As part of over 100 countries tackling marine trash for International Coastal Clean Up day, MCP spent a Saturday doing our part with local communities in four locations along the southern coast [...]

We stood around a feast of seafood, noodles, curries and rice, and smiled at each other as Neil, the president of the Fisherman’s Association of Andulay, explained to us the rule of sharing this [...]

Saturday 28th of July and the normal MCP Saturday routine would have to hold off for one more week. This Saturday would start earlier and more frantically than most. By 7am, three of MCP’s reef [...]

As part of the educational activities of Marine Conservation Philippines, we are delighted to work with Foundation University, Dumaguete and collaborate with their National Service Training [...]

Harsh habitat and adaptations Mangrove refers to all halophytic plants, meaning plants that grow in saline soils. They live in a harsh environment – wet saline habitat along tropical coastlines. [...]

Two weeks ago MCP celebrated Earth Day by removing two predators of hard corals- Crown of Thorns (COT) sea stars and Drupella snails. These predators are generally healthy for the biodiversity of [...]

When I originally decided to do an internship with MCP I had no idea what my project would be about. I communicated (a LOT!) with Ashley Carreiro, one of the staff members at MCP, brainstorming [...]

If you have had the opportunity to read MCP’s previous blogposts, then you may have met Rita, the smiling girl who dedicated herself to a sedimentation trap project for 2.5 months in early 2017. [...]

Saturday the 16th of september was a big event for the environment. Every year on the 2nd or 3th Saturday of Septemberis International Coastal Clean Up Day. This day is internationally dedicated [...]

Sustainability is the ultimate goal of conservation, for the most part. But that word is used so often, along side “development”, “production”, “coastlines”, “fisheries” and many others, that the [...]