Tag: biodiversity
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No to Mining in Palawan Online Signature Campaign (YES to Tourism!)
This is very timely especially since the Philippines is re-launching its new tourism campaign. I am not against mining per se, but mining in an archipelago — one of the centers of the world’s biodiversity — is like taking away our core competence when in fact eco-tourism is so scarce nowadays we’re one of the…
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A Primer on Biodiversity — Please Come!
On Wednesdays, we dive with Manta Rays (Taken in Tubbataha, 2011) “I was born a century too early. I’ll never travel to outer space.” My greatest regret was something I had no control over. And that’s why I decided to take up SCUBA. In essence, it’s pretty much follows the same principle: you float around…
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Remembering 2010: Marking 102 Dives with video
Probably the best investment I made this year was for a decent underwater video camera. I accumulated over 42GB worth of raw underwater footage and I must say that documenting my dives is easily the most rewarding experience this year, perhaps ever! As a volunteer for WWF Philippines I also donate all my videos to…
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The Blog Post I Promised Carlo Ople
“Oh no there goes Jayvee talking about diving again.” I know, I know.
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