1 IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT’S OWNERSHIP OF THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY GOAL 14 ON OCEANS CHALLENGES, LESSONS LEARNED, BEST PRACTICES
BY
MAYOR BELEN T. FERNANDEZ DAGUPAN CITY (PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN) PHILIPPINES
FOR
THE 17th MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEANS AND THE LAW OF THE SEA June 13-17, 2016 UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale THE LINGAYEN GULF 2
Dagupan City
WESTWest PHILIPPINE Philippine Sea SEA
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Lingayen Gulf
West Philippines Sea
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale WE ARE A CITY TRANSITIONING… 4
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale GENERAL LAND USE 5
km2 % Composition
11 25% Rivers
11 25% Fishponds
3.5 5% Swamps
Beach Front 3.1 7% (10 km long)
4.4 10% Croplands
11 25% Built-up
44.0 100% Total
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale INITIATIVE #1 : PRE-CLOSURE ACTIVITES 6
This open dump sits just meters from our internationally known “Blue Beach”, the landing site of Mc Arthur’s liberation army. Sadly, contamination of this beach has been ongoing over 50 years. • We did not have the required technical and financial resources to implement the law (RA9003). For example, we do not have the space, money or technical skill to develop our own sanitary landfill. • When we visited the P&G office, we learned of the “Waste 2 Worth Project”. Since that time, Waste 2 Worth conducted extensive waste characterization and designed the system you tailor–fitted for Dagupan City.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.1 WHERE WE ARE TODAY 7
- As I said in my first 100 days "It has been a long journey", full of legal and regulatory challenges as we work our way toward the solution. - First, building a Day Care Center for waste picker family children to keep them safely off the dump site.
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“Pre-school children enrolled at Daycare Center are provided with school supplies,
…supplementary feeding,
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.3 INFORMAL SETTLERS GIVEN PHILHEALTH INSURANCE 9
- Thirty families of informal settlers enrolled and renewed their Philhealth cards today provided by the City Government for them to enjoy the benefits of the no balance billing in case of health emergency.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.4 SOCIAL AMELIORATION FOR WASTE PICKERS 10
BEFORE AFTER
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400 out of 1000 informal settlers along esteros have been given free housing facilities, the rest to follow. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.6 SOCIAL AMELIORATION INFORMAL SETTLERS 12
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.7 CLEAN OCEAN FOR ALL GENERATIONS 13
…given back their ocean for them to remember, of happy days gone by.”
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Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.9 WE ARE A CITY DETERMINED TO RESOLVE OUR 15 HALF-A-CENTURY OLD TRASH PROBLEM
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.10 AMENDMENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 16
We expect the Amended Presidential Proclamation by President Benigno Aquino before the end of his term
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 1.11 EXCLUSIVE CONNECTING ROAD 17
Will be built between Dumpsite and W2W site to reduce hauling distance and disturbance to nearby residential Area. INITIATIVE #2 : WRAPPERS TO PAVERS 18
Dagupan City public schools participate actively in our wrappers to pavers project
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Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale INTEGRATED DUMPSITE 20 INITIATIVE #3 : CLOSURE/POST-CLOSURE PROGRAM
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Hectare ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5Hes.
Rehabilitation 5Hes. /Tree Planting ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 3.1 MATERIAL RECOVERY OUTPUT OPERATION 21
INPUT OUTPUT RESIDUAL Per day ½ ton ¼ ton ¼ ton
Per Week 2.5 1.25 1.25 @ 5 days
Per Month 10 5 5 @ 4 Weeks
Per Year 120 60 60 @ 12 Months
The OUTPUT is donated to schools participating under the City’s(Vegetable growing) program “GULAYAN”
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Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 3.4 MATERIAL RECOVERY OUTPUT 24
DATE RELEASED KILOS SACKS RELEASED READY TO USE FOR FERTILIZER TO FROM
325 13 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack April 7,2014 April 23, 2014
50 2 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack May 30, 2014 May 30, 2014
2900 116 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack June 4, 2014 June 20, 2014
250 10 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack July 24, 2014 July 24, 2014
600 24 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Sep 1, 201 Sep 25, 2014
475 19 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Oct 20, 2014 Oct 17, 2014
575 23 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Nov 10, 2014 Nov 24, 2014
250 10 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Dec 26, 2014 Dec 26, 2014
875 35 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Jan 30, 2015 Jan 30, 2015
50 2 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Mar 17, 2015 Marc17, 2015
575 23 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack April 3, 2015 April 16, 2015
125 5 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack May 22, 2016 May 22, 2016
500 20 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack July 31, 2015 July 31, 2015
1000 55 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Sep 15, 2015 Sep 22, 2015
375 15 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Nov 19, 2015 Nov 19, 2015
375 15 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Jan 21, 2016 Jan 21,2016
9675 KGS 387 Sacks @ 25 Kgs/Sack Total
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 3.5 TRAP FOR FUGITIVE PLASTICS 25
All dumps shall be overlain with netting to prevent plastics being blown towards the sea or land Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 3.6 SUPPRESSION OF SPONTANEOUS BURNING OF METHANE 26
Personnel of the Waste Management Division suppress spontaneous combustion due to methane gas emission which usually occurs during summer time. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale CONTINUING INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE #4 : OCEAN CLEANUP 27
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 4.1 WASTE CHARACTERIZATION RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP 28
GLOBAL TOTALS 561, 895 16,186,759 13,359.8 15,214,527 27
PHILIPPINES 107,695 448,503 208.3 2,031,420 18.9
DAGUPAN 3,203 3,285.95 380,265 118.72
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GLOBAL 2,248,065 1,376,133 988,965 811,871 519,911 489,968 485,204 396,121 382,608 376,479 8,075,325 7,139,202 TOTALS
PHILIPPINES 150,627 544,974 53,373 77,466 100,048 114,889 110,225 40,594 25,162 52,890 1,270,248 761,172
DAGUPAN 65,916 52,898 8,374 9.762 24,460 30,992 39,912 4,395 2,827 23,998 253,782 128,483
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Before After
November 7, 2015 Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 4.2.1 BEACH SWEEP 31
Before After
June 20, 2015 Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 4.2.2 BEACH SWEEP 32
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 4.2.3 BEACH SWEEP 33
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Personnel of 102nd Maritime Police Station under the direct supervision of SPO4 Jose V Munoz actively participating coastal clean-up and tree planting inter-agency activities
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Police Fast 203
Two (2) Motorized Banka with 18 HP engine
120nd Maritime Police Station conducting seaborne patrol operation to safeguard the Lingayen Gulf against illegal fishing activities.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale INITIATIVE #5 : RESTORING BIODIVERSITY 36
5.1 SAVE THE DOLPHINS
Last May 23, 2015, a risos dolphin was rescued along the shores of Bonuan Gueset, and was turned over to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources for proper rehabilitation.
5 employees from the City Agriculture and City Veterinary Office were trained as responders for marine mammal stranding.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 5.2 PROTECT THE WHALE SHARK 37 (BUTANDING WATCH)
DAGUPAN CITY—Four whale sharks frolicking in waters off the beaches of San Fabian town have been drawing hundreds of tourists there. The whale sharks, which were sighted more than a week ago by local fishermen, were the same pod (social group of whales) that had visited the area last year, according to the Chief of the National Integrated Fisheries Technology Development Center. In June last year, eight whale sharks (Rhincodon types), were seen in the area.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 5.3 RELEASE OF MOTHER MILKFISH (SABALO) 38
The release is done regularly during the city's Founding Anniversary, Earth Day, City Fiesta and Sea Festival celebration to increase milkfish fingerling production.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 5.4 INSTALLATION OF FISH HABITAT (PAYAO) 39
This fish aggregating device was installed last March 2014 in the island barangay of Pugaro. A total of 100 fishermen are currently benefitting from this fishing structure that attracts high value fish species such as lapu-lapu, talakitok, salay and snapper. Fishermen are thankful with the project as they will no longer spend hours fishing out in the open sea because they can already find it inside the payao. The city will install five more additional payaos soon.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 5.5 ANTI DYNAMITE FISHING 40
The Task Force Bantay Ilog created by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez conducts 24/7 monitoring of fish caught through underwater explosion at the Magsaysay Fish Market. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 5.5.1 ANTI DYNAMITE FISHING 41
On May 14, 2014, Mayor Belen joined the operation which led to the arrest of suspects from the nearby town of Agoo, La Union.
For the year 2014, three cases were reported and only one for 2015 as a result of the city's strict monitoring and regular patrolling along with the Dagupan PNP Maritime and the Philippine Coastguard.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale INITIATIVE #6 : RIVER CLEANUP 42
River, creek and shoreline simultaneous clean up activity last September 2015.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.1 RIVER CLEANUP 43
Employees of the city government, barangays, different national agencies, non-governmental organizations and students participated. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.2 FISHPEN DEMOLITION 44
Mayor Belen of Dagupan last July 2013, immediately ordered the demolition of all illegal fishpens. Fisher folks are now enjoying bountiful harvest from the city's river because the once big time illegal fish pen operators which she inherited from the past administration were already eradicated. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.2.1 FISHPEN DEMOLITION 45
Since 2013, a total of 353 fish pens were demolished. Under the “No Fish Pen Policy“ only small fishing structures are allowed. Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.3 DIVERSE FISH PRODUCTION PER ISLAND BARANGAY 46
Dagupan launches Island Tours to showcase “one barangay one product” (OBOP)
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.3.1 ISLAND TOUR SHOWCASING DIVERSE FISH PRODUCTION PER ISLAND(OBOP) 47
Mayor Belen Fernandez buying fish from Island based fisherman
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.3.2 ONE BARANGAY ONE PRODUCT (OBOP) 48
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.3.3 ONE BARANGAY ONE PRODUCT (OBOP) 49
“Pinka” Fish Drying Oyster Growing
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Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.4.1 DREDGING REPORT 51
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 6.5 ESTERO CLEANUP AND SQUATTER RELOCATION 52
The city government conducts regular clean up of clogged creeks before the onset of the rainy season. A joint effort with the barangays, indigent residents are tapped to clean the creeks in exchange of food or cash from the city. Private companies to support the cash for work program to further intensify the cleaning up of creeks.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale CONTROLLING SEPTIC DISCHARGE FROM BJMP 53 INITIATIVE #7 : LOCATED ALONG LINGAYEN GULF SHORELINE DURING CONSTRUCTION
Siphoning
Re-Piping
AFTER CONSTRUCTION
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SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, SCARBOROUGH REEF, or PANATAG SHOAL (Philippines name) more correctly described as a group of islands and reefs in an atoll shape than a shoal, is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon, Philippines in the South China Sea. As with most of the landforms in this sea, the sovereignty of the area is disputed. The Philippines, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) all lay claim to the shoal. The shoal was named after a Chinese ship “Scarborough” that was wrecked on the rock in the 19th century.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF THE SHOAL forms a triangle shaped chain of reefs and islands (but mostly rocks) 55 kilometers (34mi) around. The shoal is a protrusion in a 3,500m deep abyssal plain. Several of the islands including “South Rock” are 1/2m to 3m high and many of the reefs are just below water at high tide. Near the mouth of the lagoon are] the ruins of an iron tower, 8.3m high. The nearest landmass is Palauig, Zambales, on Island in the Philippines, 137 miles (220 km) away. It is about 123 miles (`198 km) west of Subic Bay.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 8.1 MARINE DEBRIS FROM SCARBOROUGH SHOAL/BAJO DE MASINLOC 55
Pictures of Floaters believed to be displaced at Masinloc Shore from the alleged Chinese dredging activities at the West Philippines Sea Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale INITIATIVE #9 : LEGISLATION 56
Dagupan City is doing its best to keep our Oceans clean and safe for everyone.
Worldwide, it is reported that, 80% of Marine Debris come from inland sources. Our first initiative therefore is to close our dumpsite and convert plastics and organic trash to fuel through a Waste-2-Worth Facility (a joint project of P&G Philippines and our City of Dagupan).
At this juncture we invite this body, the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, to consider our initiative hoping you will give your full support, by way of endorsing our request to the Philippine Government to provide the site through a much needed amendment to Presidential Proclamation 98 “segregating a 2 hectare lot as site for a Waste management Facility”.
Prepared by: Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio,MBM Graphics by: Al Jareau M. Buena Project Director Edward Ugale 9.1 WE ARE A CITY DETERMINED TO RESOLVE OUR HALF-A-CENTURY OLD TRASH PROBLEM 57
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