More than being an institution of health sciences for the Filipinos, UP Manila also educates and conducts researches on planetary health, marine biodiversity, and mitigation of pollution. An all encompassing university, UP Manila integrates in its curricula the study of natural sciences and offers a course on ecology of marine, terrestrial, freshwater, and estuarine environments and biodiversity - instilling in the current and future generations the value and relevance of healthy bodies of water surrounding the Philippines and marine protection and conservation.
