PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MARINE AND OCEAN POLICY: STATUS AND CHALLENGES

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PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MARINE AND OCEAN POLICY
STATUS AND CHALLENGES
Robert S. Jara Department of Environment and
Natural Resources Philippines
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Philippine Coastal Environment Uses and
Issues
Increasing pollution Resource use
conflicts Unclear and weak institutional
arrangements Overexploitation and destructive
fishingUnplanned shoreline development
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• Some Facts on Philippine Coastal Condition
• 60 of population live along the coastal area
• 4 out of 10 people live under poverty line
• Population growing 2.3 annually
• gt50 of population depends on coastal fisheries
  for animal protein and livelihood
• Need to implement management measures is urgent
• Government and policies must endorse ICM much
  more vigorously if coastal resources and the
  people dependent on them are to survive in the
  21st century

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Evolution of Philippine Coastal Initiatives
1932-1975
1976-1990
1991-2005
Laws support fisheries development Open access
regime Central Control
Coastal environmental laws enacted Central control
Devolution of authority ICM framework
Co-management
Legal regimes
Donor-assisted CRM/ ICM and Bay-wide
projects National ICM implementation
Community-based marine protected areas ICM
planning in Lingayen Gulf and Central Visayas
None
Implementation
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• Major factor that influenced development of ICM
• Donor-assisted government and non-government
  programs have provided a foundation
• Established legal and policy framework for
  coastal management
• 1991 Local Government Code
• 1998 Fisheries Code
• National Marine Policy (NMP)
• Devolved primary responsibility and roles for ICM
  to local governments, NGOs and academe
• Commitments to international, regional and
  sub-regional treaties, conventions and agreements

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Institutions involved in ocean and coastal
management
Collaborators Donor projects Universities Private
sector Non-government organizations Academe

• National Government
• DENR
• DA-BFAR
• DILG
• DOTC-Coast Guard
• PNP
• PHIL NAVY
• NEDA -Regional Development Councils

Province Governor Vice-governor Planning Agricultu
re Environment Development Council
Municipality Mayor Vice-Mayor Planning Agriculture
Environment Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Management Council Development Council
Barangay Captain Council FARMC Bantay Dagat/
Fish Warden Peoples organization
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PEMSEA
The East Asian Seas
Marine Pollution Prevention and Management in
the East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS) 1994-1999 11
countries US 8 million
Building Partnerships in Environmental
Management for the Seas of East
Asia (PEMSEA) 1999-2006 11 countries US 16.2
million
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• Executive Order No. 533
• Adopting Integrated Coastal Management as a
  National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable
  Development of the Countrys Coastal and Marine
  Environment and Resources and Establishing
  Supporting Mechanisms for Its Implementation

Issued during the National Forum on the
Implementation of the Sustainable Development
Strategy for the Seas of East Asia, June 7, 2006
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Develop a national ICM programme

• Involving concerned national agencies and
  stakeholders
• Provide direction to LGUs
• Balance national development priorities with
  local concerns
• Define national ICM priorities and targets
• Develop ICM coordinating mechanism
• Develop a sustainable financing mechanism
• Define priorities and fixed target

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• Sustainable Development Aspects
• Sustainable fisheries and conservation of living
  resources
• Protection and rehabilitation of coral reefs,
  mangroves, seagrass, estuaries and other habitats
• Marine protected areas, nature reserves and
  sanctuaries
• Development of upland, watershed, catchment areas
  and basin wide management approaches
• Integrated waste management
• Integrated management of port safety, health and
  security and environmental protection
• Involvement of private sector/business sector as
  partners

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ISSUES ADDRESSED IN NATIONAL PROGRAM

• LACK OF POLITICAL WILL
• ATTAINMENT OF 20 SCALING-UP
• LINKING WITH OTHER PROGRAMS/PROJECTS
• SITE WORK PLAN ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL PLAN
• ICM CODE APPRECIATION BY LOCAL EXECUTIVES
• LINKAGE OF CRM CERTIFICATION WITH ICM CODE
• CAPACITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
• ICM ADVOCACY WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS (NGAs, LGUs,
  NGOs, PRIVATE SECTOR)
• NEED TO DEVELOP HIGH LEVEL OF INDICATORS FOR SOC

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ICM NATIONAL PROGRAM

• TARGET 20 OF THE COASTLINE UNDER MANAGEMENT
  USING ICM BY 2015
• PRIORITY AREAS for 2008
• BULACAN
• PAMPANGA
• GUIMARAS
• CAMIGUIN
• ICRMP SITES (70 MUNICIPALITIES)

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ICM in the Philippines is at its transition phase
of integration of its policies and functions, and
is growing but the lessons are substantial. It
shall spread ICM locally and globally!

• Thank you!