As the recent oil spill continues to threaten coastal communities and marine ecosystems in Oriental Mindoro, Antique, Palawan and now, the Verde Island Passage. Know more:
As the recent oil spill continues to threaten coastal communities and marine ecosystems in Oriental Mindoro, Antique, Palawan and now, the Verde Island Passage, experts warn against the potential long-term impacts that will eventually take its toll on biodiversity and the fishing communities.
The provincial government implemented programs and projects to become an agri-ecotourism hub and a top producer of clean, renewable energy in Western Visayas.Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos, vice president of nonprofit Oceana Philippines, said oil spills, including that in Guimaras, have dire consequences to coastal and marine ecosystems and it takes years, sometimes decades, before an affected area recovers from its adverse environmental impact.
She said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources should step up its damage assessment of affected coastal and marine ecosystems and make the report public.For his part, Fernando Hicap, Pambansang Lakas ng Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas national chairman, said the government as well as the owner of MT Princess Empress that sunk off Oriental Mindoro in February should provide unconditional support to fishermen who are affected by the oil spill.
Campos, in her study conducted at the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve off Guimaras, underscored the importance of seagrass beds in providing food, shelter and habitat to fishes because of the presence of macrobenthos, or small organisms that live at the bottom of a body of water that are visible to the naked eye.It has 25 hectares of seagrass beds, including the Kalaparan seagrass beds, wherein the study was conducted from 2005 to 2011.
Nievales explained that seagrass beds “support thousands of marine species, store carbon, improve water quality, protect coastlines, cycle nutrients, and create habitat corridors between coral reefs and mangroves.” Sadaba, discussing the effects of oil spills on mangroves, said the importance of mangroves cannot be overemphasized.
“Mangroves can be killed by heavy or viscous oil that covers its lenticels,” or raised pores in the stem of a woody plant that allows gas exchange between the atmosphere and the internal tissues, he said, describing it as a smothering effect.
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