Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
Community-based coastal resource management in Orion (Bataan, Philippines) : building community property rights in a fishing community
Type: Journal Article
The Community-based Coastal Resource Management Project in Orion, Bataan, Philippines was started in 1991. The village level fishers organizations have formed a municipal-wide association called the Samahan at Ugnayan ng ...
Navigating the institutional landscape: introduction and overview
Type: Book
Southeast Asia is one of the world's most productive areas in terms of fisheries and other coastal resources. These resources are important to the local, regional and national economies. Coastal areas are also the focus ...
The Marine Conservation Project for San Salvador: a case study of fisheries co-management in the Philippines
Type: Report
San Salvador, an island village of Masinloc municipality in Zambales, Philippines, has been inhabited by approximately three generations of residents. The initial migrants, who were largely farmers from the mainland of ...
Fisheries management of San Salvador Island, Philippines: a shared responsibility
Type: Journal Article
The authors discuss how the fisher community and the government shared responsibility over time for regenerating and conserving fishery resources in San Salvador Island, Philippines, and rose above the obstacles associated ...
Navigating change: Second-generation challenges of small-scale fisheries co-management in the Philippines and Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
Early efforts to apply the concept of fisheries co-management in Southeast Asia focused primarily on building the effectiveness of local management institutions and advocating the merits of the approach so that it would ...
Co-managing shared waters: a coastal governance experience of Western Visayas Region, Philippines
Type: Conference Paper
Coastal ecosystems in the Philippines are under stress from the combined effects of human overexploitation and habitat destruction. In recent years, the concept of an integrated approach to coastal resource management has ...
Evaluation of the integrated municipal council as an institution for co-management in the coastal zone
Type: Report
This study on the Integrated Municipal Council, Philippines (IMC) has the following objectives; (1) to evaluate the IMC as an institution for co-management in the coastal area of the Philippines, (2) to determine the impact ...
Impact evaluation of community-based coastal resource management projects in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The benefits of decentralizing the management of coastal resources to local governments and resource users have long been recognized, but the best systems for coastal resources management depend on many factors. A number ...
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in the Philippines: policy, legal and institutional framework
Type: Working Paper
This study identifies the different types of locally based resource management systems in marine and coastal areas, such as co-management; community-based management; and integrated coastal zone management. A historical ...
Study on the management of fisheries/aquatic resources at the local level
Type: Report
The Local Government Code of 1991 has provided avenues for promoting the establishment and operation of POs and NGOs as active partners of the local government units (LGUs) in the pursuit of local autonomy. Specifically, ...