Our Reports and Publications
In this section you will find a selection of the People and the Sea work. This includes not only reports and scientific papers produced by our team on site, but also research papers written by under/post graduate candidates, who were hosted by the People and the Sea Team to facilitate and supervise the conduct of their academic theses.All papers/articles found here have PDF links for download.
Category: Reports
Campatoc MPA Management and Training and Planning
Groundwater Quality Assessment, Malapascua
Island, Cebu
INTRODUCTION Vital to our daily lives is water. Water is needed by every living organism in this earth. Monitoring the quality of surface water will help protect our waterways from pollution and our local and national governments use monitoring information to help control pollution levels (Southwest Florida Water Management District,…
People and the Sea – Progress Update (2015 Activities)
The latter half of 2015 has seen the implementation in the field of a project that had been researched for over 2 years. In a little over four months, People and the Sea has created a sound platform from which to fulfil the objectives that had been set (see Executive…
Coral reef decline: The need for protection
Coral reefs are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on Earth (Connell, 1978), They are critically important in supporting a vast biological diversity and genetic library for future generations (Moberg & Folke 1999). They provide goods, services and livelihoods for a vast number of people: seafood products, raw materials…
Benefits of Volunteer Based Research
Volunteer based research projects have seen a huge increase in numbers over the past three decades. Moreover, it would seem that this growth is set to continue with new projects becoming available on a regular basis (Wearing 2001, Ellis 2003, Brown & Lehto 2005). These projects have been shown to…
Campatoc MPA Management and Training and Planning
Groundwater Quality Assessment, Malapascua
Island, Cebu
INTRODUCTION Vital to our daily lives is water. Water is needed by every living organism in this earth. Monitoring the quality of surface water will help protect our waterways from pollution and our local and national governments use monitoring information to help control pollution levels (Southwest Florida Water Management District,…
People and the Sea – Progress Update (2015 Activities)
The latter half of 2015 has seen the implementation in the field of a project that had been researched for over 2 years. In a little over four months, People and the Sea has created a sound platform from which to fulfil the objectives that had been set (see Executive…
Coral reef decline: The need for protection
Coral reefs are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on Earth (Connell, 1978), They are critically important in supporting a vast biological diversity and genetic library for future generations (Moberg & Folke 1999). They provide goods, services and livelihoods for a vast number of people: seafood products, raw materials…
Benefits of Volunteer Based Research
Volunteer based research projects have seen a huge increase in numbers over the past three decades. Moreover, it would seem that this growth is set to continue with new projects becoming available on a regular basis (Wearing 2001, Ellis 2003, Brown & Lehto 2005). These projects have been shown to…