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Teaching the LGU dive team in Bais
A few weeks ago our instructor Kyle and a group of dive masters in training (link described the training) had the pleasure of rising early and driving a few hours up coast to Bais city where they [...]
A few weeks ago our instructor Kyle and a group of dive masters in training (link described the training) had the pleasure of rising early and driving a few hours up coast to Bais city where they [...]
Engaging the youth through MCP’s Sea Camp! This summer, after almost two months of preparation, MCP held two of our first ever, three-day Sea Camps! We opened the application process for the [...]
In the last couple of months, our volunteers have been a great help to the local women of PAPSIMCO (Palayuhan, Palimpinon and Siit Multipurpose Cooperative). PAPSIMCO is one of the people’s [...]
For those of you who are not familiar with Basay, it is the most western municipal of Negros Oriental facing the Sulu Sea, about a two hour drive from MCP. It is a gorgeous, little coastal town [...]
What better way to experience mangroves than to actually stick your feet into the nutrient-rich mud and plant a mangrove sapling! On the 25th of January, I met Evelyn, one of the members of [...]
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 [...]