Five endemic species — the lagsaw, bakatin, badlitan, tarictic, and talarak — are the benchmark for conservation success across the West Visayas. Talarak Foundation says extinction's trend may finally be slowing.

Ilang dekada nang nagtatahong si Emmanuel "Ka Manny" Dobleso sa Kawit, Cavite. Ang oil spill noong 2024 ay ikatlo na sa loob ng isang dekada — at hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin ganap na nakakabawi.

For over a decade, Roque Regis has helped restore Tacloban's Paraiso mangroves after Super Typhoon Yolanda. Now a proposed causeway project threatens the water flow that keeps the sanctuary alive.

Dynamite and cyanide fishing have left over 90% of Zambales' reefs threatened, costing the Philippines billions annually. Fisherman Belty Amlog, 74, says the destruction is now emptying his own nets.