The PEER-funded integrative study titled, "Investigating the Recovery Trajectory of Mangrove-Recolonized Abandoned Fishponds in Southern Oriental Mindoro, Philippines" qualified for Poster Presentation at the 46th NAST Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) held on July 10, 2024 - July 11, 2024, with…
Forty years of data from 684 planted mangrove stands worldwide reveal that planted stands can store 71 to 73% of biomass carbon (C) stock ~20 years after planting. Although soil C stocks in planted mangroves plateau after an initial 25%…
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This morning, May 31, PhD Biology candidate Maria Elisa B. Gerona-Daga presented the progress of her dissertation research titled “Photosynthetic performance and its role in vegetation structure, productivity, and nutrients in different mangrove stands” during a colloquium seminar held over…
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The NAS/USAID/PEER program held its final PEER Asia Conference on 21-23 May 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. The forum was attended by all PEER Asia cycle 9 grantees. Three of the co-grantees (from Indonesia and Vietnam) also work on mangrove research.…
Dr. Mohammad Basyuni, a professor from the Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, and a collaborator of the PEER ManCoRe project, delivered his seminar titled, "Bioprospecting status and opportunities in Southeast Asian Mangroves," at the Institute of Biology last May 6, 2024.…
We are delighted to share an illustrated summary of the project's findings and accomplishments titled, "Hopespotting: A Compendium on the PEER ManCoRe Project". We wholeheartedly thank everyone who has contributed to the success of this project over the past few…
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Dr. Mohammad Basyuni, a long-time collaborator of the PEER ManCoRe project, will be holding seminar titled, "Bioprospecting status and opportunities in Southeast Asian Mangroves," on May 6, 2024 at the Institute of Biology, UP Diliman. Dr. Basyuni is a Professor…
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…
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!
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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Mangrove Ecology 