strengthening marine protected areas to conserve marine key biodiversity areas in the philippines
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Strengthening Marine Protected Areas to Strengthening Marine Protected Areas to Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity Areas Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity Areas
in the Philippinesin the Philippines
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KEY BIODIVERSITY AREASKEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS
“…areas that are globally significant with species requiring site scale conservation to prevent extinction in the short and medium-term”.
These are areas with:Globally threatened species (vulnerable)Restricted-range species (irreplaceable)Congregatory species (irreplaceable)
Myers et al. 2002
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• 128 Terrestrial and freshwater
• 123 Integrated marine KBAso Coralso Molluskso Sharks and Rayso Cucumber, urchinso Reef fisho Marine turtleso Marine reptileso Seabirdso Marine mammalso Marine plants
Ambal 2014 @ www.fpe.ph/biodiversity
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INITIATIVES TO CONSERVE INITIATIVES TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT MARINE AND PROTECT MARINE HABITATS AND RESOURCES:HABITATS AND RESOURCES:
Establishment of 1,816 MPAs
(MSN 2014)33 MPAs under NIPAS1,620 locally managed MPAs
covering about 394,000 ha.
Horigue et al 2014
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The MKBA Project aims to address issues and gaps The MKBA Project aims to address issues and gaps on the establishment of MPAs:on the establishment of MPAs:
InadequateInadequate bio-geographic representation and spatial coverageInsufficientInsufficient and unpredictable funding levels for the long-term sustainability of MPAs and an MPA systemWeakWeak institutional framework for the identification, establishment and management of a national marine PA system
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o The MKBA Project is funded by the UNDP-GEF with counterpart from the Government of the Philippines and CSOs
o UN Development Framework (DAF) Outcomes: Resilience toward disasters and climate change; environment and natural resources protection and conservation
o Contribute to overall goal of the CBD and Aichi Target 11
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: DENR-BMBProject Duration: June 2014 to July 2019
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PROJECT OUTCOMESPROJECT OUTCOMES
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Verde Is. PassageConservation International
Southern PalawanBFAR - NFRDI
Tañon Strait PSRARE Phils.
Lanuza BayHaribon Foundation
Davao GulfWWF Phils.
• The MKBA Project is a national initiative, implemented in 5-pilot sites which currently have unique management strategies, with the
support of select NGOs
• Lessons from the pilot-sites can be replicated in other NIPAS and LMPAs