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ADOPT-A-SHELL allows you to take active participation on marine conservation efforts in the Philippines, touted to have the most number of marine species per unit area on the planet when study after study conducted from 2005-2013 drew the same conclusion: THE PHILIPPINES IS THE EARTH’S EPICENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION!

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Pioneering release of locally-extinct Philippines' true native Tridacna gigas giant clam conducted in Coron, Palawan

Pioneering release of locally-extinct Philippines' true native Tridacna gigas giant clam conducted in Coron, Palawan

Coron, Palawan- Malampaya Foundation Inc. (MFI) and Western Philippines University (WPU) conducted yesterday, April 11, 2024, pioneer release in the wild of six (6) Philippines’ true native giant clam Tridacna gigas sub adults at a No-Take Zone in the Bulalacao Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Coron, Palawan.

April 12, 2024

Fifty (50) cultured locally-extinct native Tridacna gigas transferred to north El Nido

Fifty (50) cultured locally-extinct native Tridacna gigas transferred to north El Nido

El Nido, Palawan—Some fifty (50) grown and thirty (30) juvenile locally-extinct Philippines’ true native giant clam (Tridacna gigas) were transferred from Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape (MSPLS) in Taytay, Palawan to a strict protection zone in Teneguiban in El Nido.

September 19, 2023

Abalone tanks and grown clams adopted

Abalone tanks and grown clams adopted

Several tanks of juvenile abalone and 100 grown ocean nursery giant clams were adopted by UC38 LLC for one year to support the care of invertebrate shells for the String of Pearls project aiming to restock protected reefs of the fast- disappearing threatened and locally-extinct species.

February 18, 2023
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