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00. Ocean Decade - Philippines

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The UNACOM Online and Digital Enabling Library and Index is developed to support the alignment of research, investments, and community initiatives toward contributing to a well-functioning, productive, resilient, sustainable, and inspiring ocean. The goal is to enable the government, partner agencies, and UNESCO to develop more robust Science-Informed Policies and facilitate a stronger Science-Policy Interface through the gathered data, information, and knowledge related to the Ocean Decade in the Philippines.

Particularly, it aims to:
  • Gather and index all publications, reports, policies, laws, legislations, articles, and other documents of the Philippine National Committee on Marine Sciences (NCMS) related to the Ocean Decade.
  • Disseminate and promote these publications, reports, policies, and other documents on the initiatives and actions to address the Ocean Decade challenges.

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    A review of the status of Philippine reefs
    Gomez, E. D.; Aliño, P. M.; Yap, H. T.; Licuanan, W. Y. (Elsevier BV, 1994-01)
    Since 1979, the status of Philippine reefs has been periodically updated. While conditions of the reefs during the early surveys were assessed in terms of live coral cover per se, the ‘coral mortality index’ was applied to the sets of data collected during the past 7 yr which may be a better gauge in determining the health of the reefs. Generally, most reefs surveyed are in fair condition. Major destructive factors described are sedimentation and siltation from coastal development and activities inland, illegal and destructive methods of fishing, and overfishing. If the reefs are to continue to provide for the present and future users, the ecological processes that render them productive must be maintained through integrated approaches of coastal area management.
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    Reef management in developing countries: A case study in the Philippines
    Gomez, E. D. (Springer, 1997-06)
    In general the most attractive and economically valuable reefs in the world are found in developing countries. Because of these attributes, they have also become the most endangered. Due to anthropogenic threats to their productivity, there is a growing need for management. Programs for their conservation and rehabilitation are being mounted at local, regional, and international levels. Local efforts are widely distributed, showing signs of both failure and success. The situation in developing countries differs from that which prevails in developed countries for various reasons, including level of awareness, infrastructure, and law enforcement. A case history of saving a coral reef ecosystem is described in this study. It involves a recent plan to build a cement factory in the Philippines at Bolinao.