Coral Restoration in the Philippines: Interactions with Key Coastal Sectors

A Dutch environmental foundation has succeeded in cultivating hundreds of thousands of coral larvae through in vitro fertilization (IVF). “Active coral restoration plays a crucial role in reversing the decline of reefs,” says scientist Sanne Tuijten.

Coral restoration in the Philippines: Interactions with key coastal sectors

Much work on coral restoration to date has focused on experimenting with diverse technical approaches and techniques. As the implementation of coral r…

Explosives and Cyanide Are Destroying Coral Reefs in the Philippines—Here’s How We’re Fighting Back

The Philippines, located in the Coral Triangle, is home to some of the richest marine biodiversity on the planet. The region comprises multiple habitats, including reefs, seagrass meadows, and coastal mangrove forests. Close to the river mouths, you might encounter a rare Irrawaddy dolphin. Elsewhere, any one of six species of sea turtles may be … Continue reading "Explosives and Cyanide Are Destroying Coral Reefs in the Philippines—Here’s How W…

The globally environmentally important coral reef ecosystems in the Fourni Korsei island complex have now been designated by a Government Gazette as a “protected natural formation and protected landscape”. This constitutes a very important precedent for the protection of the seas, as it is the first time that the protection of these productive and partly unknown ecosystems has been institutionalized in Greece. The current (for decades) legislati…