By Annadel Sapugay | L-EnviSaGe Specialist
We are thankful for the commitment and dedication of our community partners in Lian, Batangas who have been part of the Livelihood Enhancement through Citizen Science (LECS) initiative. DLSU-Center for Social Concern and Action’s (COSCA) partners on ground are the Lian Fisherfolks Association, Inc. (LFAI), Samahan ng Mandaragat sa Sulok (SAMLOK), Women’s Love Rural Improvement Club (Women’s Love RIC), and Sagip Kabarangay at Mandaragat Lumaniag Association (SAGIP).
LECS provide local fishers and other community members the opportunity to earn extra income while learning science and assisting the DLSU-Br. Alfred Shields Ocean Research (SHORE) Center’s Jellyfish Ecology and Envenomation Project (JEEP). JEEP is a project under DOST-PCAARRD which aims to identify the distribution, abundance, and seasonality of box jellyfish and determine high risk-areas. It also provides information necessary to help eliminate misconceptions about jellyfish envenomation and reduce deaths and related economic impact in the fishing and tourism sector.
The community members (citizen scientists) involved in the JEEP initiative collect data through jellyfish monitoring (beach patrol and in-water net cast), trash survey, and weather monitoring.
LECS is a collaboration between DLSU’s COSCA and SHORE and is funded by the Management Association of the Philippines.
(Photos by DLSU SHORE, LFAI, SAMLOK, Women’s Love RIC, and SAGIP)
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