“ Marami na, pwede ko na siya maiconsider na outbreak. Cañizares stated that the number is unusually high, posing a real danger to the coral reefs. Starting Thursday, August 12, the team had collected more than 800 crown-of-thorns starfish from several dive spots such as in Payong-payong, Popolcan, Pacanayas Island, and Inambuyod Island. They agreed to provide their services and resources, and even organized a fundraiser so they could buy removal kits. Local diver and tourism business owner Ryan Christopher Cañizares said in an interview that the volunteers were called in early August to help the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO). Tourism may be on hold in El Nido due to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, but the spirit of environmental conservation is alive and well.Ī group of volunteers, mostly SCUBA dive instructors and tourism workers, joined forces to combat a natural threat to their precious coral reefs – the crown-of-thorns starfish.
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