Taytay ECAN Resource Management Plan
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Municipality of Taytay ECAN Resource Management Plan 2015-2020 Taytay ECAN Resource Management Plan 2015 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. ii List of Tables ................................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures .................................................................................................................................. vi List of Annexes ............................................................................................................................... vii Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... viii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... x CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose and Scope of the ECAN Zoning Plan .............................................................. 1 1.2 Target Users of the ECAN Zoning Plan ......................................................................... 1 1.3 Legal Bases of the ECAN Zoning Plan ........................................................................... 1 1.4 Existing Land Use Planning and Regulatory Frameworks in Palawan .......................... 3 CHAPTER 2: ECOLOGICAL PROFILE .............................................................................. 5 2.1 History .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Geo-Physical Environment ........................................................................................... 6 2.3 Population and Social Profile ..................................................................................... 38 2.4 Local Economy ........................................................................................................... 46 2.5 Infrastructure, Public Facilities and Utilities .............................................................. 57 2.6 Local Institutional Capability ...................................................................................... 62 CHAPTER 3: THE ECAN ZONING STRATEGY .............................................................. 68 3.1 The ECAN Zones as a Management Unit ................................................................... 69 3.2 Components of the ECAN Zones ................................................................................ 70 3.3 Criteria and Parameters in the Delineaton of the ECAN Zones ................................. 70 3.4 Allowable Activities in the ECAN Zones ..................................................................... 73 3.5 Delineation of the ECAN Zones Using GIS .................................................................. 75 CHAPTER 4: MAJOR STEPS IN THE ECAN ZONING PLAN PREPARATION ........ 76 4.1 The ECAN Zones Management Planning Process ...................................................... 76 4.2 A Guide in the Development of A Detailed ECAN Zoning Plan .................................. 77 CHAPTER 5: INTEGRATED THREATS ANALYSIS ....................................................... 89 5.1 Objectives of Threats Analysis ................................................................................... 89 5.2 Framework of Integrated Threats Analysis ................................................................ 89 5.3 Methods ..................................................................................................................... 91 5.4 Results and Discussion ............................................................................................... 92 5.5 Current Initiatives in Environmental Governance ..................................................... 99 5.6 Opportunities ........................................................................................................... 102 CHAPTER 6: THE ECAN ZONES MANAGEMENT PLAN .......................................... 104 6.1 Goals and Objectives of the ECAN Zones Management Plan .................................. 104 ii | P a g e Taytay ECAN Resource Management Plan 2015 6.2 The ECAN Zones of Taytay Municipality .................................................................. 104 6.3 Ridge-To-Reef ECAN Management Framework and Land/Water Use Strategies ... 106 6.4 ECAN Zones Management Guidelines ..................................................................... 109 6.5 Special Management Areas ..................................................................................... 116 6.6 ECAN Management Program (2015-2020) .............................................................. 117 CHAPTER 7: ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECAN ZONING PLAN ........................... 135 7.1 Administrator and Implementer of the ECAN Zoning Plan ...................................... 135 7.2 Immediate Activities ................................................................................................ 136 7.3 Possible Sources of Funds ........................................................................................ 137 7.4 Monitoring and Evaluation ...................................................................................... 138 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 140 ANNEX .......................................................................................................................................... 142 iii | P a g e Taytay ECAN Resource Management Plan 2015 List of Tables Table 1. Sections of PCSD Resolution 05-250 related to the ECAN Zoning Plan. ......................... 1 Table 2. Laws and issuances related to local land use and development planning. ......................... 3 Table 3. Total land area per barangay (hectares) ............................................................................. 9 Table 4. Elevation of Taytay .......................................................................................................... 10 Table 5. Slope, classes, and area coverage of Taytay .................................................................... 10 Table 6. Rock formations in Taytay............................................................................................... 13 Table 7. Types of soil of the Municipality of Taytay, Palawan. .................................................... 13 Table 8. Percent distribution of land classification among the 31 barangays according ............... 16 Table 9. General Land Use of Taytay ............................................................................................ 17 Table 10.Covered barangays with tenurial land area. .................................................................... 17 Table 11.Ecological footprint of Taytay Municipality. ................................................................. 19 Table 12. Species List of Mammals Observed and Recorded in Taytay, Northern Palawan (June 13 to July 1, 2004). ........................................................................................................................ 30 Table 13.Species List of Birds Observed and Recorded in Taytay, Northern Palawan (June 13 to July 1, 2004). ................................................................................................................................. 31 Table 14. Species List of Reptiles Observed and Recorded in Taytay, Northern Palawan (June 13 to July 1, 2004) .............................................................................................................................. 33 Table 15. Species List of Amphibians Observed and Recorded in Taytay, Northern Palawan (June 13 to July 1, 2004) ......................................................................................................................... 34 Table 16. Average Percentage of Corals observed in the Reef Sites Surveyed in Taytay, Palawan, June 2004 ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Table 17. Historical growth of population, 1903 – 1995. .............................................................. 38 Table 18. Projected population size of Taytay and its barangays in the next 5 years, and 5 years thereafter. ....................................................................................................................................... 39 Table 19. Population density of each barangay in Taytay, Palawan. ............................................. 40 Table 20. Household population by sex and age group. ................................................................ 41 Table 21. Malnutrition prevalence rate per barangay for the year 2014. ....................................... 43 Table 22. Projected school-going population for the next five years, and five years thereafter. ... 44 Table 23. Housing and sanitation situation of households in all barangays in the year 2011 according to the CBMS. ................................................................................................................. 45 Table 24.Crime statistics in Taytay for the months of January to September, 2013. .................... 46 Table 25. Gainful