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		<title>Conserving Coral Reefs in Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reef Check Foundation is helping Haitians discover and protect their marine life.  Click on the link to see the article from the New York Times.]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/conserving-coral-reefs-in-haiti-from-scratch.php</link>
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		<title>Second Batch of Ecodivers for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In March 2011, ecodiver training was conducted for 6 partners of Conservation International &#8211; Philippines (CIP). Three partners were from the Local Government of Occidental Mindoro, and the other three were university partners of CIP. The group was joined by 2 trainees from the University of the Philippines&#8217; Marine Science Institute. The training was conducted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/second-batch-of-ecodivers-for-2011.php</link>
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		<title>New Eco-Divers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Eco-Divers who completed the course last February 6, 2011! The course was conducted over a 2-week period. It consisted of 4 classroom sessions (held after office hours), 1 pool session in Metro Manila, and then culminated by 2 days of field work in Anilao, Batangas. The photo shows the Eco-Divers displaying the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/new-eco-divers.php</link>
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		<title>Students from International School Manila go Eco-Snorkeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from the 10th Grade of the International School Manila went on an Ecology Field Trip to the De La Salle University&#8217;s Brother Alfred Shields Marine Station in Sitio Matuod, Lian, Batangas last 14-16 January 2011. The 46 students were divided into 2 groups. Each group stayed one night in the Bro. Shields Marine Station. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/students-from-international-school-manila-go-eco-snorkeling.php</link>
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		<title>The New Reef Check Team from Batangas City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last August 2010, the Batangas Coastal Resource Management Foundation (BCRMF) and the Malampaya Foundation sponsored Reef Check Eco-Diver training for 14 members of the Batangas Community Divers. The trainees came from 6 barangays in Batangas City, Philippines. During the 4-day training, the participants learned about indicator species tracked by Reef Check, and they surveyed coral [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/the-new-reef-check-team-from-batangas-city.php</link>
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		<title>Philippine Summary on Coral Reefs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The coral reefs in the Philippines are estimated to cover 25,000 to 27,000 km2 in area. These reefs are spread over 7,100 islands and is only second to Indonesia in terms of area coverage. The Philippines has been recognized as part of the global center of biodiversity and a very recent study has indicated that it has the highest number of species per unit area (Carpenter and Springer 2005). The latter also hypothesized that the Philippines might be the ‘center of the center’ of marine shorefish species diversity. These findings underline the importance of Philippine coral reefs as a world natural heritage and the need for protection.]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/philippine-summary-on-coral-reefs.php</link>
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		<title>RC Phil launches EcoAction with series of TOTs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reef Check Philippines launched the Eco-Action Program with a series of Training of Trainers in Mactan Island (Cebu), Ocean Adventure (Subic), Pacifico Azul Resort (Anilao, Batangas) and in Sabang, Puerto Galera.]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/rc-phil-launches-ecoaction-with-series-of-tots.php</link>
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		<title>International Volunteers in RC Phil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three Dutch volunteers  from Hogeschool Zeeland conducted a successful scientific research on the island Cebu in central Visayas on the relationship between physico-chemical characteristics of coastal waters and indicators of coral reef health.]]></description>
		<link>http://reefcheckphilippines.org/international-volunteers-in-rc-phil.php</link>
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