Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park lies in a unique position in the centre of the Sulu Sea. The area is home to a great diversity of marine life and protects an area of almost 100,000 hectares of high quality marine habitats containing three atolls and a large area of deep sea. […]
Read More Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park lies in a unique position in the centre of the Sulu Sea. The area is home to a great diversity of marine life and protects an area of almost 100,000 hectares of high quality marine habitats containing three atolls and a large area of deep sea. […]
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Expedition Location In 2019, the SPR expedition was conducted in the Municipalities of Moalboal and Badian,Cebu Province, Philippines. The Municipalities of Moalboal and Badian border the watersof the Tañon Strait which has national protection under the National Integrated ProtectedAreas System (NIPAS) (Dolar et al 2006; Tiongson and Karczmarski 2016). Moalboal […]
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Ocean literacy is defined as “an understanding of the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean”. An ocean literate person is able to understand the importance of the ocean for humankind, is able to communicate about the ocean in a meaningfully way, and has a more responsible and informed behaviour towards the ocean and its resources. UNESCO
Read More Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park lies in a unique position in the centre of the Sulu Sea. The area is home to a great diversity of marine life and protects an area of almost 100,000 hectares of high quality marine habitats containing three atolls and a large area of deep sea. […]
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Moalboal lies in the waters of the Tañon Strait, which is a NIPAS (National Integrated Protected Areas System) declared protected area. Moalboal has four locally-declared and managed marine sanctuaries which implement a user-fee system that generates income for the local communities. Expedition Location The 2013 Saving Philippine Reefs expedition was […]
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Tubbataha Reef Natural Park declared a World Heritage Site in 1994, lies in the global center of marine biodiversity. The two atoll reefs that form Tubbataha are the best regional example of a well-protected, no fishing, marine park that contains a very diverse and abundant array of fish, corals and […]
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The Calamian Islands represent one of the most biodiverse rich groups of islands in the Philippines owing to the incredible range of islands, shorelines, habitats, geologic structures, oceanographic currents and interfaces with offshore systems in the South China Sea and the northern Sulu Sea. Coral reef and sea grass beds […]
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Known as the ‘Island Born of Fire’, Camiguin Island has developed into a resource base for ecotourism and conservation education. With 31 MPA’s in the area it is linking conservation with economics through increasing the visibility of unique biodiversity species through marine protected area establishment and management. Expedition Location Camiguin […]
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Uniting Cebu coasts through coastal resource adaptive participatory approaches for full marine ecosystems representation and wise management of coastal and marine environment in Southeast and Southwest Cebu coasts The Project Degradation and marine habitat loss are two of the pressing problems of the Philippines. The Visayan region of the Philippines […]
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