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Comprehensive Action Plans of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion - Asian Development Bank
COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLANS OF THE SULU–SULAWESI MARINE ECOREGION
A Priority Seascape of the Coral Triangle Initiative
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Comprehensive action plans of the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion: A priority seascape of the Coral Triangle Initiative. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2011.
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Contents
Foreword
To ensure the effective protection and sustainable development of the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 13 February 2004. The signing of the MOU was one of the highlights in the side events of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The three countries agreed to adopt the ecoregion approach to conservation embodied in the Ecoregion Conservation Plan (ECP) that will facilitate the realization of the four fundamental goals of biodiversity conservation: representation, sustainability of ecological and evolutionary processes, viability of species and populations, and resiliency.
The ECP for the SSME is a product of region-wide consultations across the three countries involving stakeholders and various experts—from resource users, managers, and academe to policy makers. The ECP calls for the conservation of the coastal and marine resources of the region without sacrificing the livelihoods of the people. This involves 10 objectives that the ECP hopes to attain in alignment with its 50-year vision.
The signing of the MOU led to the creation of the Tri-National Committee for the SSME. The committee had its first meeting on 1 March 2006 in East Kalimantan, Indonesia and created three subcommittees: the Threatened, Charismatic, and Migratory Species Subcommittee; the Sustainable Fisheries Subcommittee; and the Marine Protected Areas and Networks Subcommittee. The subcommittees met in 2007 and elected their respective chairs, and developed their terms of reference and work plans for the implementation of the ECP.
The publication and launching of the first set of work plans of the subcommittees was approved by the SSME Tri-National Committee during its fourth meeting in Batam, Indonesia in July 2009. The action plans of the three subcommittees were launched at the East Asian Seas Congress that was organized by the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia and held in Manila, Philippines in November 2009. The action plans were published by Conservation International under the United States Agency for International Development Coral Triangle Support Partnership.
This publication contains the Comprehensive Action Plan of the Subcommittee on Sustainable Fisheries. It builds on the previous action plans, adopting the relevant portions on achievements and lessons learned in its implementation in the past years. It estimates the costs of implementing the activities necessary to achieve the target conservation outcomes of the SSME and lists potential mechanisms that will allow the SSME to generate funds to support the plan. This comprehensive action plan not only deals with activities at the country level but also embodies the need for transboundary actions to be pursued if the SSME governments are to remain faithful to the essence of ecoregion management as well as the Coral Triangle Initiative. Finally, this publication attempts to provide more details for the donor community and SSME governments to increase their support of SSME activities and programs, which are relevant to the global community as a whole.
Kunio Senga
Director General
Southeast Asia Department
Asian Development Bank
Message from Indonesia, Chair of the Subcommittee on Threatened, Charismatic, and Migratory Species
The protection of marine lives, especially for threatened, charismatic, and migratory species in the region of Sulu–Sulawesi will not only contribute to marine biodiversity resources conservation, but will also significantly strengthen the cooperation among Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The success of the protection and management of migratory species, such as turtle, in this region has been shown as a good example or a lesson learned for regional cooperation and commitment on marine biodiversity conservation.
This Comprehensive Action Plan that was developed through a series of consultations and meetings among Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion member countries and relevant stakeholders covers the agreed programs and activities to protect and manage threatened, charismatic, and migratory species, both in each country and in a regional context. This plan should serve as our guideline on how to manage marine resources in a sustainable way for our welfare and for current and future generations.
We are very optimistic that with our present achievements, we will be moving forward to better implement this plan.
Toni Ruchimat
Director
Directorate of Marine and Aquatic Resources Conservation
Directorate General of Marine, Coasts and Small Islands
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia
Message from Malaysia, Chair of the Subcommittee on Sustainable Fisheries
The new Malaysian National Agrofood Policy places high importance on the sustainable development of its agriculture sector, including fisheries and aquaculture. We realized that in order to do so, much care must be taken so that its very foundations—the natural resources, biodiversity, and environment—are well protected. We also are active in the international and regional levels, where we collaborate and work closely with countries to ensure that our natural assets are conserved and protected for the well-being of the community and future generations. This cooperation is well exemplified through Malaysia’s close participation in the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME) Program—the tri-national regional conservation for the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas, involving three countries (i.e., Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines). Among others, our goals include implementing sustainable fisheries management activities, efforts toward the adoption of the ecosystem-based fisheries management approach and community participation, and collaborative programs with development partners; and combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
The vision for the SSME, in part reads, a marine ecoregion that remains to be globally unique and a center of diversity with vibrant ecological integrity, harboring representative species assemblages, communities, habitats, and ecological processes.
The action plans are the ways and means to achieve the noble and lofty ambition for the SSME. These are the plans that we crafted together with all stakeholders, Malaysian and international colleagues alike. These are also the guides in ensuring that conservation needs and sustainable development are reconciled at all levels. Ultimately, these are the plans against which future generations will measure our hard work and contributions, and our legacy in the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas.
I have no doubt that we will achieve most of these goals.
Rayner Stuel Galid
Director
Sabah Fisheries Department
Malaysia
Message from the Philippines, Chair of the Subcommittee on Marine Protected Areas and Networks
The establishment of an ecological network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a strategy to conserve the full range of biodiversity in the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME) and maintain ecological integrity to ensure continuous flow of goods and services to human communities represented by over 50 indigenous groups. It provides legal basis for law enforcement and zoning for various activities such as fishing. It has been proven to be one of the most effective ways in the protection of our coastal and marine environment taking into account scientific, traditional, and cultural procedures for its management. Moreover, it draws more participation from the local government and promotes public awareness.
The implementation of country activities have contributed to the achievement of the objectives of the Action Plan of the Subcommittee on MPAs and Networks and the SSME Ecoregion Conservation Plan. Experiences from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines highlight the benefits of co-management between government and local communities, and networking for the protection of the ecosystems, to sustain the human well-being derived from them. Such collaboration provides incentives to effectively managed MPAs demonstrating the further need to pursue transboundary actions by the SSME governments. These provide leverage to our actions and intensifies the ties and bonds with our neighbor countries as well.
The Subcommittee on MPAs and Networks has developed a Comprehensive Action Plan that is consistent with Goal #3 of the Regional Action Plan of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), which is marine protected areas established and effectively managed.
This plan contributes to meeting the target of establishing a fully functional region-wide Coral Triangle MPA System. As a priority seascape of the CTI, we in the SSME should continue heading toward the achievement of the CTI vision.
With the use of the comprehensive action plan, we will have a detailed grasp on how we can implement the activities of the subcommittee. It is important that we realize the significance of this milestone and to be able to maximize the availability of the comprehensive action plan.
Theresa Mundita S. Lim
Director
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Acknowledgment
This Comprehensive Action Plan is the one of the outcomes of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance project, Strengthening Sound Environmental Management in the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, led by Maria Lourdes Drilon, natural resources and agricultural economist of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Division, Southeast Asia Department. It builds on the work plans developed by the three subcommittees in 2009 and published as Action Plans of the Sulu–Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME) with the assistance of the Coral Triangle Support Partnership, a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development and implemented by Conservation International, the Nature Conservancy, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The Tri-National Committee of the SSME acknowledges the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, chair of the Tri-National Committee for the SSME from 2009 to 2011, for the strategic direction provided to the report. The Tri-National Committee would like to express its deepest appreciation and thanks to all those who have taken part in this endeavor without whose valuable inputs, this study would not have been possible. They include the following:
• All participants in the workshops and focus group discussions—for their valuable contributions to this report;
• From Indonesia: the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Forestry, National Development Planning Agency, Conservation International–Indonesia, Coral Triangle Support Partnership, The Nature Conservancy–Indonesia, Wildlife Conservation Society–Indonesia, WWF–Indonesia, and Yayasan Kehati;
• From Malaysia: the Sabah Department of Fisheries, Sabah Parks, Sabah State Economic Planning Unit, WWF–Malaysia, Borneo Marine Research Institute, Schools of Sustainable Agriculture and Business Economics at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah, and Sabah Biodiversity Centre;
• From the Philippines: the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, WWF–Philippines, and Conservation International–Philippines, which assisted the Tri-National Committee in securing funding support from ADB to conduct the tri-national workshops, research, and coordination to develop the comprehensive action plans;
• Members of the subcommittees for their contribution to the work plan;
• Members of the Conservation International’s Sulu–Sulawesi Seascape team for their contribution to project preparation, implementation, and in leading the first workshop in Indonesia; and
• Members of the project consulting team for facilitating the workshops, integrating the workshop outputs, and drafting the comprehensive action plans.
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