This study examines erosion and accretion patterns from 1985 to 2022. Using satellite imagery and GIS techniques, significant erosion was found, especially near Batan Bay, with rates up to 1.46 meters per year. This emphasizes the need for effective coastal management to protect coastal communities.

Coastal blue carbon ecosystems, like mangroves and seagrass meadows, play vital environmental roles but face global decline due to human activities. While traditional seagrass monitoring methods are time-consuming, remote sensing and UAS (unmanned aerial systems) offer efficient alternatives. UAS, with its high resolution, complements satellite data to improve seagrass mapping accuracy. Through the BlueCARES Project, a drone training program was launched to teach stakeholders with UAS operations, flight planning, and drone image processing. This initiative supports seagrass conservation and fosters collaboration among government, academe, and communities for sustainable ecosystem management.

Research and development (R&D) for space science and technology applications (SSTA), specially for those directed towards outer space science, require large amount of resources, and high level of expertise. While the Philippine space program is relatively young, the Philippines have a number of excellent scientists and engineers who work on fields that are related to SSTA, referred to as space adjacent fields. Support for space adjacent R&D will push the Philippines further in the field of SSTA, and help us in our goal of creating value from space for Filipinos and the world. The team from PhilSA developed a machine learning tool using a method called k-nearest neighbor (kNN) that will classify research works produced in the Philippines into twelve space adjacent areas important to outer space SSTA. Results show that the tool developed in PhilSA is able to identify the R&D field that a paper belongs to within acceptable accuracy. This tool will help PhilSA as it plans its future activities together with Philippine scientists and engineers.