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Artículos de BuceoFilipinas en Prensa Especializada:
Descárgate los artículos de BuceoFilipinas publicados en la principal revista online Española
de Buceo SENSACIONES:
El número 14 de mayo´08 contiene 32 páginas acerca del buceo en Batangas (Anilao e Isla
Verde) y Visayas: Bohol (Panglao, Balicasag, Pamilacan, Cabilao, Siquijor, Isla Apo y
Dumaguete) y Cebu (Mactan, Malapascua, Moalboal y Pescador). El número 14 de la Revista
Sensaciones completo se puede descargar directamente desde su web (197 páginas).
El numero 15 de junio´08 contiene 22 páginas acerca del buceo en Boracay y Palawan
(Tubbataha, Apo Reef, Cuyo, El Nido, Coron y Dimakya). El número 15 de la Revista
Sensaciones completo se puede descargar directamente desde su web (152 páginas) y
El número 16 de julio´08 donde encontraréis en detalle las zonas de buceo de Puerto
Galera, Donsol, Ticao y las extensiones a Palau.
El numero 17 de septiembre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas I
El numero 18 de octubre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas II
El numero 19 de noviembre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas III
Proximamente El numero 36 de enero'11 el viaje de Sensaciones a Filipinas IV (lo
podeis seguir en directo desde el foro Sensaciones
No te pierdas los artículos sobre Filipinas y Palau en la principal revista impresa
Española de Buceo INMERSION:
El número 104 de agosto´08 en la sección de “noticias” y
El número 111 de Marzo´09 un “Especial Visayas” (Cebu, Panglao, Balicasag,
Pamilacan, Cabilao, Siquijor, Isla Apo, Dumaguete, Malapascua, Moalboal y Pescador)
a bordo del Borneo Explorer de Expedition Fleet…
El numero 135 “Especial Palau” en la revista Inmersión
El numero 136 BuceoFilipinas y Buceo Palau en el Dive Travel Show 2011
El numero 137 “Especial Coron” en la revista Inmersión
El numero 140 "Especial Lagos de Coron" en la revista Inmersión
También se ha incluido una presentación en inglés de BuceoFilipinas en la principal
revista online Europea X-RAY MAG
Recomendamos visitar las webs de algunos Centros de Buceo Españoles que
colaboran con BuceoFilipinas y las nuevas crónicas de los buzos españoles que
participan en nuestros tours de buceo por Filipinas…
Muchas gracias
Más artículos de Interés
• Philippines World Center of Marine Treasures by Daily Inquirer
• Filipinas por PADI Dive Guides
• Cebu I por Revista Aquanet
• Cebu II por Revista Aquanet
• Cebu por la Revista Inmersión
• Cebu por la Revista Diving a Fondo
• Tubbataha por la Revista Sensaciones
• Puerto Galera by PADI Undersea Journal
• Filipinas por Revista X-Ray Mag
• Ver la sección de Experiencias Personales
• Ver la sección de Vídeos
• Ver la sección de Links
Philippines 3rd among World’s best dive sites
Mayen Jaymalin
Thailand, Hawaii and other South Pacific and Caribbean countries are known for
their prime scuba sites — but they have nothing on the Philippines, which has
officially earned the distinction of being among the world’s top three diving
destinations.
Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) general manager Robert Barbers said the country
was chosen as one of the top three dive sites in the world during the Dive and
Travel Awards for 2006 held in Japan.
The best dive site award was a result of a survey conducted by the Marine Diving
Fair (MDF), now considered to be Asia’s largest scuba diving and beach resort
exhibition that annually attracts over 50,000 travelers.
"The Philippines was very fortunate to be given recognition and the honor to be
named among the best dive sites in the world next to Maldives and Palau," Barbers
said.
The Philippines swam past other locations with internationally known diving sites
including Thailand, Hawaii and several South Pacific and Caribbean countries.
During the award ceremony, Barbers expressed optimism that with this new
distinction, more foreign travelers will be encouraged to visit the Philippines and
enjoy the many different dive sites around the country.
According to Barbers, the tourism market of the world’s diving industry is Very Very
Big (Billions of US Dollars), Philippine tourism industry stakeholders must intensify
efforts to develop dive resorts around the country in order to attract more tourists.
"We have more than 7,000 islands and exploring even a third of these as potential
dive sites would surely be a welcome development in our tourism industry.
Hopefully in the succeeding years the Philippines could be named as the best dive
site in the world," Barbers said.
Among the top internationally recognized dive spots in the country are the
Tubattaha Reef in the Sulu Sea; Malapascua in Cebu which offers the chance to
glimpse rare treasure sharks; Balicasag island off Bohol; Anilao, Batangas; and
Puerto Galera in Mindoro for its colorful corals, strong currents and big fishes.
Also well known among divers are Apo Island off Dumaguete and the surrounding
islands of Palawan.
100 scientists declare Philippines as world’s ‘center of marine biodiversity’
Katherine Adraneda The Philippine Star 06/08/2006
Some 100 scientists have declared the Philippines as the world’s "center of marine
biodiversity" — not the Great Reef Barrier off east Australia — because of its vast
species of marine and coastal resources, according to the World Bank.
However, the scientists raised the alarm that the country’s marine diversity is under
threat of degradation.
Based on the WB report, "Philippine Environment Monitor 2005," the Philippines
appears to be using its coastal resources "in a very inefficient manner" compared to
other Southeast Asian countries.
The overall performance of the Philippines in marine and coastal resources
conservation "is generally poor or very poor relative to other developing
countries," the report added.
Elisea Gozun, former environment secretary and WB consultant, said the broad
trends affecting the Philippine coastal areas include rapid population growth,
widespread poverty, declining fishery productivity, increasing environmental
damage and loss of biodiversity, and climate change.
"The coastal and marine waters of the Philippines are considered the center of
marine biodiversity in the world," Gozun said during the National Forum on
Sustainable Development of Coastal and Marine Resources at the Philippine Plaza
hotel in Pasay City yesterday.
Gozun gave a presentation on the "State of Marine and Coastal Environment in the
Philippines."
"(But) many of the important marine species in the Philippine marine environment
are threatened (mainly by) habitat loss and degradation, pollution, destructive local
and commercial fishing activities and rapid growth in Southeast Asian regional
market for marine products," she said.
Her presentation is part of the Philippine Environment Monitor 2005, which hopefully
will be released next month.
Gozun said the country’s fishery resources are considered more heavily exploited
than elsewhere in the world, and that the country has the most degraded reefs
compared to five other Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, Thailand and
Indonesia.
"The country’s total fisheries yield per year is estimated to be $2.5 billion, as more
than one million people are employed in the fishing industry; 2.3 million tourists
generated $1.99 million in tourist receipts in 2004; while 6.2 million are people
employed in tourism-related businesses," she said.
Gozun said only seven percent of the country’s reefs have been declared as marine-
protected areas, which is the lowest among Asian countries, as the mangrove
decline in the Philippines is considered "very significant."
"But the country has to do more to sustain this, it has to face the challenges (to
ensure conservation of marine and coastal resources) for the future," she said.
Gozun said the Philippines’ main fish species, such as round scad or galunggong
and tuna, are showing "severe signs of overfishing," and that economic loss over
fishing is estimated at about P6.5 billion per year in lost fish catches.
Increasing pollution of bodies of water resulting in harmful algal blooms or "red
tide" had produced yearly losses in fish exports of around P1.6 billion during the
1990s, she added.
Gozun said the government should take action to increase the protection of
threatened marine and coastal resources, improve local livelihood for communities
in coastal areas, and strengthen and simplify institutional arrangements to achieve a
sustainable marine and coastal resources.
"As it has always been said, we have so many good laws but we lack proper
enforcement of these laws," she said.
During the same forum, President Arroyo announced that she had signed an
executive order adopting the Integrated Coastal Management.
Mrs. Arroyo said she had directed Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes to lead the
formulation of a national integrated coastal management plan jointly with other
concerned government agencies such as the Departments of Agriculture, Interior
and Local Government, Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Transportation and
Communications, and the National Economic and Development Authority.
"We are the second largest archipelago in the world with a fragile island
ecosystem," Mrs. Arroyo told guests and participants of the National Forum on
Sustainable Development of Coastal and Marine Resources.
"To protect our coasts and marine waters, however, we must protect the entire
environment — our forests, our lands, our waters, our air — for almost everything
that ensues from environmental degradation flows down and impacts negatively on
the quality of our seas," she said.
Descárgate los artículos de BuceoFilipinas publicados en la principal revista online Española
de Buceo SENSACIONES:
El número 14 de mayo´08 contiene 32 páginas acerca del buceo en Batangas (Anilao e Isla
Verde) y Visayas: Bohol (Panglao, Balicasag, Pamilacan, Cabilao, Siquijor, Isla Apo y
Dumaguete) y Cebu (Mactan, Malapascua, Moalboal y Pescador). El número 14 de la Revista
Sensaciones completo se puede descargar directamente desde su web (197 páginas).
El numero 15 de junio´08 contiene 22 páginas acerca del buceo en Boracay y Palawan
(Tubbataha, Apo Reef, Cuyo, El Nido, Coron y Dimakya). El número 15 de la Revista
Sensaciones completo se puede descargar directamente desde su web (152 páginas) y
El número 16 de julio´08 donde encontraréis en detalle las zonas de buceo de Puerto
Galera, Donsol, Ticao y las extensiones a Palau.
El numero 17 de septiembre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas I
El numero 18 de octubre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas II
El numero 19 de noviembre'08 el viaje de "Shokoy" a Filipinas III
Proximamente El numero 36 de enero'11 el viaje de Sensaciones a Filipinas IV (lo
podeis seguir en directo desde el foro Sensaciones
No te pierdas los artículos sobre Filipinas y Palau en la principal revista impresa
Española de Buceo INMERSION:
El número 104 de agosto´08 en la sección de “noticias” y
El número 111 de Marzo´09 un “Especial Visayas” (Cebu, Panglao, Balicasag,
Pamilacan, Cabilao, Siquijor, Isla Apo, Dumaguete, Malapascua, Moalboal y Pescador)
a bordo del Borneo Explorer de Expedition Fleet…
El numero 135 “Especial Palau” en la revista Inmersión
El numero 136 BuceoFilipinas y Buceo Palau en el Dive Travel Show 2011
El numero 137 “Especial Coron” en la revista Inmersión
El numero 140 "Especial Lagos de Coron" en la revista Inmersión
También se ha incluido una presentación en inglés de BuceoFilipinas en la principal
revista online Europea X-RAY MAG
Recomendamos visitar las webs de algunos Centros de Buceo Españoles que
colaboran con BuceoFilipinas y las nuevas crónicas de los buzos españoles que
participan en nuestros tours de buceo por Filipinas…
Muchas gracias
Más artículos de Interés
• Philippines World Center of Marine Treasures by Daily Inquirer
• Filipinas por PADI Dive Guides
• Cebu I por Revista Aquanet
• Cebu II por Revista Aquanet
• Cebu por la Revista Inmersión
• Cebu por la Revista Diving a Fondo
• Tubbataha por la Revista Sensaciones
• Puerto Galera by PADI Undersea Journal
• Filipinas por Revista X-Ray Mag
• Ver la sección de Experiencias Personales
• Ver la sección de Vídeos
• Ver la sección de Links
Philippines 3rd among World’s best dive sites
Mayen Jaymalin
Thailand, Hawaii and other South Pacific and Caribbean countries are known for
their prime scuba sites — but they have nothing on the Philippines, which has
officially earned the distinction of being among the world’s top three diving
destinations.
Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) general manager Robert Barbers said the country
was chosen as one of the top three dive sites in the world during the Dive and
Travel Awards for 2006 held in Japan.
The best dive site award was a result of a survey conducted by the Marine Diving
Fair (MDF), now considered to be Asia’s largest scuba diving and beach resort
exhibition that annually attracts over 50,000 travelers.
"The Philippines was very fortunate to be given recognition and the honor to be
named among the best dive sites in the world next to Maldives and Palau," Barbers
said.
The Philippines swam past other locations with internationally known diving sites
including Thailand, Hawaii and several South Pacific and Caribbean countries.
During the award ceremony, Barbers expressed optimism that with this new
distinction, more foreign travelers will be encouraged to visit the Philippines and
enjoy the many different dive sites around the country.
According to Barbers, the tourism market of the world’s diving industry is Very Very
Big (Billions of US Dollars), Philippine tourism industry stakeholders must intensify
efforts to develop dive resorts around the country in order to attract more tourists.
"We have more than 7,000 islands and exploring even a third of these as potential
dive sites would surely be a welcome development in our tourism industry.
Hopefully in the succeeding years the Philippines could be named as the best dive
site in the world," Barbers said.
Among the top internationally recognized dive spots in the country are the
Tubattaha Reef in the Sulu Sea; Malapascua in Cebu which offers the chance to
glimpse rare treasure sharks; Balicasag island off Bohol; Anilao, Batangas; and
Puerto Galera in Mindoro for its colorful corals, strong currents and big fishes.
Also well known among divers are Apo Island off Dumaguete and the surrounding
islands of Palawan.
100 scientists declare Philippines as world’s ‘center of marine biodiversity’
Katherine Adraneda The Philippine Star 06/08/2006
Some 100 scientists have declared the Philippines as the world’s "center of marine
biodiversity" — not the Great Reef Barrier off east Australia — because of its vast
species of marine and coastal resources, according to the World Bank.
However, the scientists raised the alarm that the country’s marine diversity is under
threat of degradation.
Based on the WB report, "Philippine Environment Monitor 2005," the Philippines
appears to be using its coastal resources "in a very inefficient manner" compared to
other Southeast Asian countries.
The overall performance of the Philippines in marine and coastal resources
conservation "is generally poor or very poor relative to other developing
countries," the report added.
Elisea Gozun, former environment secretary and WB consultant, said the broad
trends affecting the Philippine coastal areas include rapid population growth,
widespread poverty, declining fishery productivity, increasing environmental
damage and loss of biodiversity, and climate change.
"The coastal and marine waters of the Philippines are considered the center of
marine biodiversity in the world," Gozun said during the National Forum on
Sustainable Development of Coastal and Marine Resources at the Philippine Plaza
hotel in Pasay City yesterday.
Gozun gave a presentation on the "State of Marine and Coastal Environment in the
Philippines."
"(But) many of the important marine species in the Philippine marine environment
are threatened (mainly by) habitat loss and degradation, pollution, destructive local
and commercial fishing activities and rapid growth in Southeast Asian regional
market for marine products," she said.
Her presentation is part of the Philippine Environment Monitor 2005, which hopefully
will be released next month.
Gozun said the country’s fishery resources are considered more heavily exploited
than elsewhere in the world, and that the country has the most degraded reefs
compared to five other Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, Thailand and
Indonesia.
"The country’s total fisheries yield per year is estimated to be $2.5 billion, as more
than one million people are employed in the fishing industry; 2.3 million tourists
generated $1.99 million in tourist receipts in 2004; while 6.2 million are people
employed in tourism-related businesses," she said.
Gozun said only seven percent of the country’s reefs have been declared as marine-
protected areas, which is the lowest among Asian countries, as the mangrove
decline in the Philippines is considered "very significant."
"But the country has to do more to sustain this, it has to face the challenges (to
ensure conservation of marine and coastal resources) for the future," she said.
Gozun said the Philippines’ main fish species, such as round scad or galunggong
and tuna, are showing "severe signs of overfishing," and that economic loss over
fishing is estimated at about P6.5 billion per year in lost fish catches.
Increasing pollution of bodies of water resulting in harmful algal blooms or "red
tide" had produced yearly losses in fish exports of around P1.6 billion during the
1990s, she added.
Gozun said the government should take action to increase the protection of
threatened marine and coastal resources, improve local livelihood for communities
in coastal areas, and strengthen and simplify institutional arrangements to achieve a
sustainable marine and coastal resources.
"As it has always been said, we have so many good laws but we lack proper
enforcement of these laws," she said.
During the same forum, President Arroyo announced that she had signed an
executive order adopting the Integrated Coastal Management.
Mrs. Arroyo said she had directed Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes to lead the
formulation of a national integrated coastal management plan jointly with other
concerned government agencies such as the Departments of Agriculture, Interior
and Local Government, Foreign Affairs, Tourism, Transportation and
Communications, and the National Economic and Development Authority.
"We are the second largest archipelago in the world with a fragile island
ecosystem," Mrs. Arroyo told guests and participants of the National Forum on
Sustainable Development of Coastal and Marine Resources.
"To protect our coasts and marine waters, however, we must protect the entire
environment — our forests, our lands, our waters, our air — for almost everything
that ensues from environmental degradation flows down and impacts negatively on
the quality of our seas," she said.
