Updated November 20, 2021
by MERF, Inc.
Project Title: Initiating Bioregional Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation on the Benham Rise Seamount
Project Brief Description: The project aims to re-focus and to highlight the other conditions in the area, such as vulnerability to climate change, coastal zone issues, capacity-building for coastal area management, socio-economic potential of the area, and creation and strengthening of co-management arrangements and local participation.
Project Leader: Porfirio M. Aliño, Ph.D.
Project Duration: March 10, 2016 to April 30, 2017
Funding Agency: Department of Environment and Natural Resources- Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB)