Philippines
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
In the Philippines, extreme weather is the norm. Flooding dictates a way of life for residents of Agusan who struggle to adapt to the unpredictability of water levels.
Unregulated logging persists in the Philippines where residents of Agusan del Sur make a living hauling timber by motorcycle.
The island community of Biton depends heavily on the demand for live reef fish. But changes in global climate patterns have reduced fish populations. Now the community fears their livelihood is at...
Residents living in the Phillippines are beginning to link frequent natural disasters like Typhoon Ketsana in 2009 to environmental degradation in the region.
"Old Downtown" Manila in the Philippines is the hub of social and economic activity.
The town of Taytay is known as one of the most active sites in the Philippines for the Live Reef Fish for Food Trade.
Abundant marine, animal and plant life in the Philippines supports a rapidly growing population of 92 million. The natural resources also serve as profitable products in the global market.
Remote areas of the Philippines are looking for new ways to implement sustainable fishing practices.
Pulitzer Center journalist Paul Franz talks about post--disaster education in Haiti as part of the Clinton Global Initiative's 'Building Resilient Societies' panel.
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Sulu is an archipelago of some 900 islands and has been the target of an American-assisted counter-insurgency program for the past 4 years.
Pulitzer Center Staff