Dubbed as “Mama Ranger,” Angelique Songco leads a small team of rangers protecting the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park from illegal fishing and poaching.

The Tubbataha ... and South Reefs. It is a unique example of an atoll reef with a very high density of marine species; the North Islet serving as a nesting site for birds and marine turtles. The site ...

Local leaders even endorsed the expansion of the park to include another coral reef within their municipality. Currently the site’s WH status is being harnessed in the campaign for the approval of a ...

Formed from the eruption of undersea volcanoes nearly 15 million years ago, Tubbataha or ‘long reef’ in the Samal tongue plays host to over 600 kinds of fish that frolic amongst 396 types of soft and ...

Songco received the award for leading a team of marine park rangers who protect the 97,030-hectare Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, the Philippines’ largest protected area.

MANILA, Philippines — “Mama Ranger” Angelique Songco, the long-time park manager of Tubbataha ... an announcement. The reef ecosystem supports over 360 species of coral and almost 700 ...

2011 35COM 7B.17 - Tubbataha Reef Natural Park (Philippines) (N 653bis) 2009 33COM 7B.18 - Tubbataha Reef Marine Park (Philippines) (N 653) 2009 33COM 8B.3 - Natural properties - Extension of ...