National policies

• EO 533: adoption of integrated coastal management (ICM) as national strategy for the sustainable development of coastal and marine environment resources
• EO 510: rationzlizing management of the country's major river basins
• EO 578: national policy on biodiversity, prescribing implementation particularly in the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecosystem and Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor

Implementation of ICM program on a self-reliant and self-sustaining basis

• Batangas
• replication of ICM program to all coastal areas of the province
• materials recovery facilities set up
• sea-use zoning scheme in Batangas Bay integrated with land-use plans
• Oil Spill Environmental Sensitivity Index for Batangas Bay
• Pansipit River rehabilitation initiated
• Bataan
• partnership forged with private sector (Bataan Coastal Care Foundation, Inc.) for ICM program implementation, including mangrove restoration, artificial  reefs, fish sanctuaries and alternative livelihood projects
• coastal land- and sea-use zoning plan adopted
• Text-a-Crime campaign to support anti-illegal fishing program
• Cavite
• rehabilitation of Imus River and flood control project initiated
• coral reef protection and  marine reserve established

Pollution reduction

• Batangas Bay Region Environmental Cooperative established for the operation of a materails recovery facility
• Manila Third Sewerage Project (MTSP)
• Development of sewage collection and treatment facility in Puerto Galera through public-private partnership
• Collection of environmental user fees in Puerto Galera for sustainable coastal resource management, with sewage treatment as priority

Habitat restoration and biodiversity conversation

• Mangrove rehabilitation and protection
• presidential proclamation of the mangroves and coastal lagoon in Paranaque and Las Pinas as critical habitat
• mangrove areas reforested: >65 ha. in Bataan and 50 ha. in Batangas
• Marine turtle sanctuary in Bataan
• Wild bird sanctuary in Candaba, Pampanga
• Collection of user fees from divers in Mabini and Tingloy, Batangas, for coastal resource protection

Water use and supply management

• Rehabilitation and protection of La Mesa watershed

Food security and livelihood

• Reinforcement of Bantay Dagat in Batangas and Bataan as part of anti-illegal fishing campaign
• Supplemental livelihood and micro-financing: mussel culture and fish consignation in Bataan
• Seaweed farming in Balayan Bay, Batangas and Ternate, Cavite
• Food processing (e.g., fish and mussel chips) in Cavite

Natural and man-made hazard management

• Manila Bay Oil Spill Contigency Plan
• Disaster Risk Management Master Plan for Metro Manila