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MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK IN VERDE ISLAND
PASSAGE MARINE CONSERVATION CORRIDOR
BATANGAS STATUS
Verde Island
Passage Marine
Conservation
Corridor
--- Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape ---
The MPA and
Enforcement
Networks in VIP
--- Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape ---
Batangas Network: 12 member Muncipalities
35 MPA sites
Or.Mindoro Network
8 member Municipalities (11)
15 MPAs (3)
Carpenter and Springer, 2005
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 2005-2020
Province of Batangas
Provincial Government of Batangas / PG-Environment and Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO)
GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Building Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
NASUGBU
CALATAGAN
LOBO
SAN JUAN
LIAN
MABINI
TINGLOY
BATANGAS CITY
BAUAN
BALAYAN LEMERY
CALACA
SAN LUIS
Batangas Marine Protected Area
Network Batangas Bantay Dagat Network
City/Municipalities
Total Number
of MPAs
(count)
NO TAKE
ZONE
(hectares)
MARINE
RESERVE
(hectares)
Mangrove
Forest
Conservation
Areas
(hectares)
TOTAL MPA
(hectares)
BATANGAS CITY 3 6 6
BALAYAN 1 10 24 34
BAUAN 1 14 123 137
CALATAGAN 4 27 55 33 115
LEMERY 1 6 6
LOBO 3 63 63
MABINI 4 62 37 99
NASUGBU 4 20 93 113
SAN JUAN 14 507 209 262 978
TINGLOY 1 3 3
MPA total 36 712 547 295 1,554
- New MPA sites in some of the city/municipalities are currently being assessed and are
targeted to be established before the year ends
• Conduct of joint meeting
(every 2 months) of the
Batangas Marine Protected
Area and Bantay Dagat
Network to update the network
on the status of established
MPAs, its activities and
experiences in its
implementation and Bantay
Dagat operations
MPA Regular Meeting
1) CCEF Rating System (2008 to 2010)
2) Marine Protected Area (MPA) Management Effectiveness Assessment Tool (2011 to 2012)
Monitoring and Evaluation of MPA mgt and plan implementation
a harmonized version of the MPA Report Guide CCEF as modified by
the EcoGov2, facilitated by the MPA Support Network (MSN) through the CTI Support Project (CTSP).
Monitoring of MPA
Management Plan of each
city/ municipalities
MPA Rating
MPA ratings were undertaken yearly since 2008.
MPA ratings starting 2009 were done
independently w/ LGU lead persons and
evaluated by the Network Secretariat and CI
(iwas daya! :)
Majority of those rated have reached only up to
Level I or II.
Among those rated, 7 of 13 (or 54%) are in Level
II, while only one sanctuary is in Level III.
No MPA has reached Level IV
Number of MPAs in Batangas
36 MPAs in Batangas
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
BATANGAS CITY
BALAYAN BAUAN CALATAGAN LEMERY LOBO MABINI NASUGBU SAN JUAN TINGLOY
Total Number of MPAs
Area Protected/Managed
• 1,554 hectares of municipal waters placed under sustainable management (out of about 700,000 hectares total municipal waters of 15 coastal municipalities/city)
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
BATANGAS CITY
BALAYAN BAUAN CALATAGAN LEMERY LOBO MABINI NASUGBU SAN JUAN TINGLOY
MPA areas (in hectares)
Effective Management of MPAs in
Batangas
Most of the MPAs in Batangas are
effectively enforced (Level 2)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 No Data
Management Effectiveness of MPAs in Batangas
Level of Management Effectiveness of MPAs in Batangas
MPAs in Mabini are already effectively
sustained
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
BATANGAS CITY BALAYAN BAUAN CALATAGAN LEMERY LOBO MABINI NASUGBU SAN JUAN TINGLOY
MPA Management Effectiveness Status as of 2011
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 No Data
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
BATANGAS CITY
BALAYAN BAUAN CALATAGAN LEMERY LOBO MABINI NASUGBU SAN JUAN TINGLOY
Management Effectiveness Level as of 2011
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 No Data
BALANCED Philippines
Respondents
Brgy. LGUs
Bantay Dagat Member/Officer
Local Residents (Men/Women)
BHW/BNS
Peer Educators (if present)
Resort owners/workers 16
17
Survey Results
BALANCED Philippines
General perceptions
High awareness about MPA;
High awareness about MPA benefits;
Almost all respondents indicated that Fish Density,
Biomass and diversity improved within MPAs;
MPA management body inactive ; no BRAFMC, no
MPA management council;
Decrease in illegal fishing in MPAs and even in
municipal waters (e.g. dynamite fishing, cyanide);
Issues about encroaching commercial fishers (outside,
local);
Need to maintain boundary markers;
Need to sustain IEC;
18
BAUAN
Fishery Reserves
Binokbok-Dive & Trek
Marine Sanctuary
San Pablo de Bauan
Marine Sanctuary
• Conservation fees implemented in Mabini, Tingloy,
Calatagan, Bauan and Batangas City
Sustainable Financing Mechanism
• Soon: Lian, San Juan and
Batangas Province (c/o
BM de Leon)
VIP Collaboration
BASELINE: 761 ha in Batangas - 390 ha: No Take Zone - 371 ha: Buffer Reserve
*only 74.5 ha being implemented in 2008 451 ha NTZ in Oriental Mindoro Existing MPAs before SSS 2008 – 2010: Verde Island Passage Batangas (1,557 ha) - 714 ha No Take Zone - 548 ha Marine Reserve - 295 ha Mangrove Forest Conservation Area (MFCA)
Existing MPAs Rectified and Expanded
New MPAs established
Joint Meeting of MPA Network and Bantay Dagat Network of Batangas
and Oriental Mindoro held on May 20-21, 2010 at Capitol Square,
Provincial Capitol, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
Joint Meeting of MPA Network and Bantay Dagat Network of Batangas,
Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro (ADHOClast August 19-21,
2010. Representatives from the 3 provinces had discussed and agreed
the areas for collaboration and coordination between themselves.
Joint Network Meeting of AdHoc Committee (Batangas MPA and
BD Network; MPA and BD Network of Oriental Mindoro and
Lubang and Looc, Occidental Mindoro
On-going Coastal Management Activities
• Capacity building
• Information and public awareness
• Strengthening enforcement of environmental laws
• Batangas Environmental Response Team
• Habitat protection and fisheries management
• MPA Network
• Bantay-Dagat Network
• CI-CTSP in the Verde Island
• Sagip-Ilog
• Watershed rehabilitation
• Pollution and Waste management
• Water quality monitoring
• Solid waste management boards
• Implementation of RA 9003
research
community consultations
training joint
activities/campaigns
IEC activities
enforcement
strengthening
policy/mgt plans dev’t
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on the Vulnerability
Assessment of Marine Biodiversity and Related Human Well-
being in the Verde Island Passage to Climate Change
• Engage in new Climate Change initiatives
Expert and Stakeholder Workshop relative to Vulnerability
Assessment of Marine Biodiversity and related human well-
being in the Verde Island Passage (VIP) to Climate Change
Planning for Climate Change in the Coastal and Marine
Environment
Consultation/Workshop on Provincial Climate Change
Adaptation Planning
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Workshop
Vulnerability Assessment
Responses from the ridge
Creation of Task Force Likas Yaman
to minimize illegal quarrying
operations
Creation of Task Force on
Environmental Law Enforcement in
Taal Volcano Protected Landscape
or Task Force Taal Lake Solid Waste Management
Monitoring and Coordination
Adaptation measures for climate change
Rehabilitation of mangrove areas in coordination with
concerned stakeholders
Remaining Challenges
Overfishing/Illegal fishing
Pollution
Unsustainable coastal
development, land use
practices
Climate change impacts
On going and Up
Next
• Expansion of small MPAs
•Enforcement strengthening
•Solid/agricultural waste
management
• Land use regulation to
reduce sedimentation
•Training of VA for
city/municipality CCAP –
integration to DRRP-
integration to the Provincial
CCA Framework/DRRP
MPAs Awards and Recognition
received
Use of available information / stakeholder participation /
Political Commitment / Clearly Defined Objectives /
Integrated Mgt framework / adaptive mgt
Best Practices for Establishing Networks
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