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Suno caging extended until June 15

“In today’s regular meeting, in recognition of the need for caging operators to yield enough production to be profitable which will support their transition from caging operation to other means of livelihood, the Council unanimously voted to further extend the allowable period for the disposal of fishes in their cages to be until June 15, 2017,” read the explanatory note of the PCSD Resolution No.17-580.

The said resolution is an amendment to PCSD Resolution No.16-568 passed

The PCSD, at its 232nd meeting on April 7 has approved a resolution, extending again the caging of Suno from March 31 to June 15, the last day of the open season for reef-fish-for-food (RFF) industry in Palawan.

last November 18, 2016 to extend the allowable period for the disposal of Suno in the RFF cages until March 31, 2017.

This recent request for extension is yet an another amendment to Section 21, paragraph 3 of PCSD Administrative Order No. 5, series of 2014 which explicitly says that all owners and/or operators should dispose their remaining Suno in their cages within two years, after the effectivity in December 2014 of the said PCSD Admin Order which regulates the said industry.

JCI partners with PCSD in ‘Skip a Straw’ campaign

Single use plastic straws end up in the ocean and could kill marine species like sea turtles by ingestion.

This is the reason why the Junior Chamber Puerto Princesa Peacock, Inc., an organization of young female professionals, in partnership with the PCSD, launched this month a “Skip A Straw” campaign to persuade the people to limit and eliminate its use.

The campaign targets business establishments, particularly restaurants and hotels in the city, to only provide drinking straws upon request. Meanwhile, it encourages customers not to use it while drinking their beverages as it has proven to be harmful to the environment and the wildlife.

One Manalo Place manager Michelle Valdez, JCI Puerto Princesa Peacock, Inc. President Jessaidz Daquer and PCSDS Finance and Admin Chief Teresita Batul, on behalf of PCSDS Executive Director Nelson Devanadera, signed a memorandum of commitment on April 21 in support of the campaign.

Daquer said her organization will visit and sign MOC with more establishments soon. They are also looking at the possibility of connecting those establishments to a company that supplies stainless and bamboo straws as alternatives.

“Sundin lang ang batas at pangangalagaan rin natin ang hanapbuhay ng mga mangingisda ng buhay-buhay,” ito ang tinuran ni Gob. Jose Chaves Alvarez sa mahigit isang libong mangingisda ng buhay-buhay o live fish sa isang dayalogo noong Abril 9 sa Barangay Poblacion, Taytay.

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MOA Signing. (L-R) Ma. Christina Rodriguez, PCSDS EEED Chief; Teresita Batul, PCSDS FAD Chief; Michelle Valdez, manager of One Manalo Place; and Jessaidz Daquer, President of JCI Puerto Princesa Peacock, Inc. (PHOTO/KAS FABRO/PCSDS EEED)

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Pinangunahan ni Gob. Jose Ch. Alvarez ang isang dayalogo kasama ang mga mangingisda ng buhay-buhay o live fish mula sa iba’t ibang barangay ng Taytay kaugnay ng usapin ng pagpapatupad ng PCSD Administrative Order No. 5-2014 (PHOTO/PROV’L INFO OFFICE)

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Marine turtles in Arena Island in Narra town will be even more protected with the creation of a conservation strategy. The said plan was the output of the 1st technical working group first meeting held in the privately-owned Arena Island Marine Turtle Sanctuary Resort on April 17-18.This came a year after the PCSDS and the Arena Island

Marine Turtle Sanctuary Resort signed a memorandum of agreement enjoining the two parties to pursue conservation actions in line with the island’s marine turtle conservation program, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7611 or the SEP for Palawan Act and Republic Act 9147 or the Wildlife Act.

Over the past 12 years, the Arena Island Marine Turtle Sanctuary Resort, owned by former PCSDS Executive Director Engr. Roland Rodriguez, continuously records and document the nesting, hatchlings and release of marine turtles within the island. Meanwhile, the management submits an annual report to the PCSDS in accordance with the MOA signed between the two institutions.

The formulated plan seeks to protect, conserve and rehabilitate the marine turtles in the island through establishing necessary measures such as identifying areas suitable for nesting of marine turtles; designating Arena Island as Conservation Area; managing identified protected/conservation areas in the island; strengthening the security around the island to prevent illegal fishing methods such as dynamite fishing and cyanide fishing; and delineating boundaries and establishing buoys around the perimeter of

the coral reefs surrounding the island.It also aims to conduct studies on marine turtle and their

habitat for purposes of conservation and management. These include retrieving, tagging and releasing of turtles after nesting in the island; habitat assessment and mapping; conducting studies on nesting populations and survival rates of hatchlings, as well as on its population dynamics, structure and abundance and the frequency and pathology of diseases; establishing and implementing protocols in the release of hatchlings.

To strengthen the conservation measures, the plan includes providing intensive training on the identification and rescue and retrieval of marine turtle species to the staff of Arena Island, nearby local communities and LGU staff. A training on nest management will also be provided to the Arena Island staff.

Public information, education and communication campaign is also part of the plan to increase public awareness of the threats to marine turtles and their habitats and relevant laws protecting it. With that, the importance of marine turtle conservation will be instilled among the public hence enhancing their participation in conservation activities.

Conservation strategy for marine turtles in Arena Island created

Engr. Roland Rodriguez, owner of Arena Island Marine Turtle Sanctuary Resort, discusses their management practices in the island. (PHOTO/JESSIE CERENO/PCSDS EEED)

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Resolution on Extension of Caging until June 15, 2017

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Approved Resolutions on Municipal Solid Waste

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Sa dayalogo, binigyang-diin ni Gob. Alvarez sa mga dumalong mangingisda mula sa iba’t ibang barangay ng Taytay na mahalaga ang pagsunod ng mga mangingisda sa mga batas pangisda na ipinaiiral sa lalawigan ng Palawan. Hindi rin naman aniya pababayaan ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ang pangangailan ng mga mangingisda na maapektuhan nito.

Layon ng naturang dayalogo na pinangunahan ni Gob. Alvarez kasama ang Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) at pamahalaang bayan ng Taytay sa pangunguna ni Mayor Romy Salvame na malaman ang saloobin ng mga miyembro ng Pinag-isang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas o PAMALAKAYA-Palawan kaugnay ng pagpapatupad ng PCSD Administrative Order No. 5 series of 2014.

Ang PCSD AO5, s. 2014 ay ipinapatupad upang mapangalagaan ang industriya ng buhay-buhay sa Palawan. Sa pamamagitan nito, ipinatutupad ang mga

probisyon gaya ng open and closed season upang maiiwasan ang pagkaubos ng buhay-buhay dulot ng malabisang pangingisda o over fishing.

Ang PAMALAKAYA-Palawan ay isang organisasyon ng mga maliliit na mangingisda na ang pangunahing hanapbuhay ay ang paghuli ng buhay-buhay.

Ipinaabot naman ni Fernando Buante, pangulo ng PAMALAKAYA Palawan, kay Gob. Alvarez ang kanilang hiling na magkaroon ng ilang konsiderasyon ang pangingisda ng buhay-buhay partikular sa bayan ng Taytay upang hindi maapektuhan ang kanilang pangunahing pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan. Aniya, lubhang naapektuhan ang kanilang hanapbuhay mula nang mahigpit na ipinatupad ang nasabing polisiya.

Base sa napagkasunduan sa dayalogo, magkakaroon ng natural closed-season na partikular lamang sa bayan ng Taytay. Ito ay mula buwan ng Nobyembre hanggang Marso kada taon kung saan ito ang panahon na malakas ang

hanging amihan at hindi makapangisda ang mga tao sa nasabing bayan.

Ani ni Gob. Alvarez, maglalaan ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng P5 milyong pondo na gagamitin bilang educational trust fund na ipahihiram sa mga apektadong mangingisda para sa pagpapatuloy ng pag-aaral ng kanilang mga anak. Ang pangangasiwa ng naturang pondo ay ilalagak sa pamahalaang bayan ng Taytay sa ilalim ng tanggapan ng Punong Bayan.

Kasama rin sa napagkasunduan ang

pagbuo ng task force sa bawat barangay na tututok sa paghuli sa mga mangingisda na nagsasagawa ng mga iligal na paraan ng pangingisda tulad ng paggamit ng sodium cyanide at dinamita sa mga karagatang sakop ng munisipyo ng Taytay at iba pang karatig bayan nito.

Samantala, nilinaw ng gobernador na bago maipatupad ang kasunduan ay kinakailangan muna niyang humingi ng pahintulot sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan para sa legal na proseso ng pagbalangkas ng kasunduan. (PIO)

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Si G. Fernando Buante, pangulo ng PAMALAKAYA-Palawan habang ipinaparating sa gobernador ang saloobin ng mga mangingisdang apektado ng PCSD Administrative Order No. 5. (PHOTO/PROV’L INFO OFFICE)

Participatory ECAN Resource Management Planning Workshop in Brooke’s Pt. conducted

The creation of the ECAN Resource Management Plan is the activity conducted by the PCSD as part of its effort to mainstream the ECAN System into the local development plans.

ECAN is the main strategy of the R.A. 7611 or the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act. It is a

system providing grades of protection and development control over the whole of Palawan.

The explicit integration of ECAN in local development plans ensures that core zones are protected, buffer zones are wisely used, and multiple use zones are sustainably developed.

During the workshop, participants validated and enhanced the resource map and agreed on the results of the ecological profile threats analysis. Priority threats and corresponding programs and actions points were identified in each zone.

The workshop was

A Participatory ECAN Resource Management Planning Workshop was conducted in the municipality of Brooke’s Point on April 18-21 as part of the development of the town’s ECAN Resource Management Plan.

Participants during the Participatory

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PCSD OKs declaration of Cleopatra’s Needle Critical HabitatThe PCSD, as a government body tasked to implement the RA 9147 or the PH Wildlife Act, formally approved the resolution declaring the Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle as a Critical Habitat during its 232nd meeting on April 7.

“Upon review of the evaluation and recommendations of the technical staff dated April 6, 2017, it is imperative to declare the area comprising Cleopatra’s Needle Forest Reserve in Puerto Princesa City as a Critical Habitat,” read the explanatory note of PCSD Resolution No. 17-581.

At approximately 101,766 acres, the Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat is the largest “critical habitat” designation in the Philippines. The second largest is the Carmen Critical Habitat for Marine Turtles at 14,223 acres.

The nearby Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, alongside the new Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat, serve as the last safe haven for 85 percent of Palawan’s

endemic mammals and birds.

In total, four critically endangered, two endangered, 17 vulnerable and 12 near threatened species are known from Cleopatra’s Needle. Many species of reptiles, small mammals, insects and plants have yet to be assessed.

The last 200 – 300 members of the Batak tribe of hunter-gatherers have played a critical role in the establishment of the new critical habitat, which provides an opportunity for the tribe to build a sustainable livelihood through ecotourism.

The newly declared Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat is the culmination of a three-year project led by the Centre for Sustainability, Palawan Council for

Sustainable Development, City Environment and Natural Resources Office of Puerto Princesa and the Batak tribe, with support from Global Wildlife Conservation, Rainforest Trust and the Amphibian Survival Alliance.

The Cleopatra’s Needle Forest Reserve will be managed jointly by the City Government of Puerto Princesa and the Centre for Sustainability, under the supervision of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, pursuant

Patenting of endemic wildlife species in Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle mulledFollowing the declaration of Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle as a Critical Habitat, the possibility of patenting endemic species that can be found in the said area is mulled as a forward-looking activity.

“We’re exploring if it’s possible to patent endemic species,” Environment Undersecretary Marlo Mendoza, who sits as DENR representative to the PCSD, said during the 232nd Council Meeting last April 7.

“We haven’t even started that, but we’re looking into that if, in fact, we can say that a lot of species here are endemic to this place,” he added.

About 85 percent of the long list of mammals and birds that live only in Palawan are found in Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat, including the Palawan hornbill, Palawan forest turtle, Palawan bearcat, seven-foot long

Palawan monitor lizard, and Palawan pangolin, according to a news release from the Centre for Sustainability PH, Inc. In a 2015 survey, researchers rediscovered

“I got a list of a lot of our [Philippine] endemic species – 20 already – that were commercialized because of their value, but were not patented by Philippine companies but by other companies in other countries. There’s a big potential again in this area. We wouldn’t like that to happen again.”

Karina May Reyes-Antonio, project officer of the Centre for Sustainability PH, Inc., reports that they have successfully secured all the requirements needed, particularly the endorsement of the City Government, for the declaration of Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle as a Critical Habitat. (PHOTO/JESSIE CERENO/PCSDS EEED)

to PCSD Resolution No. 13-481 or the guidelines on the establishment and management of critical habitat in Palawan.

City Mayor Luis Marcaida III vows that the City Government will ensure that his administration will uphold the designation and ensure all environmental laws are duly observed in the said biodiversity area.

A management board overseeing the Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat will soon be created following its declaration.

The critically endangered Palawan Pangolin, one of the most highly poached species in the world, dwells in the lush forest of Mt. Cleopatra’s Needle. With the declaration of the said area as a Critical Habitat, this species has been given a chance to thrive. (PHOTO/JOHN CHRISTIAN YAYEN)

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Representatives from the LGUs of Magsaysay, Brooke’s Point and Narra present their respective 10-year Municipal Solid Waste Management Plans during the 232nd PCSD meeting on April 7. The PCSD, as mandated under the RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, has approved the said SWMPs, which guide the concerned LGUs on how they will properly manage wastes and, ultimately, achieve zero waste within their jurisdiction. (PHOTO/JESSIE CERENO/PCSDS EEED)

17 newly-deputized Wildlife Enforcement Officers from NATRIPAL took oathAfter complying all the necessary requirements, 17 members of the Nagkakaisang Tribo ng Palawan (NATRIPAL) take oath on April 7 as PCSD’s newly-deputized wildlife enforcement officers (WEO).

A deputized WEO has been given an authority to confiscate illegally traded wildlife and to arrest involved individuals, in

accordance with the existing laws, as well as on rules and regulations on arrest and detention.

Other functions of WEOs are the following: (1) Patrolling and Surveillance; (2) Monitoring and Random Inspection, and (3) Apprehension and Rescue.

Before becoming a full-pledged WEO, applicants undergo a PCSDS deputation training wherein they are

oriented on the technicalities entailed to the job.

For this group, the NATRIPAL organized a training with a personnel from the PCSDS serving as a technical speaker on February 14-17. It was held in Bgy. Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City and participated by the Tagbanua Tribe from the Barangays of Iraan, Sagpangan ang Gugulngan of Aborlan town.

PCSD Vice Chairman and Palawan Vice Governor Dennis Socrates initiates the oath taking of 17 newly-deputized Wildlife Enforcement Officers. (PHOTO/JESSIE CERENO/PCSDS EEED)

Brooke’s Point as pilot site for

Co-Management of Palawan’s Natural

ResourcesThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Provincial Government of Palawan (PGP) and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) have selected the municipality of Brooke’s Point as the pilot site for the co-management of the province’s natural resources.

Pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement signed by Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez and DENR Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez last February 2017, the Steering Committee and Technical Working Group (TWG) for the said program were created and have started the initial phase of the program in Brooke’s Point.

In line with the Sustainable Integrated Area Development (SIAD) approach of DENR, the co-management program for Brooke’s Point intends to (a) enhance the existing forest through the establishment of protection forests and production forests; (b) alleviate poverty by providing livelihood to the people; (c) establish an effective municipal-wide community-based law enforcement system; and (d) ensure the protection of ancestral lands through securing a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) for the indigenous peoples occupying the hinterlands of 6 barangays of the municipality.

Presently, the Technical Working Group has conducted in Brooke’s Point various activities under the first phase of the program, including (a) the Indigenous People (IP) survey by PGP; (b) the survey, mapping and planning by DENR; and (c) the house-to-house information, education and communication (IEC) surveys

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two amphibian species thought lost to science for 40-50 years.

Mendoza said having these species patented first by the Philippines for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics purposes would prevent biopiracy.

“I got a list of a lot of our [Philippine] endemic species – 20 already – that were commercialized because of their value, but were not patented by Philippine companies but by other companies in other

countries,” he said. “There’s a big potential again in this area. We wouldn’t like that to happen again.”

Mendoza believes that this treasure trove of biodiversity “will be subjected to a lot of researches and then publications.” “So we have to probably think of a way before an article is published, especially of the bioactive ingredients of certain plants or animals – we have to make sure that we have to patent it first.

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City Mayor Luis Marcaida III finally sits in the PCSD’s 232nd meeting on April 7, following his oath-taking as the Council’s new member, representing the Office of the City Mayor of Puerto Princesa. (PHOTO/JESSIE CERENO/PCSDS EEED)

200 clams seized in Puerto PrincesaAround 200 pieces of giant clams, locally known as taklobo, were confiscated from a certain Max Anthony Maloloy-on in Barangay Macarascas, Puerto Princesa City.

Elements of the Provincial Law Enforcement Task Force, PCSDS Enforcement Team, Naval Station Carlito Cunanan headed to Sitio Sagasa, Bgy. Macarascas on April 5 to conduct an enforcement operation pursuant to a report coming from the personnel of NISG West.

According to the report, a certain Max Anthony Maloloy-on allegedly collected and possessed giant clams and stored the same under his floating house beneath the sea.

The team went to the area where the floating house is located and was able to confirm the presence of giant clams therein. However, the team did not chance upon the alleged owner of the items and his alleged caretaker in the person of Yolly A. Lacuesta during the conduct of actual inspection in the area.

On the next day, April

6, the team, along with the PCSDS Coastal-Marine Team, went back to the said area.The personnel from the PCSDS Coastal-Marine Team immediately geared up to conduct an assessment of the giant

clams including the corals, while the enforcement officers conducted the seizure of the said items.

A detailed seizure receipt of the above-mentioned items was made and a copy of which was given to Maloloy-on, who violated the R.A. 9147,

otherwise known as Wildlife Act for illegally possessing threatened species.

The confiscated items were left untouched since there is a need for further deliberation on how to properly facilitate its extraction and/or transportation.

Jess Bream of the PCSDS Coastal-Marine conducts an assessment of the more or less 200 giant clams found underneath the floating house owned by a certain Max Anthony Maloloy-on in Bgy. Macarascas, Puerto Princesa City. (Inset) Bream measures a giant clam for report writing.

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A local policy forum for policy makers in the tourism town of Coron was conducted on April 27 as part of the Zero Carbon Resorts (ZCR) project mainstreaming across Palawan.

During the workshop, the participants focused on five topics, such as mainstreaming ZCR, green support, policy support, compliance, and barriers in implementation as to individuals, leaders, stakeholders/society, and environment.

The participants, comprised of municipal and government officials, members of Calamian Association of Tourism Establishments and representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises, discussed among themselves how can the local government units mainstream or institutionalize ZCR, while encouraging and/or providing support to stakeholders in the implementation of green technology.

They also discussed how they will be able to ensure compliance from stakeholders. In relation, they also talked about the existing

policies that can be beneficial for non-ZCR members in order to encourage them to initiate implementation and to ZCR members to help them sustain their implementation.

Substantive inputs from the participants are helpful in identifying measures to mainstream ZCR in local level and also in measures by which LGUs can encourage/support implementation of green technologies in the tourism industry.

The inputs are also deemed useful in identifying local policies that can be enacted or existing policies that can be amended that will benefit ZCR stakeholders, as well as in identifying a system of compliance and monitoring ZCR members.

The ZCR Project is funded by the European Union, through the SWITCH Asia Programme, which aims to contribute to the sustainable development of the tourism sector and its value chain in the Philippines and Thailand with a focus on reduction of resource consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

In the Philippines, Palawan is chosen as a pilot

Technical seminar for policy makers held in Coron Mainstreaming Zero Carbon Resorts project

by the PCSDS and DENR. With around 57% of its

total households earning below the poverty threshold, the program’s priority beneficiaries are land claimants, actual occupants and indigenous peoples (IPs) within the target areas, who are earning below the said threshold.

Among the livelihoods to be developed and provided to the people are goat or swine raising, mud crab fattening and agroforestry. Community members will also be hired in the nurturing and planting of seedlings to the protection and production forests; and as forest guards in the protection of forests.

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To get valuable insights from the participants, they were encouraged to write, doodle and draw key ideas on flipchart sheets in relation to the workshop’s five focused topics, such as mainstreaming Zero Carbon Resorts, green support, policy support, compliance and barriers in implementation. (PHOTO/ROWENA PASAMONTE/PCSDS ZCR)

participated by the representatives from the different barangays, DENR-CENRO, MENRO, indigenous people, and non-government organizations.

Tentative schedule for the presentation of the result to the ECAN Board is slated on April 28, subject to the availability of the ECAN Board members.

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implementation area as it continues to emerge as one of the major tourism destinations in the country.

ZCR is implemented by GrAT in Palawan through its partner, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.

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