On-the-job trainees from the University of Antique-Hamtic Campus turned art into environmental advocacy during a mangrove conservation activity organized by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office in Antique. The activity was held July 28 at the PENRO Antique Building in Maybato Sur, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, in observance of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. The international observance is marked annually on July 26 to raise awareness of the importance of mangroves and promote their sustainable conservation and management.

Antique interns turn tote art into mangrove advocacy. (2026, August 8-9). DailyGuardian, p. 10.