MGB and
SUAKCREM explored Basay, Negros Oriental
Jasper Leif Maypa
Magandang Gabi Bayan (MGB) and SUAKCREM explored the
town of Basay last November 17, 2001. Cesar Paterno, writer/segment producer,
and Nomer Ramores, cameraman, represented the MGB team. Jasper Maypa, videographer,
and Dioscoro Inocensio, dive buddy, represented SUAKCREM. Actin local officials
headed by Ba. Capt. Judalex Actub and Elmer Lugatiman accompanied the team.
MGB documents what’s above the water, while SUAKCREM documents what’s underwater.
The team went to Barangay Actin to take a look at their
lampirong (Placuna placenta). Unfortunately, there were only few
left in the area because it was harvested two months before. It used to be
very abundant in that place.
Then, the team proceeded to Bongalonan Marine Sanctuary.
There were lots of beautiful fishes and some big ones. The coral reef was
flourishing even though sometimes that place can be very rough. Moreover,
a rare display of thousands of congregating convict fish (Acanthurus triostegus)
was witnessed.
The next day, the team explored the higher grounds to
document the endemic “Negros Cave Frog” (Platymantis spelaeus), and
spotted deer (Cervus alfredi).
Basay is also one of the sites of ARCBC (Asean Regional
Center for Biodiversity Conservation) Project of SUAKCREM.
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Meetings/Conferences Attended
by SUAKCREM Director in 2001
LOCAL
March 20-22 ADB Regional
Meeting on Biodiversity, Asian Development Bank,Manila, Philippines
March 23 Philippine-Sabah Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area (TIHPA) Workshop-Meeting,
Bay View Hotel, Manila, Philippines
March 26 Philippine Crocodile Recovery Team, DENR Compound, Diliman Quezon City,Philippines
May 2-3 Site Visit to Siquijor State College and to the Governor of the Siquijor
on future researchand
collaborative work, Siquijor,
Philippines
April 2-3 10th Annual Meeting of Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines,
Silliman University,
Dumaguete City, Philippines
April 2-6 International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), Shangrila Hotel Mactan,
Cebu, Philippines
August 10, 2001 Philippine Red List Authority and the Training-Workshop on the
Red List Criteria,
Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife
Nature Center, Quezon City, Philippines
July 13-14 Senior Experts Dialogue on Coastal and Marine Policy, United Nations
Development
Program Hyatt Manila, Philippines
September 15-16 Global International Waters Assessment for Sulu-Celebes Sea
Workshop,
conducted by CRC Reef Research
Centre and Australian Institute of Marine Science,
DENR, Manila
October 10-12 State of the Hotspots: Indicator’s Workshop, Conservation International,
Visca,
Baybay, Leyte
October 15 Meeting with Basay Sanggunian Officials, Basay
October 17 Keynote Speaker to Federation of Institutions of Marine and Inland
Scientists (FIMS),
Dumaguete City
October 19 Keynote Speaker to Balik Scientist Meeting, Silliman University,
Dumaguete City
October 22 Plenary Speaker for Philippine Association of Marine Scientists (PAMS)
October 24 Provincial Meeting for Dumaguete Port Reclamation Issue
October 29 Red List Workshop, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center,
Diliman,Quezon City
December 13 PCAMRD Governing Council, Bicutan, Metro Manila
INTERNATIONAL
March 12 Keynote Address at ICLARM Annual In-House Scientific Review, Penang,
Malaysia
May 27-June 1, Annual Pew Fellows Meeting, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 22-30 Presented a Paper on the workshop conducted by the World Fisheries
Trust,
Victoria
Canada
July 21-28, Resource Speaker to Marine Protected Area Workshop sponsored by
Marine and Coastal
Community Network NT, Darwin, Australia
November 1 - 6 Fisheries 2001 Symposium, American Fisheries Society, Honolulu,
Hawaii, USA
PUBLICATIONS IN 2001
Alcala, A.C. 2001. Science, Conservation, and Development in the Philippine
Setting. 140 pp.
Alcala, A.C. 2001. Marine Reserves in the Philippines: Historical Development,
Effects and Influence
in Marine Conservation Policy, 115 pp.
Alcala, A.C. and Russ, G.R. 2001. Local Partnership in Coastal Resource Management.
Tropical
Coasts
