Program/Project: Marine Biodiversity and Support of Coastal Fisheries in the Coral Triangle Location: Philippines Project term: November 2021 to February 2026 (appx 50 days/year) Introduction: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently started a new 6-year project with funding from KfW-EU: Marine Biodiversity and Support of Coastal Fisheries in the Coral Triangle. The overall goal of this project is to contribute to the conservation of the Coral Triangle’s biologically diverse marine ecosystems and important fisheries through the creation and improvement of selected marine protected areas and MPA networks, improved management of some commercially and ecologically important,