Marine protection to be tackled in roundtable discussion

Marine protection to be tackled in roundtable discussion

Noah Theriault, a doctoral student from the Department of Anthropology at Arizona State University (ASU), will present today initial findings on his study of marine protection in Palawan in a forum sponsored by the Cebuano Studies Center and the Office of International Linkages. Entitled "Preliminary Findings on Collective Action and the Challenges of Marine Protection in Southern Palawan", the roundtable discussion will be held at Seminar Room 1 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Aloysius Cañete, a Fulbright doctoral scholar at ASU and member of the faculty of the USC Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will provide a backgrounder to the study. Dr. Filipina Sotto of the Marine Biology Section will synthesize the discussion after the presentation by Mr. Theriault.

Author: J.E. Bersales