Coastal and Marine Management Office

Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau

covers more than 1.14

million hectares

Verde Island Passage

connects the South

China Sea with Tablas

Strait, the Sibuyan

Sea and the Cuyo

Pass

world’s “center of the

center of marine

shorefish biodiversity

Province City/Municipality

Batangas Batangas City, Nasugbu, Lian,

Calatagan, Balayan, Calaca, Lemery,

Taal, San Luis, Mabini, Tingloy, Bauan,

San Pascual, Lobo, San Juan

Marinduque Mogpog, Boac, Gasan, Buenavista

Mindoro Occidental Abra de Ilog, Paluan, Lubang, Looc

Mindoro Oriental Calapan City, Puerto Galera, San

Teodoro, Naujan, Baco, Pola,

Pinamalayan, Gloria

Romblon Concepcion, Corcuera, Banton

Presidential Proclamation 1028 of 1997

o Declared the entire Sulu-Celebes Seas as an integrated

conservation and development zone

o created the Presidential Commission for the Integrated

Conservation and Development of the Sulu and Celebes Seas

(PCICDSC)

o approved an Integrated Conservation and Development Plan and

adopted the conservation plan for the SSME

Executive Order 578 of 2006

o Declaring a national policy on biodiversity directing government

agencies to integrate and mainstream protection, conservation and

sustainable use of biodiversity into their respective policies and

programs, especially with regard to the Verde Island Passage Marine

Corridor and the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME)

o The Task Force for VIP has been created composed of

representatives from various sectors having stake with the VIP

including LGUs, NGOs, Business Sector, POs, etc.

o The Management Framework Plan has been approved by the

Presidential Commission for the Integrated Conservation and

Development of Sulu-Celebes Sea (PCICDSCS).

To present the key highlights of the VIP Marine Corridor

Management Framework Plan and the VIPMC Summit 2012

To keep stock and map of projects and programs in the

VIPMC

To identify opportunities for complementation and working

together in meeting the objectives of the VIPMC

Management Framework Plan

To draw out mechanism to share project information

especially in tracking outputs and outcomes

Project descriptions including geographic and thematic

areas of focus

Set of recommendations on opportunities for

complementation and working together

Basic system and information needs to share/disseminate

information on project outputs and outcomes

Set of recommended next steps for continued engagement

Time Agenda Person/s Concerned

10.00 – 10.30 AM Registration/Preliminaries

Message

Dir. Theresa Mundita Lim

10.30 – 10.45 Rationale, Objectives and Expected Outputs Ms. Lynette Laroya

10.45 – 11. 15 Presentation on the Salient Features of the

VIPMC Framework Plan and Highlights of the

VIPMC Summit 2012

Ms. Lynette Laroya

11.15 – 12.00 NN Brief presentation on the partners’ current

initiatives and future projects

(Project name, objectives and specific project

sites)

Partners

DENR, BFAR, UP-MSI,

MFI, PUSOD, TK, CI, GIZ-

ACCCoast, ECOFISH,

UNDP-GEF, ADB-RETA,

FirstGen, LGUs, etc.

12.00 – 1.00 PM Lunch Break

1.00 – 2.00 Brief presentation on the partners’ current

initiatives and future projects

(cont’n…)

Partners

2.00 – 3.00 Synthesis and Areas for Collaboration (Next

Steps)

CMMO

Thank you!