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Municipality of Busuanga ECAN Resource Management Plan 2017-2022 Municipality of Busuanga ECAN Resource Management Plan 2017-2022 Prepared by College of Human Ecology1 – Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning University of the Philippines, Los Baños In partnership with Municipal Government of Busuanga, Municipal ECAN Board, and Palawan Council for Sustainable Development 1 Bautista, Maria Althea; Malolos, Grace Anne; Magyaya, Ariana; Palevino, Mhaolene Leana; and Suarez, Miguel Alfonso Municipality of Busuanga ECAN Resource Management Plan 2017-2022 Prepared by College of Human Ecology1 – Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning University of the Philippines, Los Baños In partnership with Municipal Government of Busuanga, Municipal ECAN Board, and Palawan Council for Sustainable Development 1 Bautista, Maria Althea; Malolos, Grace Anne; Magyaya, Arianne; Palevino, Mhaolene Leana; Suarez, Miguel Alfonso Page | i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Upon the enactment of the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act, Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN), “a graded system of protection and development control over the whole of Palawan”, had served as “framework of municipal planning” in the province of Palawan; accordingly, SEP law mandates (1) the creation of an Ecological Zoning Plan (EZP) which shall serve as “general physical plan of every city/municipality” (Section 30) and (2) the “integration/ harmonization” of the EZP with the Municipal Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plans (MCLWUPs). In lieu of this endeavour, ECAN Resource Management Plan (ERMP), basis of “long- term sustainable management of the municipally- adopted Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) Zones”, of one of the municipalities of the province was formulated. Busuanga, a municipality located at the northernmost part of Palawan, occupying one- third of the Calamianes Group of Islands, and home to 14 barangays, was chosen as planning site. In developing the ERMP of the municipality, ecological profiling, integrated threats analysis, and ECAN planning workshop were conducted. Through these measures, context of the planning environment were identified, guide to resource management planning was provided, and a participatory planning process was facilitated. In the conduct of eco- profiling, primary and secondary data were used; in terms of Integrated Threats Analysis, (1) Key Informant Interviews, (2) Stocktaking, (3) Participatory Resource Mapping, and (4) DPSIR Matrix had served as data gathering and data analysis tools; while in ECAN planning workshop, planning matrices for each ECAN Zones were made- these were supplemented with information generated from ecological profiling and Integrated Threats Analysis. Through ecological profiling of the municipality, existing resources, opportunities and challenges among five development sectors, environmental, social, economic, institutional, and infrastructural, were identified and interpreted. Results generated from the ecological profile of the municipality are as follows; (1) the environment being distinguished of its relatively dominant brush land area, mountainous and rough topography, high number of invertebrate species, high endemnicity, vast mangrove cover, high coral reef cover, high composition of seagrass cover, low number of target reef fishes, and coastal species, dugong and sea turtle, with high conservation values; (2) the social sector attributed with 3.856% growth rate, younger population composition, 1.33 % of dependency ratio, 97.78% literacy rate, 91.84% employment, 69.9% share of community involved in agriculture, 87% poverty threshold, lacking number of health and police personnel, high number of recreation and tourism areas; (3) the economic sector comprising rice, corn, sweet potato, mango, and banana crop production, growing fishing industry of mariculture, and livelihood opportunities in buho and sawali craft and furniture making; (4) the infrastructural sector which prioritizes the improvement of barangay roads and communal water sources, and lastly; (5) the institutional sector which focuses on development initiatives aimed at capacitating employees, maximizing economic benefits, Page | ii and increasing revenue collection, and allocates budget for the development of tourism sector, improvement of irrigation, domestic water supply, and barangay roads. Meanwhile, in the conduct of integrated threats analysis across different ECAN Zones in the Municipality, resources, pressures and existing initiatives (responses) addressing the latter were identified. Information collected through KII, Stocktaking, and Participatory Resource Mapping were condensed and presented in the DPSIR Matrix to understand the nature and current status of these threats. The DPSIR matrix analysis had emphasized the following concerns: Drivers and problems existing among municipally-adopted ECAN Zones; Wildlife poaching, unsustainable agricultural and forest practices (Kaingin farming), timber poaching, harvesting of Corals, conflicting knowledge regarding MPA, need for food livelihood, raw materials (for road construction and housing), education, access to tourism, delivery of services (farm to market), source of water for irrigation, income, preservation of caves, preservation of IP culture, lobbying of tribal land ownership, need for funding in CADT ECAN map validation is found necessary given some spatially located activities have become inconsistent with current ECAN Zone designation. Lastly, an ECAN planning workshop was conducted with key representatives of the LGU for prioritizing and validating of the problems (threats) acknowledged and devising of respective plans and programs across the different zones in the municipality. In general, plans and programs proposed (strategies) which shall address these threats include provision of alternative livelihood support, IEC campaign establishment of organizations/capacity building, strengthening the implementation of laws, preservation and conservation, strengthen implementation of laws, monitoring and surveillance, proper communication, reviewing and updating of plans and requirements for permits, prioritization and request of sustainable funding, and infrastructure development. Upon the formulation of ERMP, the practicum team had given the following recommendations; PCSD: - establish a PCSD office in Municipality of Busuanga - continue conducting Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) Campaigns regarding ECAN Zones and its processes and execute it at the barangay level - integrate ECAN Zoning into the academic sector from elementary to tertiary level to their curriculum - include tribal/ ancestral zone and Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in ECAN Map - add Forest Protected Area for Dugong Protected Management Zone - marking of core zones - update the existing ECAN Map of the Municipality of Busuanga and to re- evaluate the current criteria of the zones Page | iii - establish a PCSD office in Municipality of Busuanga ECANization process: - including representatives from each barangays of the Municipality in the target stakeholders for the Key Informant Interview such as barangay captains and councilors - include PRM or even re-mapping of the ECAN Zones in the process. Academe: - to provide technical assistance, through manpower, to the municipality in updating their CLUP - partnering with developmental projects by non-government organizations such as C3. LGU and Community Leaders: - establish Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) - establish monitoring team for the protection of the environment specifically for Marine Protected Areas and for the Sea Cows (Dugong) - integrate ECAN Zoning, ECAN Zones Management Plan and even Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP) to Comprehensive Land Use and Water Plan (CLWUP), Local Development Plans (LDP) such as the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) and Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), - stricter implementations of existing plans and laws - draft resolutions addressed to PCSD and ECAN Board for updating of ECAN Zones in the municipality - GPS/GIS training to be administered by MPDO, MAO and MENRO - coordinate with the DENR in the utilization of idle lands such as the BPR - strong and active participation and relationship of their LGU with different NGOs such as the Community Centered Conservation (C3) - promote local resources (e.g. Handicraft making from Nipa and Bamboo) - promote Dugong Conservation (e.g. Keychain making) - engage the private sector specifically resort and beach owners in monitoring compliance of the business community to ECAN Zoning and spearheading rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems within their area of concern Page | iv Acknowledgement The success of the practicum team in crafting the ECAN Resource Management Plan of the Municipality of Busuanga and the memorable stay of the group while in the municipality was made possible by a lot of persons. The team wanted to extend our appreciation with their contribution and involvement; Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), who have given us the chance to render assistance to ECAN Resource Management Planning of the Municipality of Busuanga, thank you! We are grateful of you guiding us and allowing ourselves to be in the actual work field. Sir Mark dela Cruz, thank you for all your effort and support to the team! We are blessed for all the preparations you did for the practicum team’s stay in Barangay Salvacion and assistance to each step in the formulation of ERMP. Department of Environment and Resource
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