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Mangrove Management In The Philippines Essay

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(1) Status of Mangroves and Mangrove Management in the Philippines (Dr. Villamor, DENR –ERDB). The document discusses the status of mangroves along with historical the trend line. The national government agencies that were tasked to manage mangroves, their respective mandates and policies from 1970s to current period were discussed. This includes the priority government programs on mangrove rehabilitation. Programs related to post-Yolanda rehabilitation were also presented. There was also a recognition of the constraints (and “failures”) on previous mangrove planting practices. While there are various programs on mangrove conservation and management, the report emphasizes the need to harmonize all programs, and it can start more particularly …show more content…

Miguel D. Fortes, Marine Science Institute, UP Diliman). The document provides a comprehensive narration on various studies done in Philippine mangroves since the 1600s. The study documented the historical accounts of the research works done on Philippine mangroves – from timeline to thematic (ecology, conservation, biodiversity, etc.) to geographical (comparing number of publications among geographic regions), to management. Dr. Fortes emphasize that certain eras have different research priorities, and most of these research works served as a response to environmental issues at that …show more content…

Information from all reports, technical presentations and workshop outputs were consolidated. Statistics on mangrove forest cover for the Southern Luzon in terms of species composition, distribution and extent of old and planted stands are reported. Current and emerging issues that pose threats to the existence of mangroves (e.g. coastal poverty, habitat conversion and sea level rise) were discussed. Varying management approaches across sites were summarized to identify common strategies that will help improve mangrove management in the region. In this section, we incorporated our insights and perspectives based on the identified data gaps and the needed research to complement the current management

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