Month: February 2025

Mangrove saplings planted on a mount
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25,000 Mangrove Saplings and Counting: Reviving Bitaugan West Through Community Action

With the support of the Blue Marine Foundation, we successfully wrapped up the project’s first year of mangrove rehabilitation activities. In partnership with the Bitaugan West Fisherfolks Association (BWFA), we planted the last batch of mangrove saplings, 9,764, hitting our target of 25,000 saplings for the year! The BWFA, with 55 members (24 women and...

AI can help us save mangroves. We want to do better, starting with Bislig City.
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AI can help us save mangroves. We want to do better, starting with Bislig City.

We have seen the potential of AI in supporting our conservation work.  Figures 1-2. Workshop participants during the Community-Based Rehabilitation and Conservation Training last December 3-4. Sources: Andreu Bayongasan, Oceanus Conservation; Dafrose Bajaro, Thinking Machines In 2022, Oceanus partnered with Thinking Machines Data Science and Gainforest to improve monitoring of mangrove forests through mobile data...