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Meeting with BOC Collector Ronnie Silvestre

November 11, 2011 9am with Ronnie Silvestre Bureau of Customs Conference Room Discussion re. the ban of exportation of “raw commercial shells” The GTO will be working closely with BOC with regards to the list of …

Conus Synthesis Meeting, 25 – 29 October 2011

During the last week of October the Biodiversity Synthesis Center at the Field Museum Chicago hosted an IUCN Red List workshop on behalf of the University of York, UK. The purpose of the meeting was …

GTO Forbidden Seashells Poster

GTO has created a poster which shows all the forbidden seashells by law in the Philippines. We encourage all companies working with seashell to download this poster and display it in their office.  The poster …

Cebu public hearing tackles fisheries bill – Sun.Star

Source: Sun.Star July 15, 2011 THE House committee on aquaculture and fisheries resources yesterday received overwhelming support for the creation of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Dfar) during a public hearing on the …

Marine Life in the Philippines

Courtesy of Poppe-Images, we show you 24 truly amazing animals living in the Philippines. They range from 5mm up to 2 meter in size, a truly diverse world. You can discover another 70,000 animals if …

Philippine Marine Mollusks

Philippine Marine Mollusks Vol I, II, III and IV are setting the modern standards for Marine Indo Pacific Mollusks in general. They are a summary of the confirmed knowledge on Philippine marine mollusks and cover …

Science books handover at San Carlos University

GTO member Guido Poppe of Conchology, Inc. has donated the 4 Volumes of the Philippine Marine Mollusks book set to Fr. Dionisio Miranda SVD.  The hand over was held during the 1st National Biodiversity & …