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Application of PRA integrated GIS: Tools to Develop Management Arrangement for the Devolution of Mangrove Management in the Municipality of Panay, Capiz, Philippines
Lerio A. Agdalipe
ph, Tel: +63 036 6212-021, 6212-022, Fax: +63 036 6214-792
Email: leriota@yahoo.com, panay@ns.roxas-online.net.
Somsak Boromthanarat
Tel: +66 02 524 5481, Fax: +66 02 524 6200
Email: bsomsak@ait.ac.th
Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management, Asian Institute of Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Abstract
The mangrove ecosystem is a very valuable resource for a tropical and archipelagic country like the Philippines. Its economic and ecological importance however is seldom acknowledged with government policies usually relegating the mangrove area as “forestlands suitable for fishpond development”. The plight of the people living within the resource is rarely taken into consideration in planning mangrove conversion and their valuable knowledge about the uniqueness and makeup of the resource has not been given attention. This paper aimed to develop a strategy for the devolution of mangrove management functions through the use of public participation through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in integration with Geographic Information System (GIS).
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