In a race to save the country's vanishing coral reefs, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) is set to open the Philippines' first coral larvae cryobank, a high-tech facility that will freeze and store coral life for future reef restoration efforts. The cryobank project is part of a wider regional initiative, titled "Coral Conservation Capacity Development in the Coral Triangle: A Cryorepository Network for Coral Larvae," which brings together research institutions from the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Santos, J. (2025, August 9). PH to launch first coral larvae cryobank to fight mass reef die-off. Manila Bulletin, p. 10.