Posts tagged coral reef
NEWS
NEWS

LAMAVE and the Philippine Siren team up again for an expedition of diving and whale sharks!

This January we teamed up for a second time with Worldwide Dive and Sail to bring an exclusive trip around the Visayas, Philippines. This trip was designed to visit Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) project site in Sogod Bay, Southern Leyte, and potential study sites for marine megafauna.

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PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE

A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines.

The collaborative research among the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Guam (UoG), and the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) shows that whale shark tourism in Tan-awan, Oslob, Philippines has led to degradation of the local coral reef ecosystem…

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