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THE
COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANNING PROCESS
BEING ADAPTED FOR THE PHILIPPINE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Issue Identification and Baseline Assessment
Steps
a.
Program preparation
b. Secondary information gathering
c. Field assessment/study: Participatory coastal resource
assessment (PCRA) and other research
d. Database and profile development
e. Issue prioritization and analysis
Benchmarks (Activities and Outputs)
a. Existing information
and data consolidated and analyzed
b. PCRA conducted
c. Baseline assessments for fisheries and other resources completed
as needed
d. Water use, habitat, land use, conflicts/issues identified
e. Municipal water habitat, use, issues maps completed
f. Issues, problems, and opportunities identified and prioritized through
community consultation
g. Human impacts in coastal environment identified
h. Coastal environmental profile completed
References
Participatory
Coastal Resource Assessment: A Handbook for Community Workers and Coastal
Resource Managers (Walters, et al, 1998)
Primer
on Coastal Resource Management. 1999. CRMP/DENR/USAID, Cebu City, Philippines
Mangrove Management Handbook. 2000. CRMP/DENR/USAID,
Cebu City, Philippines
Mangrove Management
and Development in the Philippines. 2000. CRMP/DENR/USAID, Cebu City,
Philippines
The Values of Philippine
Coastal Resources: Why Protection and Management are Critical (White
and Trinidad, 1999)
Steps
a.
Program preparation
Activities
and outputs
- Determine boundaries
and scope
- Make work plans/budgets
- Assign personnel
- Secure consensus
on overall approach
Roles
of local municipal or city government, community and stakeholders
- Enter into memoranda
of agreement
- Participate in
discussion
- Communicate needs
and potential roles
- Agree on design
Technical
assistance roles of national and provincial government, non-governmental
organizations, academe and others
- Prepare work
plans
- Formulate working
agreements
- Contract and
train staff
- Facilitate consensus
on design
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b.
Secondary information gathering
Activities
and outputs
- Compile existing
maps, reports, data
- Interview information
sources
- Compile existing
laws, plans
- Review other
sources of information
Roles
of local municipal or city government, community and stakeholders
- Provide information
- Assist to compile
information
- Begin to develop
information storage and retrieval system
Technical assistance
roles of national and provincial government, non-governmental organizations,
academe and others
- Locate sources
of information
- Compile information
in useful form
- Coordinate activities
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c.
Field assessment/study: Participatory coastal resource assessment (PCRA)
and other research
Activities
and outputs
- Train practitioners
- Conduct PCRA
mapping and data collection
- Contract special
research studies on fish stock assessment, habitat condition, water
quality, enterprise and others
Roles
of local municipal or city government, community and stakeholders
- Conduct PCRA
with technical assistance
- Participate in
special research and data collection
- Assist to analyze
data
- Provide inputs
to mapping
Technical
assistance roles of national and provincial government, non-governmental
organizations, academe and others
- Train practitioners
- Facilitate PCRA
- Conduct specialized
research
- Analyze research
data
- Make results
available
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d.
Database and profile development
Activities
and outputs
- Maps completed
- Set up data storage and retrieval system
- Compile coastal environmental profile
- Use profile as planning base
- Refine boundaries and further research needs
Roles of local municipal or city government,
community and stakeholders
- Provide information
- Assist with profile analysis
- Data validation
- Use profile for planning
- Decide on boundary demarcation
- Present profile to legislative bodies
Technical assistance
roles of national and provincial government, non-governmental organizations,
academe and others
- Determine data storage site, personnel
- Write profile
- Distribute profile
- Facilitate discussions on boundaries and research
needs
To view/print samples of coastal environmental profiles, click
here.
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e.
Issue prioritization and analysis
Activities
and outputs
- Conduct community
and municipal-based planning sessions
- Develop issue
tree
- Prioritize issues
for management
Roles
of local municipal or city government, community and stakeholders
- Participate in
process and provide major input
- Participate in
conflict resolution
- Set priorities
in real terms
Technical assistance
roles of national and provincial government, non-governmental organizations,
academe and others
- Facilitate process
- Interject outside
perspectives, research findings, policies, etc.
- Help translate
issues into causes
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