Coastal Resource Management - LGRC DILG 10

COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTPP 2151 & 2152 (1981)Declaration of 4,326 hectares of mangroves as wilderness areas and 74,767 hectares as forestreserves.PP 2146 (1982)Prohibition on mangrove cutting.MNR AO 42 (1986)Expansion of mangrove forest belt in storm surge, typhoon prone areas: 50-100 meters alongshorelines, 20-50 meters along riverbanks.PD 10673 to 20 m of riverbanks and seashore for public use: recreation, navigation, flotage, fishing andsalvage: building of structures not allowed.DENR AO 77 (1988)Implementing guidelines of Integrated Social Forestry Program (provides incentives in comanagementof forest resources through provision of legal tenure).DENR AO 15 (1990)Policies on communal forest, plantations, tenure through Mangrove Stewardship Contracts,reversion of abandoned ponds to forest areas; ban on cutting of trees in FLA areas; prohibition againstfurther conversion of thickly vegetated areas.DENR AO 9 (1991)Policies and guidelines for Mangrove Stewardship Agreement.120SERVICE DELIVERY WITH IMPACT: RESOURCE BOOKS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT