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 Ms.
Earth Clam Seeding
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Miss Earth International - Dive & Trek Clam Seeding
2003
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Dive & Trek Resort and Marine
Sanctuary together with twenty two Miss Earth 2003 International candidates from
all over the world held a Clam Seeding Event last
coming Oct. 18. 2003. More than a hundred dive volunteers assisted
the Ms. Earth
delegates in placing the giant clams in the marine sanctuary.
 Miss Earth is a
beauty pageant that search and develop true "beauties for a
cause." The delegates and winners give meaning and relevance
to this beauty competition by promoting worthwhile
environmental causes and getting actively involved in caring
for and preserving Mother Earth.
The giant clams (Tridacna
Gigas) seeded at the Dive & Trek Marine Sanctuary
are known locally as the Taklobo and are among the endangered
species in the Philippines protected under CITES, the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora.
Through this activity, Dive &
Trek, the Miss Earth International Candidates, the local
government of Bauan, volunteer divers, and friends promote
world wide awareness to the status of the giant clams as well
as the efforts that can be done to save them.
This event
is part of the Department of Tourism’s
WOW Philippines program. The major sponsors were BPI Edge, Smart Addict, Joey 92.3
FM, San Miguel Light, Wallenius Lines, and the municipality of Bauan, Batangas
headed by Mayor Dolor.
(Oct.
18, 2003) |
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World Clean-up Day 2003
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Dive and Trek
has traditionally has come up with the largest number of volunteers in the
the Balayan Bay area. This the eight straight year it has done so with 214
volunteers trooping in to the resort as early as a day before this year's
event.
Led by Ms. Winfred Omwakwe of
Kenya, Ms. Earth International 2002 and the Ms. Philippines 2003 winners,
divers have once again shown that they are one with
the whole world in protecting the environment.
(Sept.
20, 2003) |
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Clam Seeding Event November 2002
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Dive
and Trek continues to be in the forefront of seeding clams in
the Balayan Bay area. Together with more than a hundred
volunteers, 50 mature giant clams measuring more than 30cm in
length were seeded in the house reef.
A
near perfect survival rate of 98% was achieved a week after
the seeding.
(Nov.
9, 2002)
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Miss Philippines - Earth , April Ross Perez and Gina Ritter, helping out |
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Clean-up Day 2002
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In search of trash: A boat loaded to the brim with dive
volunteers
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A hundred twenty
volunteer divers, together with Dive and Trek, once again expressed their
commitment to the preservation of the environment through participation in
the World Clean-up Day activities.
With the largest
contingent of volunteers for seven consecutive years, it is an expression
that can truly be heard loud and clear. (Sept.
21, 2002) |
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Clam Seeding Project March 2001
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Giant
clam seedlings are acclimatized prior to transfer and seeding by
volunteers. |
Volunteers regularly seed the area of Balayan Bay with giant clams cultured from the UP Marine
Institute. As the most successful site nationwide with a
long term survival rate of >80%, Dive & Trek is the the base for all these
activities in the Anilao and Balayan Bay area.
Join them and the staff of Dive and Trek as they prepare
hundreds of giant clams for seeding. (March
1, 2001) |
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- Pawikan
Project w/Korina
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Dive
& Trek is committed to saving the sea and the creatures that
live in it. Together with Ms. Korina Sanchez of Balitang-K (yes,
she really dives), the Aquarium Society of the Philippines,
& DENR, a rare green turtle was rescued from the Pet market
of Cartimar, nursed back to health, and then released in front
of the resort's Marine Sanctuary.
(Nov.
21, 2000) |
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of D&T, Korina, and the Rare Green Turtle |
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- Clean-up
Day 2000
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Concerned
divers sorting out collected trash |
One
weekend every year, DIVE & TREK RESORT holds a clean up to
coincide with the WORLD CLEAN-UP DAY. All over the world,
clean-up’s are organized to create awareness of the damage to
the environment caused by pollution and indiscriminate garbage
disposal.
(Sept. 16, 2000) |
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