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Biodiversity Science of the West Philippine Sea: The What and the How

The Conservation and Biodiversity Program (CBP) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development is inviting everyone to a roundtable discussion (RTD) entitled, “Biodiversity Sciences for the West Philippine Sea: The What and the How” on April 30, 2025, 10 AM Philippine Standard Time, at the UP CIDS, Bahay ng Alumni, Diliman, Quezon City.

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The Roundtable

The roundtable is a preparatory activity for MariTESS 2.0 talks in September. While MariTESS 2.0 will focus on advancing science and policy for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in line with the NAST DOST Pagtanaw 2050 and the Blue Economy, the April roundtable will solely focus on biodiversity sciences, taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, species inventory, biodiversity databases and museum studies on the WPS.

The roundtable sets to establish an understanding of the biodiversity baselines, taxonomic and systematic studies, evolutionary ecology, biogeographic and ecological history aspects of the WPS. The use of biodiversity resources and ethnobiodiversity studies from an anthropological and archaeological aspects will be part of the roundtable. The aims also include a discussion of what needs to be done and the methods of knowing and how this can be applied to policy creation to further Filipino science understanding of the WPS.

Discussants

    • Benjamin M. Vallejo, Jr., Ph.D.
      Convenor
      Conservation and Biodiversity Program
      UP CIDS
    • Harold Monteclaro, Ph.D.
      Dean
      College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
      University of the Philippines Visayas
    • Laura David, Ph.D.
      Director
      Marine Science Institute
      University of the Philippines Diliman
    • Prof. Floredel Dangan-Galon
      Unit head
      Marine Science Research Center
      Palawan State University
    • Maria Theresa Mutia, Ph.D.
      Executive Director-Officer In Charge
      National Fisheries Research and Development Institute
      Department of Agriculture
    • Loida Corpus, Ph.D.
      President and CEO
      Quantitative Aquatics, Inc.
    • Emily Capuli, M.Sc.
      Research Associate
      Quantitive Aquatics, Inc
    • Kathleen Kesner-Reyes
      Research Associate
      Quantitative Aquatics, Inc
    • Carmela Española, Ph.D.
      Co-Founder
      Wild Bird Club of the Philippines

Organizer Info

The rountable discussion is organized by the Conservation and Biodiversity Program of UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies.

For queries, please email [email protected].