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UP MSI, UPLB-INREM, and UP IMLOS advance natural capital accounting efforts through the RE-INVEST WPS Program Workshop
Featured photo: Attendees of the “Laying the Foundation for Natural Capital Accounting for the West Philippine Sea” workshop. “We measure what matters so that we can defend what lasts.” – Senior Associate…
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West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank soft corals are among most diverse in the world
FEATURED PHOTO: The pulse coral Xenia sp. in Puerto Galera, Occidental Mindoro. Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs. They are…
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UP, DENR-BMB, and NAVMETOC conduct research at the West Philippine Sea
Reef wall at Rizal Reef. Photo by Eena Nuevas. A team of 15 researchers and staff from UP MSI, UP Cebu, DENR-BMB, and NAVMETOC conducted a research expedition aboard the UP MSI…
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Biodiversity Research Continues in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea
FEATURED PHOTO: The April 2025 Pag-asa Island Expedition Team. (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) Lorenz Cajilig, Hannah Grace Siena (DENR-BMB), Claude Michael G. Salva, Fernando Castrence, Jeffrey Munar, Aubrey Abadiano, Kametchi…
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UP researchers conduct field survey in Pag-asa Island through DENR-BMB funded project
The Pag-asa Island Expedition Team. (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) Janell Sihay, Dr Gizelle Batomalaque, Maida Biguerras – Pedrosa (UPLB SESAM, Chloie Mae Libatog, Dr Maria Celia Malay, Dr Hildie Maria…
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UP MSI Opens Kanlungan at Kasarinlan: A West Philippine Sea Exhibit
FEATURED PHOTO: Attendees of the exhibit launch, with Dr. Charina Lyn A. Repollo leading the program QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI), in collaboration…
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Why we’re losing land in the Kalayaan Islands
FEATURED IMAGE: BEACH PROFILING. Researchers from the Geological Oceanography Laboratory use the Emery method to measure beaches in the Kalayaan Island Group. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Munar. Flooding is not the only…
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UP MSI Launches the West Philippine Sea State of the Coasts Report
FEATURED PHOTO: The contributing authors for the West Philippine Sea State of the Coasts Report, together with representatives from partner agencies, organizations, and LGUs. Photos courtesy of USAID Fish Right. Quezon City,…
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A world without color: the bleached soft corals of Bolinao
Featured Photo: Bleached Sclerophytum sp. (previously identified as Sinularia) Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, the Philippines of 2020 was no stranger to death. Through her research, soft coral scientist…
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Tales From The Sails
The second leg of UP Marine Science Institute’s (UP MSI) summer research expeditions has officially started. The UP MSI science team is set to conduct research at the Western Palawan Shelf in…
