The Mindanao State University — General Santos City (MSU-GSC) Campus, in collaboration with the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), held the first ever Mindanao Lakes and Rivers Summit at Sarangani Highlands, Tambler, General Santos City recently. The summit aimed to provide initial mobilization framework to present the conservation and management status of their respective freshwater ecosystems to niche scientists and researchers studying limnology (lakes) and potamology (rivers), and to relevant LGU and government agencies in Mindanao.

1st Lakes and Rivers Summit in Mindanao held. (2019, February 4). BusinessWorld, p. S4/4.