Eduardo Bolen – Creating a Culture of Care to Protect Northern Palawan’s Ocean
For Eduardo Bolen, Northern Palawan Enforcement Coordinator for Blue Alliance, patrolling these waters is more than just work, it is a way of life. Standing at the bow of a patrol boat, listening for distant engines and scanning for drifting nets, he is doing what he has dedicated much of his life to: protecting the ocean that sustains his home and the future of the people who depend on it.
Asha Bakar Mtwana – A female ranger breaking the mould and protecting the ocean.
Before most of her neighbours have stepped outside, Asha Bakar Mtwana is already out walking the coastline alongside fellow rangers, scanning for footprints, turtle tracks, abandoned nets, or anything that might hint at illegal fishing activities. By afternoon, she is boarding a patrol boat alongside fellow Blue Alliance PECCA rangers.