Hamilo Coast safeguards its marine biodiversity

IN line with its core emphasis on sustainable tourism and environmentally conscious living, Costa del Hamilo Inc. (CDHI), a leader in the leisure resort industry and the movers behind Hamilo Coast in Nasugbu, Batangas, recently completed a marine protected area (MPA) assessment. The sites targeted were three of 12 coves in the property, established as MPAs for CDHI's sustainable development project and were implemented from 2017 to 2019.

The concept of a marine protected area or MPA is an approach to marine conservation that has been around since the 1970s and has proven effective in many places in the world surrounded by oceans and where fishing is a way of life. It becomes an even more important strategy in a country such as the Philippines, which is located smack in the middle of the global hotspot of natural abundance known as the Coral Triangle. The MPA assessment underscores CDHI's commitment to maintain the quality and integrity of the area's waters to protect the marine ecosystem they support.