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LAMAVE is launching the Northwestern Palawan Turtle Nesting Project in November 2022

The Turtle Nesting Project will initially focus on the municipalities in the northwest of Palawan, with the main base being in San Vicente. LAMAVE is supporting and amplifying the impact and work of the local POs and stakeholders, bringing people together, providing technical knowledge and expertise and providing opportunities for enhancing local capacity and professionalizing local teams and eco-tourism guides.

NEWS

Olive ridley turtle nests in the Philippines make it onto the global map! 🇵🇭

For the first time since ‘The State of the World’s Sea Turtles’ (SWOT) started their global mapping initiative, the Philippines was able to contribute olive ridley turtle nesting data, helping offer insights into nesting behaviors especially for places where arribadas do not occur.

Press Release

Baby whale shark discovery indicates Donsol and the Ticao-Burias Pass are important reproductive habitats for the endangered whale shark

Philippines, November 2020, A new scientific publication from LAMAVE and BFAR Region 5 reports the importance of Donsol and the Ticao-Burias Pass as a likely pupping ground and nursery area for the endangered whale shark.

NEWS

DNA insights could help protect manta rays

Written by: Katie Smith and Inês Crespo

Researchers provide evidence for a potential new manta ray species and suggest improvements to conservation approach.

Further support for a potential new species of manta ray in the Gulf of Mexico has been uncovered by a global genetic study.

NEWSGuest UserNovember 10, 2020manta ray, manta trust, LAMAVE, global study, devil ray, gentic study, reef, reef manta ray, conservation, researchComment

Press Release

Social media is helping scientists put the rare and endangered ornate eagle ray on the world map

The Philippines, 9 October 2020, A new study has expanded the known distribution of the elusive ornate eagle ray by sourcing photographs from popular social media platforms. This citizen science‐sourced data shared by the public and analysed by scientists are contributing to the understanding of the vulnerability of this species, while also creating opportunities for conservation.

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Malaya the Manta celebrates #WorldMantaDay in style!

This is not how Malaya the manta thought she’d be spending the first-ever World Manta Day. She thought she’d be out and about mixing with the people and celebrating her species with the amazing communities she knows in the Philippines. But, COVID-19 happened, and well, we all know what that brought – social distancing – home offices, but she gets it, and she is happy to play her part to help curb the global pandemic….

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Project Meraki - an art fundraiser for our oceans

Project Meraki is an art fundraiser by Stephanie Loy to support the conservation projects of the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) to protect endangered marine species and their habitats in the Philippines. The online art auction will run between August 30 - September 5 2020, with 70% of each painting sold donated to LAMAVE.

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Conservation in the time of COVID-19

It’s been 128 days since our team felt the ebb and flow of the Philippine seas, the taste of saltwater in our snorkels and the occasional stinger on our cheek. As individuals deeply connected to the sea, it’s been tough being “dry docked” but it’s also been an important time for us as an organisation…

BLOG

From a microbial to an environmental lens

a moment of reflection by Jia Dollano

We interact with the micro- and megafauna found on this planet certainly every second of our lives. We build things, we destroy things, we truly dominate. But we dwell with the environment and it is unfortunate that we only know little about it….

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PRESS RELEASE

Citizen Scientists Help Identify 1,272 Marine Turtles in the Philippines

Divers and snorkelers have helped identify 1,272 endangered Green (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) across the Philippines, simply by sharing their photographs. By doing so they’ve become what is known as citizen scientists.

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Rony’s Company Call Fundrauses for LAMAVE!

Sunday, November 11, “Rony’s Company Call – A Stage Door to Christmas” set the stage for Christmas, with a night of music, dancing, Santa hats and bubbles, all in support of LAMAVE!

CONVERSATIONS

Venturing Into The Wider World of International Whale Shark Research

LAMAVE attended the 5th International Whale Shark Conference (IWSC) held last 28-31 May 2019 in the town of Exmouth, WA Australia. Part of the organization’s contingent were LAMAVE researchers Ari Agustines and Tin Legaspi, the first Filipinas to participate in this conference.

PHOTO STORY

Travelling off the beaten track in search of Manta Rays

LAMAVE has been studying rays in the Philippines since 2012, initially in Bohol but more recently in Masbate, where an underwater seamount is proving to be one of the most important sites for manta rays in the country…

VOLUNTEER BLOG

A Whole New World

My girlfriend and I took a year off to travel around the world and we wanted to volunteer with a few conservation organisations along the way. We jumped on the opportunity as soon as we heard of LAMAVE. We could tell that this experience would shape what we will do for the rest of the trip. And for good!

NEWS

Women in Conservation: Research, Science, Sustainability, Empowerment

In celebration of Womens Month, we turn to the passionate, strong women leading some of LAMAVEs research and conservation projects across the Philippines. We ask what drives them and hear their take on scientific research and what motivates them to pursue conservation goals in the heart of the coral triangle…

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LAMAVE Researcher Sue Ong gives us the low down on #IMCC5 in Kuching, Malaysia

Sue Ong, is a LAMAVE Project Leader, currently based on Apo Island, Negros Oriental. Originally from Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, Sue shares her experience of attending her first-ever International Conference and why she is determined to pursue conservation goals in the Philippines. Here's what the passionate conservationist had to share...

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LAMAVE Re-joins the Sirens Fleet for a Special liveaboard trip this January 2019.

LAMAVE will once again board the Philippine Siren for a special liveaboard trip around the Visayas in the Philippines. The trip which will run between the 9-19 of January 2019 will take divers to some of the best sites in the Philippines while also offering guests the opportunity to assist LAMAVEs research on whale sharks, manta rays and turtles.

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LAMAVE partners with Plymouth University to engage students in Marine Conservation

We are delighted to be one of a number of research-based NGO's partnering with the University of Plymouth through the Ocean Giants Trust, to offer exciting new opportunities for marine biology students.

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LAMAVE joins forces with Liveaboard Solitude One for an exclusive Research Expedition in the Sulu Sea

This September 2018, Solitude One, a liveaboard company dedicated to bringing divers exotic underwater encounters will host LAMAVE researchers and the public on an exclusive research expedition to Cagaynacillo in the Philippines.

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LAMAVE celebrates Month of the Ocean (MOO) with DENR and partners

May 4, 2018, Apo Island, Negros. DENR-BMB and partners descended upon Apo Island, Negros Oriental to officially kick-off Month of the Ocean (MOO) 2018. This year's theme “Together for the Reefs” (“Sama-sama para sa Bahura”) compliments and coincides with the International Year of the Reef and aims to get everyone involved in protection the Philippine Seas.

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