Coastal Cleanup Day 2022
The University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) co-organized a coastal cleanup with the Rizal Memorial College School of Law Paralegal Volunteers Organization at the Pawikan Sanctuary at Matina Aplaya, Davao City, on September 17, 2022, in line with the International Coastal Cleanup Day. UPMin's participation was coordinated by proponents of the UP Mindanao in-house project entitled "Determining spatial distribution of marine litter using drone captured images in selected Davao Oriental coastal areas: Application to assess spatial overlap between beached litter and marine turtle nesting sites," led by Prof. Vladimer Kobayashi and Prof Ruth Gamboa of the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM).