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POLICY AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT ON EFFECTIVE COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1The Local Government Code also provides for participatory policy-making, as follows:a) representatives of NGOs and POs have seats in almost all councils, leagues and boards;b) resource use or management plans can be enacted into ordinances through the local people'sinitiative; 24c) resource use plans formulated by fisherfolk in several barangays or municipalities may beimplemented through the league of barangays/municipalities 25◗ SPECIAL LAW FOR PALAWANIn recognition of the need to conserve the important ecosystems of the province of Palawan,Congress passed an unprecedented and landmark legislation in June 1992 especially dedicatedto the province. Known as the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan 26 , this law seeks toprovide a policy framework for the sustainable development of Palawan. A multipartite bodycalled the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is mandated to provide policydirection in the implementation of the SEP.The SEP legislation provides for a zoning scheme called the Environmentally Critical Areas Network(ECAN). ECAN prescribes specific uses for each designated zone. The terrestrial zone coversmountains, ecologically important low hills, and lowland areas in the province. The coastal zonecovers foreshore and mangrove areas, coral reefs, and fishing grounds. Tribal land zones are areastraditionally claimed by indigenous communities as their ancestral territories.Under the SEP law, the ECAN strategy shall have the following considerations in its implementation:a) forest conservation and protection through the imposition of a total commercial logging banin all areas of maximum protection and in such other restricted use zones as the PCSD mayprovide;SERVICE DELIVERY WITH IMPACT: RESOURCE BOOKS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT13