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Navigating the Bohol Sea

An eco-literature project in Bohol has enabled a group of students to reconnect with the environment, talk to fishermen and then produce literary pieces about their struggles amid commercial fishing and climate change.

By Procopio Resabal Jr.

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Mar 4, 2024

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For two days in late December, a group of student and professional writers from Jagna, Guindulman and Anda in Bohol sat down with two fishermen who shared with them their current plight amid dwindling catch due largely to commercial fishing and the effects of climate change.

Writer Marjorie Evasco (left) talks with student writers, participants of the Eco-Literature project in Bohol. (Cooper Resabal)
Writer Marjorie Evasco (left) talks with student writers, participants of the Eco-Literature project in Bohol. (Cooper Resabal)

The gathering was part of the Eco Literature Project on the Bohol Sea under the Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage Council and Center for Culture and Arts Development.

The result is a compilation of creative literary pieces — poems, stories, riddles, essays — reflecting the challenges of the food producers and the coastal and marine environment featured in the documentary ‘Mga Sugilanon sa Paglawig sa Dagat Bohol’.

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