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Acknowledgements
The author would like to gratefully acknowledge and thank the following people:
Dr. Germelino Bautista, Dr. Marian delos Angeles, and Dr. Herminia Francisco, all Board
members of REECS, for their valuable insights and guidance throughout the study; Ms.
Arlene Amponin, for being most efficient and ever-reliable as a research assistant, and friend;
Mr. Emerson Jacinto, for facilitating the interviews and data gathering at Balian, Laguna; Ms.
Tess Blastique and Ms. Angie Meniado of PAWB-DENR, for their continuing trust, support
and confidence in all my endeavours that relate to environmental economics work in
protected areas; Ms. Yolanda Villasenor and Ms. Delia Arenos, for facilitating the data
gathering and being very cooperative at the Department of Energy; Mayor Rodrigo Alanano
of Dauin, Negros Oriental, for candidly sharing his views and opinions on the management of
Apo Island National Park; PASu Chamberlain and his staff at Apo Island Protected
Landscape and Seascape National Park, for accommodating the interviews within their very
busy schedule; Ms. Ayet Ygrubay and the rest of the administrative staff at REECS, for all
their untiring support and contribution to the study; and finally, to Anthony and Rhiana Parr,
for constantly providing me with the inspiration and drive to work for a better tomorrow. I
dedicate my work to you both.
Grateful thanks are due to the Shell Foundation’s Sustainable Energy Programme, the Royal
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida), and the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (SDC) for providing funding for this research and for financing the publication of
this report.
The opinions expressed in this paper are the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of
IIED.