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Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage

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dc.citation.firstpageA18
dc.citation.journaltitlePhilippine Daily Inquirer
dc.contributor.authorCinco, Maricar
dc.coverage.spatialBatangas
dc.coverage.spatialOriental Mindoro
dc.coverage.spatialOccidental Mindoro
dc.coverage.spatialMarinduque
dc.coverage.spatialRomblon
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-19T05:18:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T02:51:18Z
dc.date.available2019-03-19T05:18:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-20
dc.identifier.citationCinco, M. (2018, October, 21). Saving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A18.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/4944
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPhilippine Daily Inquirer
dc.relation.urihttps://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1045184/saving-biodiversity-at-verde-island-passage?utm_expid=.XqNwTug2W6nwDVUSgFJXed.1
dc.subject.agrovocbiodiversity
dc.subject.agrovocillegal fishing
dc.subject.agrovocecosystems
dc.subject.agrovocmarine environment
dc.subject.agrovocbiologists
dc.subject.agrovocfishing grounds
dc.subject.agrovocnature conservation
dc.subject.agrovocoverfishing
dc.subject.agrovocindustrial pollution
dc.subject.agrovocClimatic changes
dc.subject.agrovocaquaria
dc.subject.agrovocfishers
dc.subject.agrovocmarine parks
dc.subject.agrovocOrnamental fish
dc.subject.agrovoclivelihoods
dc.titleSaving biodiversity at Verde Island Passage
dc.typenewspaperArticle
local.descriptionCasting a fishing line with a coral sinker and a plastic-bottle reel, children as young as 8 years old catch their next meal from the pebbled shore of Barangay San Andres here. Most of the women are at home, raising hogs or weaving “buli” (palm) mats, while the men are out at sea to fish for food or collect aquarium fish to sell in Metro Manila. Their houses dot a hillslope, built to withstand the frequent storms. Drinking water comes from deep wells while electricity is supplied by several solar panels. Life is simple and slow in San Andres, a small, poor community on Verde Island along the Verde Island Passage (VIP), a marine and terrestrial zone of rich biological diversity spanning almost 2 hectares and more than 100 kilometers south of Manila. Biologists have discovered a thriving marine ecosystem (1.14 million ha) along the passage in what most people called the “richest place on earth.”
local.subject.classificationPD20181021_A18
local.subject.corporatenameDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
local.subject.corporatenameOld Dominion University
local.subject.corporatenameSmithsonian Institution
local.subject.corporatenameConservation International-Philippines
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI)
local.subject.corporatenameBureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
local.subject.personalnameMitra, Titon
local.subject.personalnameMacapagal-Arroyo, Gloria
local.subject.personalnameBriton, Arnold
local.subject.personalnameCarpenter, Kent
local.subject.personalnameSpringer, Victor
local.subject.personalnameMontebon, Augustus Rex
local.subject.personalnameBriton, Arnold
local.subject.personalnameHilomen, Vincent
local.subject.personalnameCimatu, Roy
local.subject.personalnameMandanas, Hermilando

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