THE BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE 63.16 HECTARE BULUAN ISLAND MARINE SANCTUARY

and why the need to protect it! Home to the endangered giant clams

(Tridacna spp.) Sanctuary of the endangered Green Sea

Turtle (Chaelonia mydas) Home to one of the rare soft coral in the

Phil. ( Genus Cynarina) Home to high-valued species of fish Hundreds of fishing households who will

be benefitted if the sanctuary functions naturally

But there are threats to the marine sanctuary

Primary Threats Biological Threats

BARRIER REMOVAL STRATEGIES

Strict implementation of fishery laws and ordinances

Improve governance of marine sanctuary management bodies

Allocate funds for infrastructure needs like guard houses, patrol boats and fuel, other equipment

Design effective IEC billboards, signages

Provide incentives to law-abiding fishers such as alternative livelihoods such as fish caging

Pride CampaignTARGET AUDIENCE

(commercial and municipal fishers, game fishers, women’s groups, school children, universities, farmers, coastal communities)

MAN COM(Municipal Mayor, SB’s, BLGU, MAO, MPDC,MENRO/CF, MFARMC,PENRO,BFAR,PNP,NGO’s,MAFC,DENR,PO’s)

Our Partners

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children;” Chief Seattle.

My own definition of the Theory of Change

is anchored on the premise that all things constantly change including human

A concept or picture that depicts the over-all end results of a certain biological or human-induced processes capturing the elements of behaviour change presented in the form of a plan, a diagram or a framework.