Bukidnon 1st District Representative Maria Lourdes Acosta-Alba has sought passage of a bill that seeks to coordinate and ensure the sustainable development of coastal and marine resources of the Philippines.
Acosta-Alba has filed House Bill No. 3136 or “An Act adopting Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Management as a national strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the country’s coastal and marine environment and resources and establishing supporting mechanisms for its implementation, and providing funds.”
In her explanatory note on HB 3136, Acosta-Alba said the ICEM will serve as a holistic and ecological planning tool that will facilitate the management of coastal and marine resources. It will also be a system for cooperative management and intersectoral coordination, planning, and reporting at the local and national levels to address complex activities like deforestation, mining, fishing, shipping, public health, and recreation.
The said government committee will be composed of Secretaries of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources , Department of Agriculture , and Department of Interior and Local Government, , National Economic and Development Authority Director General, and representatives from the academe, non-government organizations dealing with coastal management or fisheries, private sector, fisherfolk organizations or cooperatives, and the Philippine Association of Marine Sciences.
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