Category:
Marine life

Conservation Agreements in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro Renewed
Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro-- Malampaya Foundation Inc (MFI) and its three (3) conservation-partner sites barangays Ranzo, Banilad and Pili in the municipality of Pinamalayan (Oriental Mindoro) renewed Conservation Agreements (CA's) yesterday, February 18, 2025. The communities of Ranzo and Banilad have been MFI's conservation partners since 2013, while Pili, since 2016.

Community Water System in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro Inaugurated
Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro--Conservation-partners of barangay Ranzo (Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro) inaugurated yesterday, February 18, 2025, the community's rehabilitated water system, easing water supply problems for more than 250 households who have been resorting to manual fetching of water, many, until late at night.

Batangas Provincial Government and Malampaya Foundation formalize marine conservation/coastal resource management partnership
Batangas City, Batangas—The Provincial Government of Batangas and Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) formalized on December 6, 2024 its long-standing partnership and cooperation on marine conservation efforts in the province since 2013.

Malampaya-partner sites win Oriental Mindoro top STAR awards
Calapan, Oriental Mindoro—Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) conservation-partner sites in Oriental Mindoro won the top prizes at the 2024 Sustaining MPAs through Awards and Recognitions (STAR) awards yesterday evening.

MFI partner conservation sites sweep Palawan PEARL Awards
Puerto Princesa, Palawan—Malampaya Foundation Inc.’s (MFI) conservation-partner sites in north Palawan swept the major accolades and a host of minor recognitions at the 2024 Palawan PEARL Awards which awards excellent Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the province.

Palawan Marine Protected Area (MPA) stations inaugurated
El Nido and Coron, Palawan—Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) and its local government and community partners inaugurated two (2) new marine protected area (MPA) stations in Palawan as part of enhancing enforcement for MPAs in MFI’s partner communities in El Nido and Coron.
Pioneering release of locally-extinct Philippines' true native Tridacna gigas giant clam conducted in Coron, Palawan
Coron, Palawan- Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) and Western Philippines University (WPU) conducted yesterday, April 11, 2024, pioneer release in the wild of six (6) Philippines’ true native giant clam Tridacna gigas sub adults at a No-Take Zone in the Bulalacao Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Coron, Palawan.

Effective community-based conservation and seasonal closure bears fruit
Pola, Oriental Mindoro--The combined effect of MPA and Enforcement Network, community-based coastal resource management efforts, and province-wide annual seasonal closure continues to bear fruit with the recent “fish-picking” phenomenon at Barangay Puting Cacao in Pola, Oriental Mindoro that was experienced by residents of this coastal barangay after the 7th cycle of the province’s annual seasonal closure from Nov 15 to Jan 15.