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Information and public awareness
010 Stakeholder participation and mobilization
Description
This indicator reports the number of nongovernmental
organizations, civil society groups and other stakeholder
organizations who are contributors to sustainable
development of the coastal and marine areas.
Rationale
The active involvement of stakeholders reflects their
understanding on the value of implementing coastal
management and mobilizing activities related to it.
Data Requirements
• Nongovernmental organizations, civil society groups and
other stakeholder organizations with environment-related
programs and activities
• Types of environment-related programs and activities
• Number of members
Results
Nongovernmental organizations and civil society groups
are strong partners in achieving goals of an ICM program.
Some of the active groups in the municipalities with coastal
management activities are listed in Table 4. Bantay Dagat
(Sea Watch), a civilian volunteer patrol force composed
of fishers, is the key partner of the local government in
enforcing fishery-related regulations. ANAK-Balayan
which has around 900 members, implements programs
on livelihood, public awareness, habitat protection and
rehabilitation, and fishery. They also initiated the water
quality monitoring in Balayan waters, in partnership with
the Batangas Environment Laboratory. SAMMACA is
also a strong environmental advocate with programs
on organizing, capacity building, policy awareness
and networking, livelihood, and habitat protection and
rehabilitation.
44 State of the Coasts of Batangas Province