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G O V E R N A N C E<br />

Figure 1. Coverage of coastal environmental profiles.<br />

Balayan and<br />

Adjacent Bays<br />

Region<br />

Policy, Strategies and Plans<br />

Coastal profile and environmental risk assessment<br />

Batangas Bay<br />

Region<br />

Tayabas and<br />

Adjacent Bays Region<br />

Implications and Recommendations<br />

The goal of environmental risk assessment or coastal<br />

profiling is to provide an accurate and timely scientific<br />

input into policy and decision-making on development<br />

and use of the coastal area. The process involves<br />

concerted, multidisciplinary and multisectoral input from<br />

various stakeholders as well as the scientific community.<br />

The process itself promotes information sharing and<br />

collaboration among different players in the coastal area, and<br />

bridges the gap between scientists, managers and decisionmakers.<br />

Batangas has shown considerable progress in this area<br />

with only the Tayabas and Adjacent Bays region requiring<br />

environmental profiling/risk assessment.<br />

References<br />

MPP-EAS and MTE. 1996. Coastal Environmental Profi le of the Batangas Bay Region. MPP-EAS Technical Report<br />

No. 5. GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme for the Prevention and Management of Marine Pollution in the<br />

East Asian Seas (MPP-EAS) and Multidisciplinary Team of Experts (MTE).<br />

WWF. 2004. Environmental Profi le of Balayan and Adjacent Bays Region. World Wide Fund for Nature.<br />

State of the Coasts of Batangas Province<br />

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