State of the Mangroves

Happy World Mangrove Day! It’s the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems! To celebrate, we wanted to highlight some of the important ecosystem services that mangrove forests provide. In the Philippines, mangrove environments are a notable aspect of…

Read More International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems 2022

Dr. Sev Salmo was one of the speakers on a 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 last Jun 24, 2022 organized by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). His talk entitled “Blue Carbon in the Philippines: Status, Needs,…

Read More Dr. Salmo discussed Blue Carbon in the Philippines in a Webinar hosted by NAST-PHL

Russel Christine Corcino, Science Research Specialist II of Integrated network-based management for SEA coasts (InMSEA) Project presents the paper “Status, Limitations, and Challenges of Blue Carbon Studies in the Philippines: A Bibliographic Analysis” at the 2nd National Blue Carbon Symposium…

Read More RC Corcino presents at the 2nd National Blue Carbon Symposium (NBCS-2)

The team headed by Dr. Sev Salmo paid a courtesy visit to Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez at the City Mayor’s Office last April 19, 2022. Mangrove areas in Ormoc are one of the identified locations for the research…

Read More Mangrove research in Ormoc City, Leyte

Our now-complete team (with the Research Assistants already!) met with the US collaborators last Mar 29, 2022. The project entitled “Assessment and Comparison of Recovery of Biodiversity and Carbon Sequestration in Philippine Mangroves Among Natural, Replanted and Naturally-recolonized Mangrove Stands”…

Read More Team meets with US collaborators on its 7th Project Coordination Meeting