As the chair of SEA Institute, Berta Lopez-Feliciano wants to educate the people on the importance of marine environment.
Berta Lopez-Feliciano being interviewed in Anilao by brother Ernie for the “Wreck Hunters” series
In the meeting, Terry Gosliner and Meg Burke, marine scientists from the CAS, asked Gina to take on the job of protecting the Philippines’ VIP, which gained worldwide fame in 2004. Since then, Berta says, “I’ve learned to enjoy hanging out with scientists. It’s crazy how we have so much coastline and sea around us, yet the study of it is largely ignored, and the pursuit of a career in the marine sciences is never top of the list.”VIP is a strait bordered by five provinces: Batangas, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Romblon. It is a natural wonder where the fast movement of currents creates a rich, nutritious soup that sustains so much life.
Berta’s younger brother Ernie, head of Creative Programs Inc. at ABS-CBN and cohost of a scuba-diving series on IWant TV called “Wreck Hunters,” recently interviewed his sister for an episode shot in Anilao, where he dove the wreck of a sunken hotel called the Dari-Laut. “My earliest memories of family always involved the sea. Even when my dad was in jail, my mom continued to haul us to Batangas to spend weekends there. So, unlike most kids nowadays who are so divorced from nature and married to their devices, we lived in a different time, and were lucky enough to discover a love for the sea because of our parents.”
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