Bataraza Learning and Innovation Hub

Bataraza Learning and Innovation Hub Empowers communities to sustain capacity building, share best practice, and exchange knowledge.

BLIH is a learning network that empowers communities to sustain capacity building, share best practice, and exchange practitioner knowledge.

-Knowledge exchange and adaptive peer learning among coastal communities;
-Integrating community needs with ecological conservation;
-Improving shared capacity for effective management of coastal and marine resources;
-Building community resilience for clima

te change and other local to global threats;
-Developing diverse and sustainable livelihoods and safeguard for food security.

25/03/2026
Happening Now: Balabac and Bataraza Community Learning and Innovation Hub (CLIH) represented at the 2026 Philippine Mang...
25/03/2026

Happening Now: Balabac and Bataraza Community Learning and Innovation Hub (CLIH) represented at the 2026 Philippine Mangrove Conference

From 24-26 March, delegates from national agencies, local governments, and communities gather to unite the country's mangrove conservation community, assess a decade of progress, and chart an evidence-based, accountable path toward resilient coastal futures.

Joining from Palawan in this momentous event is Habiron Bacar, representing the people's organization KNMSKK from Balabac, Palawan.




08/12/2025

Vilifying communities that rely on mangroves doesnโ€™t serve to protect them.

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ On the contrary, for Ecuador's mangrove custody program, fishers are not the problem - they are the solution.

For 26 years now, artisanal crab catchers in the Gulf of Guayaquil have protected 98K hectares of mangroves through community concessions.

๐Ÿฆ€They harvest sustainably while serving as guardians - conducting patrols, reporting threats, and enforcing seasonal closures.

And it works: After losing 27% of mangroves between the 1970s and 1990s to shrimp farming and development, Ecuador's mangrove coverage has managed to remain stable since 1999.

Read the full story here: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/how-community-custody-empowered-ecuadors-crab-catchers-and-revived-its-mangroves/

๐Ÿ“ธ Alexis Serrano Carmona via Mongabay

08/12/2025
05/12/2025

๐–๐–Ž๐–‡๐–—๐–†๐–“๐–™ ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–—๐–†๐–‘๐–˜๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿชธ vs ๐”น๐•๐•–๐•’๐•”๐•™๐•–๐•• โ„‚๐• ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•๐•คโฌœ๐Ÿชธ

๐–‚๐–๐–†๐–™ ๐–†๐–—๐–Š ๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–Ž๐–— ๐–‰๐–Ž๐–‹๐–‹๐–Š๐–—๐–Š๐–“๐–ˆ๐–Š๐–˜?๐Ÿง

๐“ฃ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ธ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ข๐“ธ๐“ต๐“พ๐“ผ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“ท โœจ

04/12/2025
KNMSKK, a people's organization based in Melville, Balabac, demonstrating germination process for Pagatpat species.
22/10/2025

KNMSKK, a people's organization based in Melville, Balabac, demonstrating germination process for Pagatpat species.

22/10/2025
26/07/2025
26/07/2025

|| Today, we join the global call to protect one of the most critical and vulnerable ecosystems in our natural landscape: our mangroves. ๐ŸŒฑ

Declared by UNESCO in 2015, this observance brings global attention to the essential role mangroves play in climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and the well-being of coastal communities.

But even as their value becomes clearer, the threats to their survival, land conversion, pollution, and neglect persist.

In the Philippines, where thousands of coastal families depend on healthy mangrove forests, the call to conserve them is not just a policy, but a promise to protect life, livelihoods, and the future of our shorelines.


22/07/2025

This rainy season is when we need mangroves the most.โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

READ: In urban areas like Metro Manila, the remaining mangroves play a crucial role in reducing the risk of inland flooding. The Las Piรฑasโ€“Paraรฑaque Wetland Park (LPPWP), Metro Manilaโ€™s last remaining mangrove forest, is legally designated as a critical habitat. It helps protect nearby areas against flooding and poor water quality by filtering sediments and heavy metals from Manila Bay. http://bit.ly/4f0b8Ib

Amping. โค๏ธ

Photo ยฉ Oceana / Diuvs de Jesus

21/07/2025

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