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2020 SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY FORUM Pacific Environmental Security Forum Proposal for 2020 2020 SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY FORUM Pacific Environmental Security Forum Proposal for 2020 CDR LAZARO ERNESTO VALDEZ JR PCG J.D LLM Chief of Staff, National Coast Watch Center Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines 17 Seas Andaman Sea Arafura Sea TOTAL SEA Balabac Strait SURFACE AREA: Banda Sea Celebes Sea Flores Sea Gulf of Tonkin COMBINED Gulf of Thailand COASTAL LENGTH: Java Sea Malacca Strait Makassar Strait Molucca Sea Philippine Sea SUPPORTS South China Sea Sulu Sea Timor Sea Visayan Sea 17 Seas SEA Maritime Domain Andaman Sea is recognized as: the FAUNISTIC CENTRE Arafura Sea of the entire Indo-Pacific Balabac Strait Banda Sea a GLOBAL MARINE Celebes Sea BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT Flores Sea Gulf of Tonkin GLOBAL HOTSPOT Gulf of Thailand Java Sea for coral reefs Malacca Strait Makassar Strait Molucca Sea 80% of the world’s 50% of seagrass Philippine Sea hard corals species South China Sea Sulu Sea Timor Sea 60% of mangrove species Visayan Sea 17 Seas very rich and important Andaman Sea INCOME SOURCE and RESOURCE FOR SEAFOOD Arafura Sea e.g. South China Sea Balabac Strait Banda Sea Celebes Sea over 3 million people <> 300 million people Flores Sea per day rely on fishing for their main dependent on the SCS for nutrition income sources and socioeconomic well-being Gulf of Tonkin Gulf of Thailand Java Sea Malacca Strait Makassar Strait Molucca Sea Philippine Sea South China Sea Sulu Sea Timor Sea Visayan Sea mid-1960S RAPID ECONOMIC FAST-EXPANDING GROWTH POPULATION Major CAUSES of Marine Environmental Degradation HUMAN ACTIVITIES/ NATURAL PHENOMENON ANTHROPOGENIC 1 PRESSURES 2 CLIMATE 3 CHANGE “MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA” Environmental Activism Marine Environmental Concerns in SEA Marine Environmental Activism in SEA Future of Marine Environmental Activism in SEA THANK YOU AND MABUHAY!!!.
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