Mar 15, 2017
The popular coral reefs of Mabini, Batangas might have been vastly different today...
From 1989 to 1995 communities worked to reduce illegal fishing as Haribon assisted in establishing the Twin Rocks Marine Sanctuary marine protected area or MPA. This was also made possible with the assistance of the local government of Mabini, NGOs and the academe.
We recently visited Mang Johnny Veloso of the Twin Rocks MPA, holding the accolades they've kept as one of the best-managed MPAs in the country, protecting the waters we all enjoy.
We must continue to strengthen MPAs and increase the area covered by protection to reach 30%, the proportion of marine protected areas that will sustain long-term marine biodiversity.