El Nido Marine Environmental Protection Project, Northern Palawan

In 1999-2000, WWF-Philippines prepared baseline studies for the development of the General Management Plan of the El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area and the Comprehensive Land/Water Use Plan of El Nido Municipality. Enforcement actions started in 2001 resulting in seizures, apprehensions, fines and cases filed. In 2004, WWF-Philippines expanded community-based enforcement in Taytay Municipality assisting stakeholder groups in instituting enforcement systems and increasing public awareness The multi-sectoral effort in El Nido is regarded as a model in inter-sectoral collaboration, enforcement innovations and public-private partnerships. The project is supported by an East Asia Pacific - Environment Initiative grant from USAID.To know more about this project,
please email rjdelacalzada@wwf.org.ph