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2010 Butanding Whale Shark Festival in Donsol, Philippines

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Biodiversity, Coral Triangle, Donsol, Ecotourism, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Philippines on May 8, 2010

27 April 2010 N12 55.589 E123 34.459 – Woodland Resort, Donsol We have not been to the Butanding Festival since 2003. It was exciting to be here again during the festivities and the fluvial parade was not to be missed. We went to Donsol via night bus from Manila. It was a 12 hour drive to […]

Hubbs Scientist Tagging Whale Sharks in Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Biodiversity, Coral Triangle, Donsol, Ecotourism, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Philippines on May 7, 2010

24 – 27 April 2010 N12 55.589 E123 34.459 – Woodland Resort, Donsol To address some important questions about where sharks spend their time and what habtitats are important to them, a whale shark tagging program was set up four years ago in Donsol for whale shark conservation. With funding for megafauna research from WWF Denmark […]

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 […]

Singapore Slideshow!

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Bali, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Donsol, El Nido Marine Protected Area & Resort, Fisheries, Indonesia, Jamursbamedi, Komodo, Kudat, Live Reef Fish Trade, Malampaya Sound, Malaysia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), North Sulawesi, Philippines, Roxas / Taytay Pearl Farm, Scuba Diving, Semporna, Sipadan, Mabul, Tubbataha Reefs and Bird Island, Tuna, Turtle Islands, Sandakan on October 26, 2009

If you happen to be in Singapore on October 27 with nothing to do at 7 pm, join us at the Botanical Gardens, as we shall be presenting our expedition so far through a 40-minute slideshow. Here’s WWF Singapore’s leaflet-invitation to announce the event!

Whale Sharks of Donsol

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Donsol, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Philippines on June 6, 2009

30 May – 2 June 2009 N12 54.310 E123 33.956 We have not been back to Donsol in six years, and the many tight, long hugs we received were enough proof that we had left good friends there. It was truly a heart-warming “Welcome Back Home.” But Donsol has changed. It has bloomed. We were […]

Donsol Here We Come

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Donsol, Marine conservation, Philippines on May 29, 2009

29 May 2009 From summers 2000 to 2003, we prided ourselves in being the first to organize tours for European tourists to see whale sharks in Donsol. We stopped when we immigrated to Australia. We have not been back since, and tonight, we will make our long bus pilgrimage to the land of whale sharks […]