Transcending Climate Change
Understanding Climate Change, with the rise of sea level, stronger storms, extreme heat, less agricultural produce, more tropical diseases. Mangroves will mitigate to lessen the risk and help everybody adapt to the climate change.
Mangroves Tree Planting EcoTours
1. Nursery for baby marine life that increase the production of fisheries;
2. Produces leaf litters and detrital matters as food source for marine life;
3. Protection barrier for storm surges, tidal currents and tsunamis;
4. Produce organic bio mass;
5. Reduce organic pollution by trapping or absorbtion;
6. Recreational ground for bird watching and other wildlife;
7. Good source of medicine and food (using poles for fish traps);
8. Prevents beach erosion
9. Traps sediments washed down from upland from getting to the seagrass & corals.
SUCCESSFUL MANGROVE ECOTOURS IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. Gulod Mangrove Reforestation. A community managed with supervision of the Local Government Unit of Calatagan and monitored by the CENRO-DENR, Calaca. The area are also protected under the Environmental Code of Calatagan 2009.
2. Calatagan Nursery and Mangrove Conservation project. Located at Brgy. Balibago, managed by the CALMADA.
3. Calatagan Mangrove Forest Conservation Park. Located at Brgy. Quilitisan, run by the PALITAKAN People's Organization with the supervision on MAO, LGU of Calatagan.
4. Marine Ecosystem Tour. A daytour for marine ecosystem - Mangrove, seagrass, seaweeds and coral reef. Plus Bird watching on the flat tide area and mangrove forest. Located in Brgy. Gulod.
discussion on the site
Snorkeling
Encounter with the marine species like sea urchins
in to the deep
Through education, and creating appreciation of the marine environment, we strive to encourage marine conservation.
We are fascinated with our marine environment, we hope to share some of the magic with you.
So, Welcome to CALATAGANDA in the Province of Batangas. You can contact me on this. . .See you here.
