UP Biologists offer services to rehab Manila Bay using mangrove and not dolomite.
MANILA BAY – For the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, biologists from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman offer “science-based”.
University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman biologists offer services to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to rehabilitate Manila Bay using “science-based” programs and solutions. They target to recover its biological functions and services.
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These biological functions and services may be restored accordingly through “restoring and protecting key habitats, managing invasive species, reducing pollution, and among others”. They expressed in their statement that they are willing to help the DENR for the rehabilitation.
It also added that in order to be successful, “the rehabilitation program needs to demonstrate a grasp of land-sea connectivity as well as possible immediate, short-term, and long-term impacts at species, ecosystem, and seascape scales”. Accordingly, they could have used the budget for dolomite sand, which created an artificial white sand baywalk for the people, to “viable, scientifically sound projects that can restore Manila Bay to a state that is fit for recreation.”
They could have also allot it to better usage such as for medical frontliners and the millions of hungry fellow Filipinos. The spending of money for the dolomite dumped in Manila Bay is accordingly not a smart way amid the pandemic which only voiced out the opinions of many Filipinos about this controversial project.
Thus, they suggest mangroves for the “biodiversity conservation” in Manila Bay which is similar to Las Piñas Parafiaque Critical Habitat Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA). The use of mangroves for rehabilitation is a nature-based solution (NbS), cheaper, and more cost-effective than the artificial white sand.
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