Ayoke Island’s MPA was named one of the Philippines’ top 10 marine protected areas, no small feat in a country with 1,600 MPAs, the most in the world. But as recently as December the community faced a real test when the MPA was dynamited during the town’s fiesta, when no one was volunteering at the guardhouse. Continue reading
One of the biggest challenges facing sustainable fishing in the Philippines is the prevalence of dynamite fishing, where fishers create an improvised bomb out of a rum or Coke bottle and ammonium sulfate. Continue reading
Written by Suzannah Evans who is researching a book on the role of fish in food security with Oceana CEO Andy Sharpless. The northeast coast of Mindanao island in the Philippines is home to a series of small towns comprised … Continue reading
The fabled chocolate hills. Note: This is Rare’s Senior Vice President of Global Programs Paul Butler’s sixth and final blog post in a series about his recent trip to the Philippines and Indonesia to monitor Rare’s conservation work in the … Continue reading
Obama wants the US to become the first country on Earth with 1 million electric vehicles by 2015 (USA Today) “President Obama called Tuesday for an end to federal subsidies for oil companies, proposing instead to use the money to … Continue reading
Note: This blog post originated on RarePlanet, our online community inspiring conservation. It was written by Rare Conservation Fellow Rosita Tariola and translated from Indonesian. Prince Albert, known for his support of environmental issues and marine biodiversity, visited Raja Ampat … Continue reading