Mangroves

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

I came to Marine Conservation Philippines (MCP) as a Dive Master in Training (DMT) in 2016. I knew I wanted to do my Dive master course at a marine conservation centre rather than a recreational [...]

Mangroves are often seen as smelly, mosquito infested areas close to the crystal clear blue ocean. So why not chop down the trees and build a resort from which you can directly walk into the sea [...]