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COMPONENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

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Special Projects
CRMP
Southern Mindanao Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project
Sulu-Celebes Sea Coastal Development
Other CEP Interventions in Region XI

What's New

   


The Coastal Environmental Program Management Office DENR-XI
Other CEP interventions in Region XI

Length of coastline covered

Davao City (24 barangays) coastline: 60 km
Pujada Bay coastline: 89 km
Davao del Norte coastline: 28 km
Samal Island coastline: 60 km

Resource rehabilitation

  • Fish sanctuary in Malalag Bay -- Hagonoy; Padada; Bgy. Ogpao, Sta. Maria
  • Fish sanctuary and marine reserve in Mabini, Compostela Valley



  • Mangrove rehabilitation
    Benoling, Samal Island - 12 hectares
    Tambo, Samal Island - 15 hectares
    San Isidro, Samal Island - 20 hectares
    Libuak, Samal Island - 15 hectares
    Mabini, Davao Province - 5 hectares
  • Maintenance of multi-species mangrove nurseries in
    Guang-guang, Mati
  • Production of planting materials for mangrove reforestation
    Maintained 20 hectares mangrove plantation in Mabini, Compostela Valley Province
  • Maintained 50 hectares mangrove plantation in Lupon and Mati, Davao Oriental
  • Monitored and patrolled 2,700 hectares of coastal waters in Mabini, Compostela Valley Province

Technical assistance

  • Conducted participatory coastal resource assessment -- Kagangohan, Panabo, Davao del Sur; Lapaz, Carmen, Davao del Sur
  • Integrated coastal management training -- Villa Victoria, Toril, Davao City

Information, Education and Communication


  • Conducted trainors training in mangrove nursery and plantation establishment and management - Malalag, Davao del Sur
  • Roadshow in the five municipalities of Davao del Sur - Sulop, Malalag, Hagonoy, Digos, Padada
  • Conducted coastal clean-up and scubasurero - Punta Dumalag, Davao City; Talomo, Davao City; Matina, Davao City; Lapaz, Carmen, Davao del Norte
  • Mounted Ocean Art exhibit at Gaisano Mall, Davao City
    Conducted information caravan in 24 barangays of Davao City
    Mounted traveling regional “Our Seas, Our Life” exhibit - Gaisano Mall, Davao City; Mati, Davao Oriental; Tagum City, Davao Province; Island Garden City of Samal
  • Provided assistance to students and researchers from different institutions, agencies and organizations conducting field research, exposure and coastal resource assessment
  • Radio info plugs on sea cow (Dugong dugon) and coral conservation and management aired on Campus Radio 105.3 RGMA Network, Bombo Radyo and Star FM, Davao City. Info plugs on “Life Support System of the Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, “Marine Turtles and Sea Cow Conservation”, and “Solid Waste Management” were aired on “Ako, Ikaw ug ang Kinaiyahan”, a radio program of DXHM, Mati, Davao Oriental
  • Conducted lectures on coastal resource management in various schools and stakeholders -- Island Garden City of Samal, November 3-12, and 16-17, 1999
  • Created CRM IEC Core Group, which includes the following agencies:
    Lead agency
        DENR Ecosystems Research and Development Service
    Cooperating Agencies
        Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
        Resources (BFAR)
    Local Government Units
        City Fishermen’s Aquatic Resource Management Council
        (CFARMC)
        City Environment and Natural Resources Office (City ENRO)
    Non-Government Organizations
        Mindanao Environment Forum (MEF)
        Kinaiyahan Foundation, Inc. (KFI)
        Davao Artist Foundation (DAF)
        Junior Ecologist Movement (JEM)
        Davao Ecologist Professional Council (DEPC)
        I Love Ocean Movement (ILOM)
        Calinan Socio-Ecological Development Organization (CASEDO)
        Kalipati Art Group of Davao (KAGD)
    Provincial Coastal Information, Education & Communication Core Group 
        Inter-Agency Task Force for Coastal Environment Protection for
              Sarangani Bay, Sarangani Province
        Provincial Coastal Resource Management Council of Davao del           Sur

Coastal Resource Assessment


  • Conducted at
    Kopiat and Lunod Island, Mabini, Compostela Valley Province
    Municipalities of Malalag and Sta. Maria, Davao del Sur

Wildlife Conservation


CEP staff release a sea turtle at Compostela Valley

  • Tagged and released marine turtles
    Compostela Valley Province
           4 Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)
           5 Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
    Guang-guang, Mati, Davao Oriental
           4 Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)
          10 Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
  • Through aerial survey, 24 sea cows (Dugong dugon) were sighted in the following areas:
    Davao del Sur
            Malita                   10
            Malalag                   3
    Davao Oriental
            Mayo Bay               4
            Cape San Agustin    4
            Pujada Bay              3
  • One whale shark sighted in Bgy. Mamali and dolphins between the islands of Pujada and Juanivan, Davao Oriental

 



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