List of Figures Figure 1 Growth in the number of hectares covered by marine protected areas under the NIPAS from 1940 to 2010 Figure 2 Number of MPAs from 1980 to 2018 Figure 3 Overlap of MPAs under NIPAS and locally managed MPAs with key biodiversity areas in the Philippines List of Tables Table 1 List and area coverage of Marine Protected Areas under NIPAS and E- NIPAS List of Footnotes 1 Carpenter, KE, Springer VG, “The center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity: the Philippine islands,” Environmental Biology of Fishes, 72(2015):467-480. 2 DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau. 2014. 2nd National Report on the State of Protected Areas in the Philippines. Accessed on October 30, 2018 at https://newcapp.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/2ndstateofpa.pdf. 3 DA-BFAR Fisheries Resources Management Division List of Fish Sanctuaries and Fishery Reserves, 2017. 700000.00 3000000 2,508,048.71 600000.00 2500000 2,053,641.23 2,056,448.16 500000.00 1,810,438.37 2000000 2,054,003.08 400000.00 1,540,075.46 1500000 1,257,742.14 300000.00 1000000 200000.00 631,198.13 500000 100000.00 109,594.89 1,762.11 4,667.79 5,698.35 13,256.48 0.00 0 1940 1990 1992 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2010 Number of hectares added yearly Cumulative number of hectares Source: DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau, 2018 Figure 1. Growth in the number of hectares covered by marine protected areas under the NIPAS from 1940 to 2010. 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1981 1982 1983 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2016 2017 2018 1980 Figure 2. Number of MPAs from 1980 to 2018. Source: DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau, 2018 Figure 3. Overlap of MPAs under NIPAS and locally managed MPAs with key biodiversity areas in the Philippines. Table 1. List and area coverage of Marine Protected Areas under NIPAS and E-NIPAS. REGION PROTECTED AREA HECTARES Legislated under NIPAS 694,803.42 2 Batanes Protected Landscape & Seascape 210687.8079 4B Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park 451600.5561 6 Sagay Marine Reserve 32515.0517 Legislated under E-NIPAS 1,910,620.90 1 Agoo-Damortis Protected Landscape & Seascape 10774.6512 2 Palaui Island Marine Reserve 8048.5714 3 Masinloc and Oyon Bay Marine Reserve 7558.1321 4B Apo Reef Natural Park 15799.2039 5 Malabungot Protected Landscape & Seascape 147.7131 5 Ticao Burias Pass Protected Seascape 413745.7658 7 Alburquerque-Loay-Loboc Protected Landscape and Seascape 1165.511 7 Apo Island Protected Landscape/Seascape 691.1551 7 Panglao Island Protected Seascape 2445.0761 7 Talibon Group of Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape 6446.3088 7 Ta±on Strait Protected Seascape 534589.0469 7 Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary 1382.3001 8 Biri Larosa Protected Landscape/Seascape 32284.1399 8 Guiuan Protected Landscape/Seascape 66725.2579 8 Cuatro Islas Protected Landscape/Seascape 11407.463 9 Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary 242958.2834 9 Dumanquilas Protected Landscape/Seascape 26112.2096 Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape & 9 1827.1533 Seascape 9 Aliguay Island Protected Landscape/Seascape 1188.3881 9 Selinog Island Protected Landscape and Seascape 959.4083 9 Murcielagos Island Protected Landscape and Seascape 100.3967 10 Baliangao Protected Landscape/Seascape 315.5017 10 Initao-Libertad Protected Landscape and Seascape 921.0218 11 Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape 7292.3611 11 Pujada Bay Protected Landscape/Seascape 20873.4266 12 Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape 210887.6924 13 Siargao Protected Landscape/Seascape 283974.7631 3,4A, 5 Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve 357,903.10 Total Number of Hectares 2,963,327.42 .