a major rice pest in Asia. "Fighting planthopper outbreaks calls for promoting natural planthopper enemy diversity and cutting down on pesticide use," an IRRI statement said. Many beneficial creatures that prey on planthoppers are killed inadvertently when insecticides are overused, it said. The institute likewise said there was a need to diversify the varieties of rice being planted in the region, the world's major producer and consumer of the staple food. The fishing industry in the country faces a brighter outlook for the remainder of this year, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said yesterday. Fisheries Faces Brighter Outlook BFAR assured the public that it will not let another massive fishkill happen again in the country, adding that fish farmers are now more environmentally-conscious as they adopt proper culture management technology from experts. Dr. Westly Rosario, National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center (NIFTDC) chief, said that with no fishkill being foreseen, the fishing industry in the country faces a brighter outlook in 2012. He dismissed the recent death of some tilapia at Laguna Lake as a "fishkill" caused by low dissolved oxygen (DO) but actually due to indigestion. DENR-MGB EXPECTS 7-BILLION REVENUES ON MINING MANILA, Philippines The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is anticipating to collect by 2012 an additional P7 billion in government share as President Benigno S. Aquino III signs an executive order (OE) declaring as mineral reservation all mining areas.

DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has already filed with Malacaang the proposed draft EO after an extensive consultation on this policy reform involving an additional five percent revenue share on top of the prevailing two percent excise tax. It appears that government does not have a share in revenue at this time on mining because what companies pay are taxes. We submitted this last week to the president for signature so that all mining areas will be declared a reservation, said MGB Director Leo L. Jasareno in an interview during the presidents visit to DENR Friday. B: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN G: SITBACK B: RELAX G: AND ENJOY THE HOTTEST B: AND LATEST NEWS G: HERE AND ABROAD B:GOOD MORNING , IAM ROI VINCENT ALPORHA TOGETHER WITH G: [NAME] B: AND YOURE WATCHING B&G: BALITANG AGHAM ! B: FOR THE HEADLINES G: IRRI URGES MINIMAL USE OF PESTICIDE B: FISHERIES FACE BRIGHTER OUTLOOK G: DENR EXPECTS 7 BILLION REVENEUS ON MINING B: G: B: FOR THE TOP OF OUR NEWS IRRI URGES MINIMAL USE OF PESTICIDE FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE WITH US [NAME] THATS ALL FOR TODAY OUR DEAR VIEWERS IM ROI ALPORHA AND [NAME] OF BALITANG AGHAM SAYING THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US