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Seagrass Bed for Marine Life in Club Paradise, Northern Palawan, Philippines

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Marine conservation, Marine Mammals, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Northern Palawan, Philippines, Scuba Diving, Turtles on May 5, 2010

18 – 22 April 2010 N12 13.943 E120 05.304 – Dimakya Island, Club Paradise Many snorkelers and divers quickly swim past seagrass beds without stopping to check out the interesting marine life that live there. Seagrass beds are very important marine habitats and ecosystems. With their root like stems, which can extend horizontally under the […]

WWF CT Business Summit Photo Exhibition in Manila

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Bali, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Donsol, Ecotourism, El Nido Marine Protected Area & Resort, Fisheries, Indonesia, Jamursbamedi, Kei Island - Moluccas, Komodo, Kudat, Live Reef Fish Trade, Malampaya Sound, Malaysia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Moluccas, North Sulawesi, Philippines, Pollution, Raja Ampat, Roxas / Taytay Pearl Farm, Scuba Diving, Semporna, Sipadan, Mabul, Tubbataha Reefs and Bird Island, Tuna, Turtle Islands, Sandakan, Turtles, Wakatobi South Sulawesi on February 5, 2010

19 – 20 January 2010 Sometime early November last year, we got an email from Dr. Lida Pet-Soede, WWF Coral Triangle Programme Leader to discuss an idea of having a photo exhibition of our expedition in Manila during the first WWF Coral Triangle Business Summit in January 2010. We knew this was going to be […]

Coral Triangle Expedition Cover Stories

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Fisheries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Phillipines, Scuba Diving, Turtles on December 5, 2009

Happy makers like these go a long way in keeping us company during our travels from site to site, boat to boat, hotel room to hotel room all throughout the Coral Triangle. Please read all about The Jakarta Post Weekender Magazine cover story in Alya B. Honasan’s article Odyssey of Life. And another cover story […]

The Fate of Leatherback Turtles in the Kei Islands, Moluccas

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Kei Island - Moluccas, Marine conservation, Turtles on December 2, 2009

21 November 2009 – Saturday Today we were extremely happy in the morning and extremely sad by the afternoon. We had a slow start leaving the house at 7am. For 2 long hours, we saw nothing. Eki was in fact close to cursing mode when we saw our first leatherback turtle at 9am. For the […]

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