FACT SHEET: Degrading marine environment sa South China Sea, paano na?

UP Institute of Biology study on corals in Sandy Cay

• ABS-CBN News, Pag-asa cays in ‘degraded state’ over new island-building activities: study, May 4, 2024
• Inquirer.net, Corals, cays in Pag-asa Island now degraded, UP biologist says, May 4, 2024
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Destruction of Coral Reef in West Philippine Sea

• PTV Philippines, PCG, kinumpirma ang pagkasira ng coral reef sa ilang bahagi ng West PH Sea, Sept. 18, 2023
• ABS-CBN News, Pagkuha, pagsira ng bahura sa West Philippine Sea, ikinabahala | TV Patrol, Sept. 17, 2023

Global Times (X account), Experts said payao harms environment, April 7, 2024

Impact of Payao on marine ecosystem

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• Greenpeace, Briefing Paper: Forum on Fish Aggregating Devices, Sept. 3, 2014

PTV Philippines, BFAR, nanindigang ipagpapatuloy ang pamamahagi ng mga payao sa mga Pilipinong nangingisda sa West Phl Sea, April 18, 2024

ABS-CBN News, WATCH: The UP Institute of Biology observed “a pile of sand and rubble” on 3 Pag-asa cays in the West Philippine Sea, May 4, 2024

Christian Maño (X account), Sa tanong kung sino ang posibleng may kagagawan ng degraded state ng Pag-asa Cays sa West Philippine Sea…, May 4, 2024

Oceana, STRENGTHEN CORAL-RICH MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, accessed April 16, 2024

Asia Maritime Initiative, DEEP BLUE SCARS: ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, Dec. 18, 2023

Photos used in the video

• Nikswieweg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

• Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons