LIST OF ACRONYMS & ABBREVATIONS

AIJC Asian Institute for Journalism and Communication

AO Administrative Order

AR artificial reef

Art. Article ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics

BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

BLGD Bureau of Local Government Development

BLGS Bureau of Local Government Supervision

BMG Bureau of Mines and Geosciences

BSWM Bureau of Soils and Water Management

CA Commonwealth Act

CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law

CB-CRM community-based CRM

CBBE Community and Barangay Business Enterprises

CDO cease-and-desist order

CEP Coastal Environment Program

CITES Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna

CLOA Certificate of Land Ownership Award

CO Community Organization

COE-CRM Center of Excellence for Coastal Resource Management

CRLC Coastal Resource Leadership Challenge

CRM coastal resource management

CRMP Coastal Resource Management Project

CVRP Central Visayas Regional Project

DA Department of Agriculture

DAO Department Administrative Order

DAR Department of Agrarian Reform

DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DENR-MGB Department of Environment and Natural Reosurces-Mines and Geosciences Bureau

DEVCOM Development Communication

DILG Department of Interior and Local Government

DND Department of National Defense

DND-PCG Department of National Defense-Philippine Coast Guard

DOH Department of Health

DOST Department of Science and Technology

DOT Department of Tourism

DOTC Department of Transportation and Communication

ECA Environmentally Critical Area

ECC Environmental Compliance Certificate

ECP Environmentally Critical Project

EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone

EGF Environmental Guarantee Fund

EIA Environmental Impact Assessment

EIARC Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EMB Environmental Management Bureau

EMF Environmental Monitoring Fund

EMP Environmental Management Plan

EMPAS Environmental Management and Protected Areas Service

EO Executive Order

ERA Environmental Risk Assessment

FAO Fisheries Administrative Order

FARMC Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council

FASPO Foreign-Assisted Projects Office

FSP Fisheries Sector Program

GLOVIS Global Vision

GMOA General Memorandum of Agreement

HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

IATCEP Inter-Agency Task Force on Coastal Environmental Protection

ICLARM International Center for Living Aquatic Resource Management

ICM Integrated Coastal Management

IEC Information, Education and Communication

IPAF Protected Areas Fund

IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations km kilometers

LGA Local Government Academy

LGC Local Government Code

LGCAMP Lingayen Gulf Coastal Area Management Program

LGU Local Government Unit

LMB Land Management Bureau

LMP League of Municipalities of the Philippines

LOI Letter of Instruction

LOS Law of the Sea

MARICOM PNP Maritime Command

MARINA Maritime Industry Authority

MLLW Mean Lowest Low Water

MOA Memorandum of Agreement

MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield

NACFAR National Coalition for Fisheries and Aquatic Reform

NARRDS National Aquatic Resources Research Development Systems

NBOO National Barangay Operations Office

NEDA National Economic and Development Authority

NEPC National Environmental Protection Council

NGA National Government Agency

NGO Non-Government Organization

NIPAS National Integrated Protected Area System

OIC Officer-in-Charge

OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund

PAB Pollution Adjudication Board

PAWB Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau

PCAIFMC Presidential Committee on Anti-Illegal Fishing and Marine Conservation

PCAMRD Philippine Council for Aquatic Marine Research and Development

PCG Philippine Coast Guard

PD Presidential Decree

PEA Public Estates Authority

PENRO Provincial Environmental Natural Resources Officer

PFDA Philippine Fisheries Development Authority

PIA Philippine Information Agency

PNP Philippine National Police

PNP-MARICOM Philippine National Police Maritime Command

PO People’s Organization

PPA Philippine Ports Authority

PRIMEX Pacific Rim Innovation and Exponents, Inc.

RA Republic Act

RED Regional Executive Director

RTD Regional Technical Director

SB Sangguniang Bayan

SCRA Supreme Court Reports Annotated Sec. Section

SP Sangguniang Panlalawigan

SPCPD Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development

SUML Silliman University Marine Laboratory

TURF Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries

TWG Technical Working Group

UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UP-MSI University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute

USAID United States Agency for International Development

ZOPAD Zone for Peace and Development