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Marine conservation advocate ‘Pinoy Aquaman’ hailed WWF environmental hero

Marine conservation advocate ‘Pinoy Aquaman’ hailed WWF environmental hero

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SURIGAO CITY – For raising environmental awareness by swimming great, record-breaking distances, the Surigaonon lawyer known as Pinoy Aquaman was feted by international conservation group, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), as among its Filipino environmental heroes.

WWF, the world’s largest conservation organization, named Ingemar Macarine one of its three environmental “heroes” this year for “pioneering solo channel swimming in the Philippines to promote marine conservation.”

The other WWF Philippine awardees were the Tau Buid Mangyan Tribe from Mindoro, for their role in protecting the critically-endangered tamaraw; and Gerlie Alpajora, who was gunned down in Camarines Sur in August because of her advocacy against illegal fishing practices.

Macarine’s 15 open-water swims consist of daring feats in some of the dangerous channels around the country and in the United States.

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