Lacson noted that the Paradise Reef ecosystem is “vital to the survival of coral reef communities fringing Samal Island.” The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is undertaking the ...

So by the time you have this bridge here, your coral reef will not be the same again, and you will lose the most precious coral reef on the western side of Samal Island,” he said.

They’ve called on Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order a rerouting of the US$400 million China-funded project to save the coral garden. Originally proposed 40 years ago, the Samal Island ...

Despite a Supreme Court petition from environmental groups citing damage to coral reefs, DPWH-Davao confirms the P23-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) bridge project remains on track ...

Samal Island, a popular tourist destination near Davao City in the southern Philippines, is fringed by a 300-meter (980-foot) coral system known as Paradise Reef, which hosts more than 100 coral ...

DAVAO CITY—The construction of the bridge linking this city to Samal Island has yet to start but damage to the coral reef was already extensive, environmentalists here revealed.

BATTERED CORAL areas in the island city of Samal are getting help for revival through a technology called Reefbuds being deployed by a women’s organization. The Innerwheel Club of Parañaque, headed by ...

This invertebrate — as it is in other areas in the Indo-Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — is threatening the coral reefs around the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS), a popular ...

It has 2.7 square meters of coral reefs. The SIDC Bridge aims to connect ... preliminary injunction against the construction of the Samal Bridge was dismissed by the Court of Appeals early this ...

However, the petitioners argued that the project should be stopped as it poses irreversible damage on the coral reefs in the 15,000 square meter Paradise Reef in Samal Island and in Hizon Marine ...

T.squamosa, unlike the T.gigas, are prevalent in other sites in the Philippines and in the coral triangle. Image courtesy of UP-Bolinao Marine Laboratory On Samal Island, locals directly attribute ...