Magsaysay Awardees Digital Collection

Angel Alcala

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1992 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service from the Philippines. A marine ecologist by training, Dr. Angel Alcala has been working to rehabilitate and restore the vitality of the Philippines’ coral reefs. He established the country’s first marine sanctuary, and proved that with community involvement and support marine life can be preserved and enriched, alongside increased catch for the fishermen. He also built the country’s first artificial reef, which has since become a model for dozens of others. A staunch protector of the environment,he has prevented the construction of harmful hydroelectric dams in a virgin rainforest and helped to evict commercial seaweed producers from the Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dr. Alcala is currently the Executive Director of the Silliman University-Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management.

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Citation of Angel Alcala as Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service

ln electing ANGEL C. ALCALA to receive the 1992 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public
Service, the Board of Trustees recognizes his pioneering scientific leadership in rehabilitating the
coral reefs of the Philippines and in sustaining for Filipinos the…

Angel Alcala's acceptance speech at the 1992 Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremony held in Manila on 31 August 1997.

Official biography of Angel Alcala in relation to his Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1992.

Lecture entitled "Toxins from Marine Crab and Shellfish" presented by Angel Alcala in relation to his Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1992.

Photos of the collaborative project of Dr. Angel Alcala under the Program for Asian Projects (PAP) of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Subsequently followed by a map of the project site specifically located in Barangay Caliling, Cauayan, Negros…

An issue of Siliman Journal, a quarterly devoted to discussion and investigation in the humanities and the sciences, which publishes most of the paper of Dr. Angel Alcala.

Cover of the "Solidarity: Current Affairs, Ideas and the Arts." It published in whole the discussions of the seminar entitled "Managing and Conserving our Environmental Resources" which includes that of Dr. Angel Alcala. The magazine is published…

Some basic information about Negros Oriental published in a brochure produced by the provincial government.

A brochure featuring the Sumilon Marine Park in Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental in the Philiippines.

Brochure of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD) under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Philippines.