PALAWAN COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Presentation to the House of Representatives

September 2016

Palawan
Council for
Sustainable
Development
The Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act is enacted for
the adoption of a comprehensive framework for the sustainable
development of Palawan compatible with protecting and enhancing its
natural resources and its endangered environment.

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Palawan
Council for
Sustainable
Development
 Laws implemented by PCSD in
Palawan:
 R.A. No. 7611 (Strategic Environmental
Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act)
 R.A. No. 9147 (Wildlife Resources
Conservation and Protection Act)
 R.A. No. 9175 (Chain Saw Act of 2002)
 R.A. No. 9072 (National Caves and Cave
Resources Management and Protection
Act)
 R.A. No. 8550 (The Philippine Fisheries
Code of 1998, Sec. 17)
 R.A. No. 10067 (Tubbataha Reefs Natural
Park (TRNP) Act of 2009)
Palawan
 R.A. No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste
Council for
Sustainable
Management Act of 2000, Sec. 11 & 16)
Development
PALAWAN COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
The Implementing Machinery of the SEP

PCSD Members:

1. NEDA Deputy Director General

2. DENR Undersecretary
3. DA Undersecretary for Special Concerns
4. Governor of Palawan
5. Mayor of Puerto Princesa City
6. President of the League of Municipalities (Palawan Chapter)
7. President of the Liga ng mga Barangay (Palawan Chapter)
8. PCSDS Executive Director (as Council Secretary)
9. other members as the majority of the Council may deem
necessary
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Council for
Sustainable
Development
In 2008 the PCSD was transferred from
the Office of the President to the DENR
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 5% of the country’s 30 million ha land area

 10% of the country’s forest
 20% of the country’s mangrove assemblages
 2,000 km of coastline
 9,800 sq km of coral reefs
 contains 38% of total Philippine wildlife species, most
of which are endemic flora and fauna Palawan

Palawan’s Natural Capital

Council for
Sustainable
Development
 SINCE 2013

Palawan
Council for
Sustainable
Development
Core function:
Policy making

Formulation and Coordination of Plans, Policies and Programs on

Environmental Protection, Conservation and Development of Palawan

 Formulation, Review and Updating of Plans and Policies

 Mapping of Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) Zones
 Knowledge and Research Management
 Operation of ECAN Monitoring and Evaluation System
 Resource Mobilization and Partnership Development
Palawan
Council for
Sustainable
Development from UP MSI (2010)
 Core function:
Regulation and
enforcement
Operation of Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) Clearance System
 Issuance of SEP Clearances, Wildlife Permits, Cave Permits, and
Chain Saw Permits and Registration
 Monitoring and Inspection of Establishments and Facilities in Terms
of Compliance to the Conditions of SEP Clearance

Implementation of Rules and Regulations

 Enforcement of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Laws,
Rules, and Regulations
 Wildlife Management
Palawan
 Cave Management Council for
Sustainable
 Advocacy, Communications, and Education Development
from UP MSI (2010)
 Calauit Safari
Park
El Nido-Taytay
Managed Resource
Malampaya Sound Protected Protected Area
Landscape and Seascape

Puerto Princesa Coron Island

Subterranean River Protected
National Park and Landscape
World Heritage Site Palawan Flora, Fauna
and Watershed
Reserve

Tubbataha Reefs
Natural Park and
World Heritage Site
Mount
Mantalingahan
Protected Rasa Island
Landscape Wildlife Sanctuary

Co-management of
Ursula Island
Bird Sanctuary

Palawan Palawan protected

areas
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Sustainable
Development
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Council for
Sustainable
Development

ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015 - June 2016)

 Formulated 31 Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN)
plans, policies and research studies
 Issued 289 SEP Clearances in conformity with the ECAN maps

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Sustainable
Development

ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015 - June 2016)

 Monitored 286 projects and establishments

 Filed 83 administrative and criminal cases
 Conducted 88 enforcement operations
 Confiscated 8,641 wildlife heads & items
 Confiscated 74 chain saw units
 Seized 198,031 board feet of illegally-
Confiscated
possessed lumber Hill Myna birds

4,402 heads of forest

turtles recovered on
July 17, 2015 in Bataraza,
Palawan
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Sustainable
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ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015 - June 2016)

 Published the 2015 State of Environment of Palawan
Monitored water quality in protected areas and World
Heritage Sites in Palawan, specifically in Tubbataha
Reefs Natural Park and Puerto Princesa Subterranean
River National Park
Organized the PCSD Scientific Advisory Panel
Implemented the ADB -
Japan Fund for Poverty
Reduction Grant:
Sustainable Alternative
Livelihoods in Coastal
Fishing Communities
 Relaunched the Kiddie
Wildlife Savers’ Club
 COMPARATIVE BUDGET OF PCSDS
FY 2016 vs. FY 2017

Annual Budget ('000)

120,000
100,320
100,000

80,000 75,567 Annual Budget

65,993
60,000
2015 PhP 65,993,000

40,000
2016 PhP 75,567,000 ( ↑ by 14.5%)

20,000
2017 PhP 100,320,000 ( ↑ by 32.8%)

-
2015 2016 2017

FY 2017 budget is higher by Php 25 M or 33.3% over FY 2016 budget.

PCSDS BUDGET (with RLIP and Wildlife Management Fund)
FY 2016 vs. FY 2017
(in million pesos)
FY 2017 INCREASE/
AGENCY FY 2015 FY 2016 NEP (Tier 1 + Tier 2) (DECREASE)
BUDGET BUDGET
AMOUNT % SHARE AMOUNT %
of DENR
Total
PCSDS 76 75 100 0.3 % 25 33.3%

Supplemental
OFFICE FY 2017 NEP (Tier 2) REMARKS
Budget
ICT support to ECAN Zoning (P12M)
PCSDS 100 M 25 M ECAN mapping & capacity dev’t (P8M)
Wildlife Management Fund (P5M)
PCSDS BUDGET BY EXPENSE CLASS
(Total = P100.32 Million)

CO: 11,162 BUDGET ('000)

(11%)
PS
PS: 44,994 MOOE
(45%)
CO

MOOE: 44,164
(44%)
 FY 2017 programs and activities
 Updating of ECAN (Environmentally Critical
Areas Network) zones map
 Operation of wildlife traffic monitoring units in
strategic exit points to prevent biodiversity
leakages
 Establishment of community-based quick
response systems
 Continued implementation of reef fish food
(RFF) regulations (seasonal control and size
limitation) to protect and sustain the Palawan
live reef food fishery
 Upscaling of Phil-WAVES ecosystem
accounting for the entire Palawan
 Stepping up of law enforcement in terrestrial
and coastal areas to combat environmental
crime syndicates engaged in poaching and
illegal wildlife trade
 Support and coordination for National
Palawan
Council for Greening Program through massive
Sustainable
Development reforestation of forest ecosystems
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Sustainable Development

FY 2017 TARGETS
• 4 ECAN maps updated for comprehensive land use
planning, regulation, and area management
• 8 wildlife traffic monitoring units operated in strategic exit
points to prevent biodiversity leakages
• 2 community-based quick response systems established
• Continued implementation of reef fish food (RFF)
regulations (seasonal control and size limitation) to
protect and sustain the Palawan live reef food fishery
• Upscaling of Phil-WAVES ecosystem accounting for the
entire Palawan
• Stepping up of law enforcement in terrestrial and coastal
areas to combat environmental crime syndicates
engaged in poaching and illegal wildlife trade
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 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
1. ECAN Maps Produced
• Terrestrial ECAN zones maps of
23 municipalities and 1 city
completed in 2006
• 1 GIS Center established in 1995
• Thematic maps for ECAN Zoning
produced
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)

2. ECAN-Based Conservation and

Development Plans Formulated
• 9 city/municipal ECAN Plans
formulated by 2016
• Palawan Sustainable Development
Strategy and Action Plan formulated
• Guidebook on ECAN Management Planning produced
• ECAN Coastal Resource Management (CRM) Learning
Centers established in every municipality
• ECAN-based Catchment Management Plans (CMPs) in 12
priority catchments developed and formulated through the
EU-funded Palawan Tropical Forestry Protection Programme
(1995-2004)
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
3. Projects and Budgets of Government
Agencies Coordinated and Aligned With
the Strategic Environmental Plan
• SEP ECAN integrated with CLUPs through
assistance to LGUs in ECAN/SEP
implementation, CLUP preparation and
review, and ecanizing CLUPs
• Implementation of the ECAN Zoning
Component of JBIC project Sustainable
Environmental Management Project in
Northern Palawan (SEMP-NP), 2003-2005
• 12 Tribal Ancestral Zones (TAZ) proclaimed
by PCSD
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
4. SEP/ECAN Policies and Guidelines Formulated and
Enforced
• Formulation of policies in support of SEP ECAN
• Selected PCSD issuances:
• PCSD Resolution No. 2005-250 (Revised ECAN Guidelines)
• PCSD Resolution No. 1999-144 (Coastal/Marine ECAN Guidelines)
• PCSD Resolution No. 1994-44 (Terrestrial ECAN Guidelines)
• PCSD Resolution 2004-233 (Almaciga Tapping for IPs in ECAN Core
Zones)
• PCSD Admin Order No. 10 (Formation of ECAN Boards)
• Guidelines on Critical Habitat Declaration
• Streamline SEP Clearance System
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)

5. ECAN Boards Organized and Strengthened

• Formation of 24 municipal/city ECAN Boards
• Periodic organization and activation of municipal/city
ECAN Boards
6. ECAN Demarcated or Marked on the Ground
• Demarcation of “forest line” in Aborlan, San Vicente,
and other municipalities
• Demarcation of watershed in Brooke’s Point
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
7. SEP Support Mechanisms
Established
a. Environmental Monitoring and
Evaluation System (EMES)
• Membership in the Multi-Partite
Monitoring Teams (MMTs) of
environmentally critical projects
• Data banking and development of
protocol on data sharing and data
access
• Monitoring of compliance to terms
and conditions of SEP Clearances and
permits
• Organization of the PCSD Scientific
Advisory Panel
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
7. SEP Support Mechanisms Established
a. Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation System (EMES)
• Land cover and thematic mapping
• Coastal Resource Assessments (CRAs) and Coastal Resource
Monitoring undertaken
• Palawan State of the Environment published (3 editions)
• Regular water quality analysis in selected rivers and in two natural
World Heritage Sites
• Operationalization of the PCSD Environmental Laboratory
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
7. SEP Support Mechanisms Established
b. Environmental Research
• Established the Palawan Knowledge Platform (PKP) through
Memorandum of Cooperation with 20 research institutions
• Evaluation of environmental research proposals
• Conduct of policy researches and studies
• Co-implementation of PEENRA (Philippine Economic-
Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting) study in
Palawan
• 3 Palawan Research Forums from 2013-2016
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
7. SEP Support Mechanisms
Established
c. Environmental Education and
Extension
• PCSD District Management Offices (DMO)
extension services
• IEC, environmental advocacy, and public
affairs
• Environmental radio programs and
briefings
• PCSD website maintenance
• Conduct of trainings for paralegals and
wildlife enforcement officers (WEO)
• Environmental education Integration
program with DepEd
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (1992-2014)
7. SEP Support Mechanisms Established
c. Environmental Education and Extension
• Implementation of PCSD Konek, a Multi-Partite Quick Response System
(MQRS)
• Ecology Desk program launching, through MOA with Apostolic Vicariate of
Puerto Princesa
• Organization of Environmental and Economic Summit (2005), Forum on Live
Fish (2007), Mining Summit (2008, 2014), Climate Change Summit (2009),
Wildlife Summit (2013), Reef Fish for Food Forum (2014, 2016)
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015-June 2016)
 Formulated 31 Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) plans,
policies and research studies
 Issued 289 SEP Clearances in conformity with the ECAN maps
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015-June 2016)
 Monitored 286 projects and establishments
 Filed 83 administrative and criminal cases
 Conducted 88 enforcement operations
 Confiscated 8,641 wildlife heads and items
 Confiscated 74 chain saw units
 Seized 198,031 board feet of illegally-
possessed lumber Confiscated
Hill Myna bird

4,402 heads of forest

turtles recovered on
July 17, 2015 in Bataraza,
Palawan
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015-June 2016)
 Published the 2015 State of Environment of Palawan
Monitored water quality in protected areas and World
Heritage Sites in Palawan, specifically Tubbataha Reefs
Natural Park and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
National Park
Organized the PCSD
Scientific Advisory Panel
 Implemented the
Japan Fund for Poverty
Reduction Grant: Balabac
Coastal Livelihood Project
 Relaunched the Kiddie
Wildlife Savers’ Club
 ACCOMPLISHMENT (2015-June 2016)
 Established partnerships with local and international
organizations, including:
• Asia Climate Change Education Center
• Jeju Island Biosphere Reserve and Self-Governing Province
• University of the Philippines System
• UP Alumni Association, Inc.
• Global Footprint Network
 Organized the First Palawan Protected Area Management
Board (PAMB) Summit
 Crafted Palawan Biosphere Reserve Communication Plan
(2015-2020) for mainstreaming SD advocacy in Palawan
 2017 PLANS AND PROGRAMS
Policy Services:
 4 municipal ECAN maps updated for comprehensive land
use planning, regulation and integrated area management
 10 policy analyses related to SEP, ECAN, and other
environmental laws prepared
 4 municipal ECAN zones management plans formulated
 3 ecosystem management plans formulated
 Upscaling of Phil-WAVES Ecosystem Accounting for the
entire Palawan
 Capacity building of newly reconstituted ECAN Boards
 2017 PLANS AND PROGRAMS
Regulation Services:
 200 SEP Clearances issued
 200 projects and establishments monitored
 30 environmental cases filed
 8 wildlife traffic monitoring units operated in strategic exit
points to prevent biodiversity leakages
 Continued implementation of Reef Fish for Food (RFF)
regulations (open and closed season and size limitation) to
protect and sustain the live reef food fishery
 Intensified law enforcement in terrestrial and coastal areas
to combat environmental crime syndicates, poaching, and
illegal wildlife trade
 2 community-based quick-response systems established
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Sustainable Development

FY 2017 OUTCOMES
Palawan natural resources sustainably managed
 Forest cover within ECAN Core Zones and Restricted
Use Areas greater than 90.5% (2005 baseline: 90.5%)
 Percentage of MPAs or other local marine conservation
areas effectively and equitably managed increased to
9% (2010 baseline: 8.05%)

Loss of Palawan biological diversity prevented

 100% of 450 threatened terrestrial and marine wildlife
species prevented from extinction
 Population of Philippine Cockatoo in Palawan increased
to 500 (2014 baseline: 441)