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WHEREAS, Article XII, Section 2 of the Constitution provides that the State shall
protect the nation's marine wealth and exclusive economic zone and reserve its use and
enjoyment exclusively to Filipino citizens;
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WHEREAS, Article II, Section 10 of the Constitution provides further that the State shall
promote social justice in all phases of national development;
WHEREAS, Article XIII, Section 7 of the Constitution provides that the State shall
protect the rights of subsistence fishermen, especially local communities, to the preferential use
of the communal marine and fishing resources, both inland and offshore and provide support to
such fishermen through appropriate technology and research and other services;
WHEREAS, Article XIII, Section 16 of the Constitution recognizes the right of the
people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social,
political, and economic decision making and provides that the State shall, by law, facilitate the
establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms;
WHEREAS, due to the complexity of environmental issues and the variety of sectors
benefiting from the coastal and marine resources, there is a need to adopt an innovative
approach that will address environmental as well as socioeconomic issues in a comprehensive
and integrated manner in order to promote optimum resource utilization and sustainable coastal
and marine development;
WHEREAS, integrated coastal management is a dynamic process of planning and
management involving stakeholders, and requiring the analysis of the environmental and
socioeconomic Implications of development, the ecosystem processes, and the interrelationships
among land-based and marine-related activities across jurisdictions;
WHEREAS, integrated coastal management is recognized as an effective approach to
sustainable coastal and marine development with demonstrated benefits in enhancing economic
growth, ecosystem protection, promotion of social equity, and the quality of life of the people;
WHEREAS, the Philippines is a party to many international agreements on seas and
oceans, principally, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, Convention on Biological Diversity,
and Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as well as non-binding instruments
such as the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21, which promote integrated and sustainable coastal
management;
WHEREAS, one of the UN Millennium Development Goals is to ensure environmental
sustainability by integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and
programmes and reversing the loss of environmental resources;
WHEREAS,
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WH~REAS, the Philippines is. committed eto imp~ment the Sustainable Developm.ent
Strategy for the Seas of East Asia, which requires concerted efforts towards integrated coastal
and ocean management~
The implementation
the efforts
of ICM
of different
coastal strategies and action plans that provide a long term vision and strategy for
sustainable development of the coastal area, and a fixed term programme of actions
for addressing priority issues and concerns;
public awareness programmes to increase the level of understanding of, and
appreciation for, the coastal and marine resources of the area, and to promote a
shared responsibility among stakeholders in the planning and implementation of the
ICM programme;
d. mainstreaming ICM programmes into the national and local governments' planning
and socio-economic development programmes and allocating adequate financial and
human resources for implementation;
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Barangays shall be directly involved with municipal and city governments in prioritizing
coastal issues and identifying and implementing solutions. Municipal and city governments shall
consider ICM as one of their regular functions. Provincial governments rJ1ayprovide technical
assistance, training, enforcement and informatron management in support to municipal and city'
ICM.
Inter-LGU collaboration shall be maximized in the conduct of activities related to
sustaining the country's coastal and marine resources.
SEC. 7. Roles of the Civil Society and the Corporate and Private Sectors.
In
the development and implementation of the ICM programme, the NGOs, civic organizations,
academe, people's organizations, the private and corporate sectors and other concerned
stakeholder groups shall be engaged in activities such as planning, community organizing,research,
technology transfer, information sharing, investment, and tra.ining programs.
resources;
ICM Trainina Proaramme for LGUs. DENR and DILG, through the Local Government
Academy and building upon existing ICM expertise and experiences, shall develop and
provide ICM .training programmes to LGUs;
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SEC. 9. Monitoring
of ICM Progress.
The DENR shall prepare and submit an
annual progress report on the National ICM Programme to the President. LGUs shall submit
annual progress reports on local ICM implementation to the DENR .
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