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WORKSHOP ON POND-MANGROVE REHABILITATION
Iloilo Grand
Hotel, Iloilo City
10 -12 September 2007
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In mid-2007, the UK Big Lottery International (BLI)
awarded the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) a small
grant to develop a proposal on mangrove management and
rehabilitation in Panay Island with the support of the
SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department and the regional offices
of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Under existing national laws, idle and abandoned
fishponds covered under Fishpond Lease Agreements (FLAs)
are to be released by BFAR to DENR for reversion to
mangrove forests. This policy recognizes that the
country's mangrove resources are rapidly being depleted
and that using suitable sites (such as unsuitable
fishponds) to replant mangroves is a key strategy to
improving coastal productivity. Sadly, these laws are
not being implemented primarily because of long-standing
institutional issues.
Specifically, the BLI grant was for a consultative
dialogue with major stakeholders to gather information
and valuable feedback for developing a mangrove
reversion proposal that is comprehensive but also
realistic, attainable and representative of the
stakeholders' needs and interests. In this context, a
Pond-Mangrove Rehabilitation Workshop was organized to
convene the private sector, academe, national agencies,
NGOs and fisherfolk representatives to jointly formulate
strategies for the immediate implementation of mangrove
reversion policies. Held in Iloilo City 12-14 September
2007, Workshop had 30 participants
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