Bantayan

Gerlie Rebamonte shows a handful of dried seaweeds left from her first harvest after typhoon Haiyan wiped her seaweed farm to the sea (Photo: Genevive Estacaan/Oxfam)

Back to the sea: The Seaweeds Farming Project in Bantayan, Northern Cebu

At the northern tip of the island of Cebu lies Bantayan—a group of islets inhabited by over 135,000 people. Of this, around 70% engage in fishing and seaweed farming. Seaweed farming is a common livelihood in the area offering a viable means of earning additional income, and is easy to manage...