Addressing and adapting to contemporary coastal management issues in the central Philippines

With arguably the world’s most decentralized coastal governance regime, the Philippines has implementedintegrated coastal management (ICM) for over 30 years as one of the most successful frameworks for coastalresource management in the country. Anthropogenic drivers continue to threaten the food security and livelihood ofcoastal residents; contributing to the destruction of critical marine habitats, which are heavily relied upon for the goods and services they provide.ICM initiatives in the Philippines have utilized a variety of tools, particularly marine protected areas (MPAs), topromote poverty alleviation through food security and sustainable forms of development. From the time marinereserves were first shown to effectively address habitat degradation and decline in reef fishery production (Alcala et al., 2001) over 1,100 locally managed MPAs have been established in the Philippines; yet only 10-20% of these areeffectively managed (White et al., 2006; PhilReefs, 2008).In order to increase management effectiveness, biophysical, legal, institutional and social linkages need to bestrengthened and “scaled up” to accommodate a more holistic systems approach (Lowry et al., 2009). Thissummary paper incorporates the preliminary results of five independently conducted studies. Subject areas coveredare the social and institutional elements of MPA networks, ecosystem-based management applicability, financialsustainability and the social vulnerability of coastal residents to climate change in the Central Philippines. Eachsection will provide insight into these focal areas and suggest how management strategies may be adapted toholistically address these contemporary issues. (PDF contains 4 pages)

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lucas, Ethan, Combest-Friedman, Chelsea, Gonzalez, Cirse, Pittkin, Turner, Schleit, Kathryn
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	Management, Environment, Policies, TCS22,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/21591
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