Coastal Resource Managment (CRM) - Natural Resources Management Program (NRMP) Phase II

This guide describes a system to monitor and evaluable coral reefs designed for local coastal communities who have no training in SCUBA diving. However, those who wish to use these reef monitoring methods must be good snorkelers. This guide outlines the importance of monitoring reefs, the steps to gather data, to analyze trends, and to choose solutions based on the observations. The simple methods described here are not unique or original. They were adapted from the other methods developed for volunteer SCUBA divers and reef scientists.

This material consolidates the wealth of fisheries and coastal related information in Central Visayas to look at the current state of the region's fisheries ecosystem. The information aims to provide a clear basis for policymakers, managers and agencies involved in coastal and fisheries management to make more informed decisions on what management interventions are required in the region.

Our Seas, Our Life is a traveling exhibit showcasing the wonders of the ocean and its vital role to human life. It aims to increase the public's appreciation of the magnificence and importance of this huge but little understood body of water that humans have depended on for thousands of years.

In Turbulent Seas: The Statue of Philippine Marine Fisheries is the second in a series of fisheries management publications of the Coastal Resource Management Project. It provides a comprehensive snapshot of the current status of marine fisheries of the Philippines in all of their complexities. The book looks beyond the economics and production and covers the whole philippine marine ecosystem and the status of the different sectors that have a stake in this potentially rich resource.

This three-part manual serves as a guide in undertaking Monitoring and Evaluation ( M & E). It provides instructions on how an LGU can monitor and evaluate the implementation of its CRM plans and programs and their impacts on coastal resources; prepare reports; an use results for CRM planning. It also describes a CRM certification system to benchmark LGU performance in CRM for prioritizing investments of local and national government and foreign funding institutions.

This handbook was written with the intention of quipping everyone involved in law enforcement and prosecution with handy reference material that hopefully contains all the necessary basic information -- and some helpful notes as well -- that they need in the performance of their tasks.

This handbook is comprised of six chapters containing useful information on how to protect and manage mangroves. It is intended to help people anywhere who wish to become stewards of mangrove forest resources.

This Special Report chronicles the achievements and lessons generated by CRMP from 1996 to 2003, and measures these agaist the targets expected of use by our "clients", both donors and LGUs alike. It also examines the many tasks that still face the government and civil society at both the national and local levels, and what it will take to bring CRM in the Philippines to full maturity.

This handbook has been developed to help integrate the knowledge of local coastal resource users with the understanding of scientific experts and thus maximize the effectiveness of integrated coastal resource management projects. It is based on work and research conducted by the authors in the Philippines and other countries in relation to various coastal resource management. It is also based on lessons from the implementation of participatory coastal resource assessment in San Vicente, Palawan and other areas as part of the Coastal Resource Management Project.

This book builds on the gains in coastal resource management (CRM) in the Philippines that focuses on developing the capacity of local government units to implement CRM as a basic service. At the same time, it strongly promotes the need to review and amend national policies that affect the direction of fisheries and ICRM.