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As Asian cities sink affecting 600 million people, managed retreat must be tabled

As Asian cities sink affecting 600 million people, managed retreat must be tabled

By Crispin Maslog MANILA: Even as Asia’s megacities continue to submerge, officials of one small Philippine city are planning a major US$460 million reclamation project that will damage or sink their beautiful seaside city into the dark blue southern sea. Scientists and environmentalists have called on the local government of Dumaguete to scrap the reclamation project, […]

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