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Statues of Our Lady of Danajon and Sto. Niño

Statues of Our Lady of Danajon and Santo Niño were placed under water in Danajon Bank. Our Lady of Danajon refers to the Virgin Mary. Santo Niño means Holy Child, baby Jesus Christ. They were placed in 2010 to stop blast fishing, fishing using explosives.

Danajon Bank is a double barrier reef, a rare type of reef. There are just six double barrier reefs in the world.[1] Blast fishing was hurting the reef.

The government of Bien Unido, a municipality of Bohol in the Philippines, worked with a group called SeaKnights to place the statues near the reef. They hoped that the Catholicism of the fishermen would stop the blast fishing. The fishermen stopped using blast fishing so they wouldn't hurt the statues. This kept the reef safe.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

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  1. ↑ "'What if God could Save the Planet?' Incorporating Religion and Faith in the Fight Against Climate Change". Retrieved 2022-09-07 – via StuDocu.
  2. ↑ "Ingenious Marine Conservation Project; Religious Icons Protect Double Reef". Cebu-Philippines.Net. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Praying underwater in Bohol". ABS-CBN News.
  4. ↑ "Virgin Mary and Sto. Niño 'guard' coral reef". Save the Philippine Coral Reefs. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  5. ↑ "The Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef Dive Site- the Underwater Grotto Shrine". perma.cc. Archived from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Divers filmed Virgin Mary statue after it was installed by Philippine authorities in 2010". Fact Check. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  7. ↑ Discover the hidden treasures that lie beneath the waters of Bien Unido, Bohol | Front Row, GMA News, retrieved 2022-09-07
  8. ↑ "Could a statue halt dynamite fishing?". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  9. ↑ "The 1st underwater Pilgrimage at the Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef Marine Park". CCEF. 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  10. ↑ "2 Mysterious Statues in the Philippines You Can Only See Underwater". Tourist Spots Finder. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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