𝐏𝐂𝐒𝐃𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐒) 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲

𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟵-𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳; 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘃𝘆𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹, 𝗣𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆- In intensifying the marine protection and conservation efforts in the West Philippines Sea through coral monitoring with the aid of digital technology, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS), in partnership with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), is currently spearheading the trainers’ training for the utilization of ReefCloud and ReefScan Transom, specifically developed by the scientists of AIMS.

As a crucial introduction into the knowledge and skills needed for the implementation and operationalization of the said marine-monitoring technologies, it is being participated by representatives from PCSDS, DENR-PENRO, DENR-CENRO-Taytay, Snake Island-National Center on Marine and Coastal REsearch (SI-NCMCR), Protected Area Management Office-El Nido-Taytay Resource Managed Protected Area, Provincial Government-ENRO, City Agriculture Office, Western Philippines University, World Wildlife Fund Palawan, and LGU-Kalayaan, which will all serve as operators of these technologies functioning as its local reef monitoring experts.

This undertaking is under the Marine Resource Initiative (MRI) Project jointly implemented by PCSDS and AIMS, and is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia. It aims to enhance coral reef monitoring in the region by focusing on capacity building and implementation of AIMS technological solutions for data collection, standardization, analysis, and reporting. #PCSDNews#PCSDUpdates

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𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟗-𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕; 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐯𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥, 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲- Upang mapa-igting ang pagpoprotekta at pangangalaga ng West Philippines Sea sa tulong ng modernong teknolohiya sa pagsasagawa ng “coral monitoring”, kasalukuyang isinasagawa ng Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) at Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) ang pagsasanay sa paggamit ng ReefCloud and ReefScan Transom; mga produkto ng mga siyentipiko ng AIMS.

Ito ay kasalukuyang nilalahukan ng mga kinatawan mula sa PCSDS, DENR-PENRO, DENR-CENRO-Taytay, Snake Island-National Center on Marine and Coastal REsearch (SI-NCMCR), Protected Area Management Office-El Nido-Taytay Resource Managed Protected Area, Provincial Government-ENRO, City Agriculture Office, Western Philippines University, World Wildlife Fund Palawan, at LGU-Kalayaan.

Ang nasabing proyekto ay bahagi ng Marine Resource Initiative (MRI) Project, na ipinatutupad ng PCSDS at AIMS; na may pondo mula sa Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of Australia. Naglalayon itong mapa-unlad ang “coral monitoring” sa rehiyon sa pamamagitan ng “capacity-building”, at paggamit ng tecknolohiya ng AIMS sa “data”, “standardization”, “analysis”, at “reporting” gamit ang nasabing teknolohiya.