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The Marine Biodiversity Resources and Information System (MBRIS) building was inaugurated containing “MSI reference collections of marine organisms, libraries of natural products extracted from these organisms and other marine biodiversity collections,” MSI professor Maria Celia Malay announced. [2]
The Verde Island Passage is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle. [2] The 1.14 million hectare passage is extremely rich in marine biodiversity and has been called "Center of the Center of Marine Shorefish Biodiversity" with various conservation groups and local government units pushing for its ...
It was developed as the information management component of the ten year Census of Marine Life (CoML) (2001-2010), but is not limited to CoML-derived data, and aims to provide an integrated view of all marine biodiversity data that may be made available to it on an open access basis by respective data custodians. According to its web site as at ...
The Philippine Sea is a centre of marine biodiversity as well as a biodiversity hotspot. However, at least 418 species are being threatened because of unsustainable practices. The rise in temperature change caused shifts in the marine ecosystems. which could cause corals to die due to changing sea temperature.
The Philippines is one of the 18 ecological hotpot countries of the world, containing more than 228 Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). [ 1 ] Albay is the latest to be added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2016.
Marine protected areas, in sum, provide a marine sanctuary which can foster an increase in marine biodiversity. [54] (See also: [55]). This increased biodiversity is thought to be able to carry over to the non-protected surrounding areas in which fishing can take place. This is important for a number of reasons.
Edgardo Dizon Gomez, ONS (November 7, 1938 – December 1, 2019) [1] was a Filipino biologist who was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. [2] [3] He was a professor emeritus for marine biology at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute.
Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. [1] They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).