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Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape Management Plan : Strengthening Climate Change Resilience through Improved Watershed and Coastal Resources Management in Protected Areas

PhilCCAP. (2015). Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape Management Plan : Strengthening Climate Change Resilience through Improved Watershed and Coastal Resources Management in Protected Areas. DENR : Quezon City

 
Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape (PPLS) became a protected area through Presidential Proclamation No. 484 issued on October 6, 2003.  It was an expansion from the original Peñablanca Protected Landscape (PPL), which covered 4,136 hectares. The PPLS currently has 103,801 hectares of land and 14, 980 hectares of water.  Eighteen barangays comprise the PPLS. 

The PPLS is home to a diverse and unique species of flora and fauna, many of which are critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) and vulnerable (VU) species.  As part of the Sierra Madre subregion, it has been identified as an important bird area and a high priority for conservation in the Philippine Biogeographic Conservation Priority Program (PBCPP). PPLS has more than 200 cave systems that include the nationally renowned Callao Caves.  Many of the cave systems have been identified to have archeological, historical and ecological significance. 

 

The PPLS is currently threatened by the following: declining forest cover and threatened habitats; unsustainable livelihood practices in the uplands; land tenure issues in forestlands; insufficient financial, logistical and manpower resources for the effective management of the PA; and weak governance structure.  The PPLS is vulnerable to such climate change impacts as increased temperature, erratic rainfall patterns, sea level rise, and more intense extreme climatic events such as typhoons, floods, and droughts. The temperature and rainfall changes have great impact on agriculture, forestry, water resources, fisheries and marine resources, human settlements, biodiversity, and ecosystems in general.  These can adversely affect the stability and sustainability of the terrestrial and marine ecosystems within PPLS.  

 

Subject: 
climate change -- adaptation and mitigation -- Plans
File: 
PDF icon PPLS_Management Plan 2016.pdf
Project Title: 
Philippine Climate Change Adaptation Project (PhilCCAP)
Publication Type: 
Master plan