Near the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines, located 50 meters below the sea surface, is the Benham Bank, an underwater ...

Benham Bank has “high biodiversity and pristine state of reefscapes,” a recent University of the Philippines Diliman Marine Science Institute (UPD MSI) study states. Located near the eastern coast of ...

Its role in the reef ecosystem is to clean other fish ... food is something that is happening across the Philippines, and throughout the Coral Triangle, as ever increasing numbers of people ...

BENHAM BANK, on the Philippine Rise, hosts one of the Philippines’ richest coral ecosystems, including important fish species, marine researchers said. They cited the potential for Benham Bank coral ...

In addition, destructive fishing practices, like poisoning and dynamiting, has caused great harm to the rich coral reefs ... Forest cover in the Philippines Fragile ecosystems have also gained ...

“At that time, we found that the surveyed area had a reef ecosystem ... United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson described the reports on coral destruction around the reefs ...

FeatureDamaged by fishing techniques that use explosives and chemicals, the Philippines coral ecosystem is in danger, but on a bay on the island of Palawan, conservationists are involving local ...

China’s government released a report on Monday that claims a grounded Philippines warship at Second Thomas Shoal caused extensive damage to the shoal’s coral reef ecosystem. China claims a significant ...