THE YEAR 2024 opened with several of our conservation sites in south Oriental Mindoro reaping bountiful harvest on their shorelines with coastal residents literally picking juvenile sardines off shallow seagrass beds, loading them by the sack-loads. Such is the result of fruitful conservation partnerships from grassroots to the provincial level, through multi-faceted conservation strategies, backed on-site by relevant national agencies.

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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.

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.

Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila—Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) signed today a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Mindoro State University (MINSU) for MINSU’s inclusion in MFI’s Malampaya Sustainable Development (SD) Scholarship program for deserving university students.

Linapacan, Palawan— Malampaya Foundation Inc (MFI) inaugurated with the Linapacan local government on June 24, 2024 its pilot community micro-grid sites in the municipality to support missionary electrification of remote sites and islands.

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Oriental Mindoro —BPI Foundation (BPIF), the social arm of the Bank of Philippine Islands, and Malampaya Foundation Inc (MFI) teamed up and signed a partnership in September 2023 to undertake additional skills trainings in south Oriental Mindoro to support recovery of select oil spill-affected towns in the province.

Calapan, Oriental Mindoro—Two (2) batches of educational youth camps were completed on August 11, 2023 in Oriental Mindoro for Malampaya Foundation Inc.’s (MFI’s) and partners’ regular engagements with the next generation on environmental stewardship.

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Coron, Palawan-- In partnership with the Coron municipal tourism office, Provincial Tourism Office and the Department of Tourism, a seven (7)-day tour-guiding enhancement training was held with participants totaling 70 from Coron and Linapacan.