Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
View/
Request this article
Date
Metadata
Show full item recordClassification code
PN20190629_B10Excerpt
The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were strictly regulated in MPAs, which also serves as sanctuaries for endangered species. There were 1,500 MPAs in the country but only less than one percent was being actively protected, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The BFAR added that the percentage of country's marine areas being protected was far short of the 15 percent target set under the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 and the 10 percent target under the Aichi Convention on Biological Diversity.
Citation
Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say. (2019, June 29). Panay News, p. B10.
Subject
Marine environment; Environmental protection; Marine parks; Fishing; Sanctuaries; Rare species; Fishery regulations; Sustainable fishing; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR); Malinis at Masaganang Karagatan (MMK); University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Gongona, Eduardo; Edgar, John; Philippines
Collections
- Panay News [1635]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
ZSL-PH joins World Ocean Day celebrations
(Panay News,June 5, 2017 , on page B6-B10)Mangrove forests make up the transitional zone between land and sea anchoring shoreline and buffering against typhoons and storm surges. They protect coral reefs and seagrass beds from sedimentation, breeding and nursery ... -
Tubbataha incident caused by total negligence
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 11, 2013 , on page A20)The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, located in the Central Sulu Sea, is cited as one of the most biologically diverse and one of the remarkable coral reefs on the planet. It is home to 600 species of fish, 360 species of ... -
Marine protection declaration sought for Ticao-Burias Pass
(Manila Bulletin,August 6, 2015 , on page B-11)Albay 3rd District Rep. Fernando Gonzalez revealed he is preparing a legislative measure seeking the declaration of the Ticao-Burias as a Marine Protected Area. (MPA). PAMB—as provided under the NIPAS Act of 1992—is composed ...