Strengthening Marine Protected Areas to Strengthening Marine Protected Areas to Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity Areas Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity Areas

in the Philippinesin the Philippines

KEY BIODIVERSITY AREASKEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS

“…areas that are globally significant with species requiring site scale conservation to prevent extinction in the short and medium-term”.

These are areas with:Globally threatened species (vulnerable)Restricted-range species (irreplaceable)Congregatory species (irreplaceable)

Myers et al. 2002

• 128 Terrestrial and freshwater

• 123 Integrated marine KBAso Coralso Molluskso Sharks and Rayso Cucumber, urchinso Reef fisho Marine turtleso Marine reptileso Seabirdso Marine mammalso Marine plants

Ambal 2014 @ www.fpe.ph/biodiversity

INITIATIVES TO CONSERVE INITIATIVES TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT MARINE AND PROTECT MARINE HABITATS AND RESOURCES:HABITATS AND RESOURCES:

Establishment of 1,816 MPAs

(MSN 2014)33 MPAs under NIPAS1,620 locally managed MPAs

covering about 394,000 ha.

Horigue et al 2014

The MKBA Project aims to address issues and gaps The MKBA Project aims to address issues and gaps on the establishment of MPAs:on the establishment of MPAs:

InadequateInadequate bio-geographic representation and spatial coverageInsufficientInsufficient and unpredictable funding levels for the long-term sustainability of MPAs and an MPA systemWeakWeak institutional framework for the identification, establishment and management of a national marine PA system

o The MKBA Project is funded by the UNDP-GEF with counterpart from the Government of the Philippines and CSOs

o UN Development Framework (DAF) Outcomes: Resilience toward disasters and climate change; environment and natural resources protection and conservation

o Contribute to overall goal of the CBD and Aichi Target 11

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: DENR-BMBProject Duration: June 2014 to July 2019

PROJECT OUTCOMESPROJECT OUTCOMES

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Verde Is. PassageConservation International

Southern PalawanBFAR - NFRDI

Tañon Strait PSRARE Phils.

Lanuza BayHaribon Foundation

Davao GulfWWF Phils.

• The MKBA Project is a national initiative, implemented in 5-pilot sites which currently have unique management strategies, with the

support of select NGOs

• Lessons from the pilot-sites can be replicated in other NIPAS and LMPAs