With this year's celebration of International Year of Biodiversity, conservation group World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines (WWF-Philippines) and the Davao Gulf Management Council (DGMC) unveiled a complete mapping of the marine biodiversity of the Davao GUlf that will protect the remaining 20 percent of the gulf's coral reefs. A comprehensive Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) mapping exercise was recently conducted to assess the Gulf's sensitivity to oil spills, soil leaching and other environmental disturbances.

De Vera, E. B. (2010, June 15). Mapping exercise to protect coral reefs. Manila Bulletin, p. B-10.