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Submission of Philippine Rise seabed chart to UN lauded

The senator said submitting the undersea map of the Philippine Rise to the International Seabed Authority, a UN body created to regulate deep-sea exploration, will also solidify the country’s ownership of the area.

Marlon Ramos

Marlon Ramos

Philippine Daily Inquirer

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This handout photo taken on February 21, 2023 and received from the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on February 22 shows suspected Chinese maritime militia vessels anchored off a disputed shoal in the Spratly Island group in the South China Sea. PHOTO: AFP

April 1, 2025

MANILA – The government’s move to submit to the United Nations the seabed chart of the Philippine (Benham) Rise will help spur development and exploration activities in the resource-rich submerged landmass in the West Philippine Sea, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino said on Monday.

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“With an expanse of 13 million hectares, imagine how much oil, natural gas and methane deposits can be drawn from the Talampas ng Pilipinas,” Tolentino said, using the official Filipino term for the sea region off Aurora province.

The senator said submitting the undersea map of the Philippine Rise to the International Seabed Authority, a UN body created to regulate deep-sea exploration, will also solidify the country’s ownership of the area.

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