26/08/2021
Farewell to Blue Economy advocate. May your advocacy continue according to your plans.
Our deepest sympathy and prayers to you and your family. Thank you, Dr. Ernie Gonzales, you will always be remembered. 🙏
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28
22/05/2021
Book is now available! Get your copies now!
28/04/2021
The Blue Economy Research Center (BERC) of Alejandro Melchor, Jr Foundation is inviting you to a scheduled Podcast via Zoom.
Host: Mr. Mike Melchor (VP, Alejandro Melchor Jr Foundation)
Guests:
Dr. Ernie R Gonzales (Research Director
Blue Economy Research Center
Talisay, Batangas, PHILIPPINES)
&
Representative, Senate House Republic of the Philippines (Mr. Lawrence, Legislative Office)
Participants:
1. Graduate Students, MM Program University of the Philippines Manila
2. Professor Gil Santos, Blue Economy ASEAN Research Group & International Journalist
3. Dr. Pons Intal, Previous President Philippine Institute for Development Studies
4. Representatives from Fishery Research and Educational Institutions Philippines
Topic: Pathways to Blue Economic Development in the Thousand Islands of the Philipppines.
Join Podcast with this link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84108151166?pwd=YkZYa1MxTmpoOVhadUJxek9OWVptQT09
ID: 841 0815 1166
Passcode: 564544
28/04/2021
This photos magnify the presence of the newly established Blue Economy Research Center of the Alejandro Melchor Jr Foundation in the Philippines.
The vision and mission of this center is embodied in the book published by MM program UP Manila entitled "A Treaties on Blue Economy for Island States of the 21st Century.
This book is authored by Dr. Ernie R. Gonzales who is now the Research Director of this Blue Economy Center. The four pillars of this program covered seafood, sea transport, sea minerals, and sea energy (i.e. Geothermal Energy, etc.)
Therefore, the photos presented here with are the project sites of the activities to be undertaken in this for key sectors of what Blue Economy is all about.