A local gleaning along a mangrove forest in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Sean Paul Manalo. Today, February 2, we celebrate the World Wetlands Day! As Tsireya from Avatar 2 once said, "The Way Of Water Has No Beginning And…
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Highlights Reel of Hopespotting PEER ManCoRe Exit Conference last December 5-6, 2023
We're excited to release this video footage from the events of last year's Hopespotting: PEER ManCoRe Exit Conference. Once again, thank you to everyone who attended and continue to support our project and have a blessed new year to all!
PEER-funded PhD student successfully passed the Dissertation Proposal Defense
Yesterday, on December 15, Maria Elisa B. Gerona-Daga, a Ph.D. Biology candidate of the Institute in Biology, UP Diliman, presented her dissertation proposal entitled "Photosynthetic performance and its role in vegetation structure, productivity, and nutrients in different mangrove stands." The…
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Envisioning a Better Tomorrow for the Philippine Mangroves: Hopespotting Exit-Conference Highlights
PEER ManCoRe’s two-year project finally comes to a close. To celebrate and reflect on the accomplishments of the project, we invited our partners from different institutions across the Philippines. Members of the local government units (LGUs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), national…
PEER-funded student joins the PEER ManCoRe team
Precious Jacob, a former thesis advisee of Dr. Severino Salmo III, has joined the PEER ManCoRe team as a Laboratory/Field Assistant after finishing her undergraduate studies at UP Diliman. As an undergraduate student, Ms. Jacob worked closely with the team…
PEER ManCoRe Undergraduate Student wins Best Thesis Competition
Andre Jacques Fallaria, under the guidance of Dr. Severino Salmo III and Dr. Leilani Dacones, wins first place at the Best Undergraduate Thesis Competition of the Institute of Biology, UP Diliman with his thesis, titled "Unveiling a hidden world: The…
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PEER ManCoRe learns Pb-210 dating technique of mangrove sediments at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee – School of Freshwater Sciences
PEER ManCoRe’s Project Leader, Dr. Severino G. Salmo III, and PhD student, Maria Elisa Gerona-Daga participated in a training on how to age mangrove sediment samples using the Pb-210 method at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - School of Freshwater…
Center of Excellence for Mangrove Hosts 2023 Summer Course in Medan City
Medan City, Indonesia — The 2023 Summer Course organized by Center of Excellence for Mangrove (CoE Mangrove) of Universitas Sumatera Utara was held from August 30 - September 3, 2023 with the theme "Journey Among North Sumatran Mangrove." Lex Matthew…
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PEER ManCoRe attends USAID Fish Right Program’s workshop in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Fish Right Program in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and East Carolina University organized a Workshop Training on Mapping Coastal Habitats Using Satellite Imagery last 21 to 23 August, 2023…
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Philippine Mangrove Policy Brief 2023 (Filipino ver.)
The Filipino version of our policy brief is out! This publication was produced by the Population Reference Bureau under the Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) that is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States…
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