WWF Environmental Advocate

Raz Climaco is involved in the conservation of the northeastern Palawan marine protected area (MPA) network. The areas under his watch are the municipalities of Roxas, Taytay, El Nido, Linapacan, Dumaran and Araceli. (Cambari Island where this photo was shot is part of Araceli.) He monitors the area regularly, determining baseline scenarios, and works with local government and coastal communities, educating them and establishing sustainable protocols and practises.

Raz is a marine biology graduate from the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology. It was his interest in science, especially in marine ecology, that compelled him to work in an NGO.

In his spare time, he dons running shoes and prepares for ultramarathons, with the mountains and trails throughout Palawan as his personal training ground.