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The marine-conservation and reef fisheries-managementprogram that exists today in the Philippines had humblebeginnings in the 1970s at Sumilon and Apo islands.These islands have produced some of the best evidenceavailable that no-take reserves,protected and managedby local communities,can play a key role in biodiversityconservation and fisheries management.Perhaps moreimportantly,they served as models for an extraordinaryexpansion of no-take reserves nationally in the Philip-pines in the past 2 decades.This expansion contributedsubstantially to a major shift in national policy ofmanagement of marine resources.This policy shiftpartially devolved responsibility from a centralized gov-ernment bureaucracy to local governments and localcommunities.Local governments now comanage,alongwith the national government,marine resources out to 15km from the coast.Giving some responsibility formanagement of marine resources to coastal peopledependent upon those resources represents,in a veryreal sense,another “people power revolution” in thePhilippines.
The marine-conservation and reef fisheries-managementprogram that exists today in the Philippines had humblebeginnings in the 1970s at Sumilon and Apo islands. These islands have produced some of the best evidence available that no-take reserves, protected and managedby local communities, can play a key role in biodiversityconservation and fisheries management.Perhaps moreimportantly, they served as models for an extraordinaryexpansion ofno-take reserves nationally in the Philip-pines in the past 2 decades. This expansion contributed to a significant shift in national policy ofmanagement of marine resources. This policy shiftpartially devolved responsibility from a centralized gov-ernment bureaucracy to local governments and localcommunities. Local governments now comanage, alongwith the national government, marine resources out to 15km from the coast. Giving some responsibility formanagement of marine resources to coastal peopledependent upon those resources represents, in a veryreal sens e, another “people power revolution ” in thePhilippines.