Reef Investigation in Apo Island

Greenpeace divers together with scientists from Silliman University, Apo island community members, the Marine Protected Area Management Board and Apo island dive wardens, unfurl a banner reading "Save our Seas".
The Marine Protected Area (MPA) was destroyed by Typhoon Pablo in December 2012. An increase in extreme weather events is one of the predicted effects of climate change. Greenpeace is in Apo island as part of its Philippine leg of the “Ocean Defenders Tour of South East Asia".

Unique identifier: GP04OEY

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/07/2013

Locations: Apo Island, Apo Island Marine Reserve, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Steve De Neef / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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MY Esperanza in the Philippines

The Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza is in the Philippines for a three week journey starting in the Visayas and ending in Manila. The ship, on her Philippine leg of the “Ocean Defenders Tour of South East Asia 2013”, will tell the story of the richness and the beauty of the Philippine seas, expose destruction that causes marine degradation and call for urgent government action to protect its rich biodiversity.

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