Philippine Space Agency

Advancing Blue Carbon Knowledge: Leveraging Geomatics for Capacity Building through the BlueCARES Project

by Kayziel Martinez, Ariel Blanco, Ayin Tamondong, Christian Candido, and Kazuo Nadaoka

Mangrove forests and seagrass meadows, known as blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs), are vital for carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. The BlueCARES project, launched by JICA, focuses on advancing blue carbon... Read more

Validating The Philippine Mangrove Map 2023 through Capacity Building and Crowdsourcing

by Cristan Dave Chan Zablan, Kristine Muarip Bantay, Ariel C. Blanco, Agatha Maxine Bedi, Dominic Cabanlit Fargas Jr., and Christian Gumbao Candido

The Philippine Mangrove Map 2023 was created using Machine Learning to allow rapid monitoring and accounting of these vital forests. To ensure map accuracy, a nationwide validation approach was developed,... Read more

Optimization of Space Data Development and Distribution and Capacity Building in the Philippines through the PhilSA Integrated Network for Space Enabled Actions towards Sustainability (PINAS) Project

by Princess Angela Young, Ariel Blanco, and Jamaica Pangasinan

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) launched the PhilSA Integrated Network for Space Enabled Actions towards Sustainability (PINAS) to create a network of institutions and citizen scientists using space data for... Read more