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dc.contributor.authorChavez, Leilani
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T02:26:06Z
dc.date.available2022-02-10T02:26:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-09
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/6755
dc.description.abstractThe Philippines pioneered a community-based approach to marine protected area (MPA) management in 1974, aimed at achieving a balanced conservation and community livelihood. This became the blueprint of the more than 1,500 marine reserves in the country today. While the government depends on its MPA system in protecting its seascapes and meeting its international commitments, research results suggest that only a third of the country’s MPAs are well-managed and only around 1 % of the country’s coral reefs is protected. With management and resource challenges, these MPAs are threatened by overfishing and illegal fishing practices as well as the worsening impacts of climate change. Experts therefore say that strengthening the country’s larger MPA systems, synchronizing conservation with fisheries management policies, adapting newer models, and creating a network of MPAs may help the country buffer the impacts of climate change on its rich marine resources.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSecretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centeren
dc.subjectmarine protected areasen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.titleSustaining the Philippine marine reserves: issues and concernsen
dc.typemagazineArticleen
dc.citation.volume19en
dc.citation.issue3en
dc.citation.spage33en
dc.citation.epage39en
dc.citation.journalTitleFish for the Peopleen
dc.subject.asfamarine parksen
dc.subject.asfaprotected areasen
dc.subject.asfaenvironmental protectionen
dc.subject.asfanature conservationen


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