Tubbataha divers prepare to assess grounding damage
View/
Request this article
Date
Metadata
Show full item recordClassification code
ML20130322_A11Excerpt
One in every four known marine species call coral reefs home. Endlessly seeding the vast oceans with fish and invertebrate spawn, these sunken oases provide food and livelihoods for a billion people in Asia alone. forty years of unchecked fishing, pollution and development have left few reefs without the scars of human incursion. A 2004 study by the University of the Philippine Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) found that only 1 percent of the country's coral reefs were in excellent condition.
Citation
Tubbataha divers prepare to assess grounding damage. (2013, March 22). Malaya Business Insight, p. A11.
Subject
Marine organisms; Coral reefs; Oceans; Oases; Coral reef conservation; Divers; Marine accidents; Groundings; Silting; Coral reef restoration; Tubbataha Management Office (TMO); Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP); University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI); Reef Check International; World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Philippines); Conales, Segundo; Bundal, Noel; Yan, Gregg; Melgazo, Dylan; Cayanan, Darius; Parcon, Julius; Narida, Eznairah-Jeung; Gomez, Ed; Alcala, Angel; Dygico, Marivel; Songco, Angelique; Tubbataha Reefs; Puerto Princesa
Collections
- Malaya [437]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Experts push solutions for PH corals
(The Manila Times,August 31, 2017 , on page B5)Marine biologists and experts in a recent forum put forward science-based solutions to address issues on protecting the country’s corals. Wilfredo Roehl Licuanan, in his talk entitled “Current Status of PH Coral Reefs and ... -
Reef Alert
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 9, 2016 , on page A14)There is no way attention will be directed at the crying urgency of protecting the coral reefs unless we belabor the issue and repeat ourselves. At the rate coral reefs are being destroyed by human activity or damaged by ... -
Coral regrowth is new crusade
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 5, 2016 , on page A10)Every day at 9 a.m., divers scour the waters off Mayor’s Island in the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) in Alaminos City in Pangasinan province, to look for fragments of live coral that could still be nurtured at the ...