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27 BATAAN
How to Grow an ICM Program
Kontra-Kalat sa Dagat (KKD)
BEFORE the Kontra Kalat sa Dagat (KKD) project was initiated in 1999,
Bataan’s problem was how to protect its extensive marine and coastal
resources. Lack of awareness on the proper management and control
of coastal resources, lack of proper waste management, and deficient
waste management system of the coastal communities had resulted in
an alarmingly increasing pollution of the Bataan-Manila Bay coastlines
that was threatening both livelihood and health of the residents of the
coastal communities of Bataan. The fact that previous attempts in coastal
management were largely sectoral and tended to duplicate, if not
contradict, each other, only compounded the problem.
Success Begets Success
The first KKD project was basically a clean-up and awareness raising
campaign covering the towns of Limay, Orion and Mariveles. But KKD
became an event that showcased the potential of establishing a
partnership between the local government of Bataan and the province’s
business community to address issues and concerns affecting the coastal
areas of the province. The activity was so successful that by December
1999, a team from the Global Environment Facility/United Nations
Development Programme/International Maritime Organization (GEF/
UNDP/IMO) regional program on Participation in Environmental
Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) evaluated the
possibility of funding the implementation of integrated coastal
management (ICM) in the province.
By February 2000, a memorandum of agreement was signed
between the Bataan provincial government, the Bataan business
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