Scaling Up Local Government Initiatives Toward Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in Southeast Cebu Island, Philippines

Emerging marine protected area networks in the coral triangle: Lessons and way forward

“…In the Southeast Cebu MPA Network each local government had several small no-take MPAs prior to the network. Offi cials and stakeholders began to realise that an administrative network was needed to support individual MPA efforts and link municipal government to address management challenges such as illegal fi shing Eisma-Osorio et al 2009). Then, as the network evolved, ecological information (e.g., genetic connectivity, habitat representation, size of MPAs, etc.)…”

Tropical Marine EBM Feasibility: A Synthesis of Case Studies and Comparative Analyses

“…In all cases, goals should be explicit and the design process should be grounded in a defensible decision framework that integrates multiple sources of information. As shown in Eisma-Osorio et al (2009) and Christie et al (2009), it may be possible for programs to "scale up" to ecologically relevant scales while employing the design principle of management feasibility. In the Philippine decentralized context, this means working with municipal governments.…”

“…These national NGOs, which have been the engine of change in many tropical contexts, commonly lack access to Northern-based private foundations or bilateral donors, may not have the technical or research capacity for a data-intensive form of EBM, and may operate from a worldview that does not value ecological/large-scale goals over social/localized goals. Valuing the contribution of national NGOs such as the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (Eisma-Osorio et al, 2009) to EBM is essential to contextualizing EBM.…”

“…The Hawaii case study shows how local efforts can emerge and coalesce into larger scale efforts within a relatively centralized governance context (Tissot et al, 2009). The Philippine cases exhibit creative solutions to the challenge of scaling up within a highly decentralized governance context through multimunicipal government clusters (Armada et al, 2009;Eisma-Osorio et al, 2009;Lowry et al, 2009). In short, there is no single overarching blueprint for EBM.…”

Scaling Up to Networks of Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines: Biophysical, Legal, Institutional, and Social Considerations

“…The analysis centers on the development of MPA networks from a legal, social, institutional, and practical management perspective while considering what principles are most important in assuring that the biophysical and ecological criteria for good network design are addressed. Experience from the Danajon Bank area of northern Bohol Island and southern Cebu Island, central Philippines is highlighted where MPAs have been designated in years past and are now being managed from a network perspective to enhance fisheries management and biodiversity conservation (Armada et al, 2009;Christie et al, 2009;Eisma-Osorio et al, 2009).…”