The Second State of the Coasts of Guimaras Province covers the period of 2010-2017.This report is the output of the collaborative effort of the following stakeholders: national government agencies, provincial and municipal governments, non-government organizations, academe and civil society organizations. This report was able to capture evidences that showed significant improvements in environmental governance and management practices of the province. Of the 14 indicators of governance, 12 showed positive progress, i.e., shift from baseline status to improving status and 2 indicators showed discernible changes but are not quite eligible to be shifted to improving status. For the 21 indicators on aspects of sustainable development, 12 indicators showed positive progress; improvements in 4 indicators are discernible but also are not quite eligible to be shifted to improving status while 5 indicators need further improvement. None of the 35 indicators showed deteriorating status.

The SDS-SEA IP 2018-2022 is composed of 3 Priority Management Programs and 3 Governance Programs. The Priority Management Programs include: a) Biodiversity Conservation and Management; b) Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management; and c) Pollution Reduction and Waste Management. The cross-cutting Governance Programs include: a) Ocean Governance and Strategic Partnerships; b) Knowledge Management and Capacity Development; and c) Blue Economy Investment and Sustainable Financing.

Each Priority Management and Governance program includes 3 parts: (1) an introductory section providing an overview of the priority issue area/program, the region’s current situation and major efforts undertaken, and remaining gaps and challenges; (2) a summary of key international and regional commitments directly relevant to respective priority program; and (3) a matrix of the overall objective of the priority program, expected outcomes to 2022, indicators of benefit/impact, and targeted actions and schedule to which PEMSEA Country and Non-Country Partners may indicate/identify relevant activities of possible collaboration/initiatives (ongoing/planned) that would help contribute to achieving the region’s targets.

As a living document, the PEMSEA Partners in coordination with the PRF Secretariat would continue to collaboratively identify priorities, outputs and indicative actions that align with the SDS-SEA IP 2018-2022, and jointly implement initiatives/activities that would be identified.

To ensure regular monitoring of progress and gaps, progress/achievements of Partners and collaborating organizations will be highlighted during national and regional ocean events, as well as documented via PEMSEA’s Annual Report and the triennial State of Oceans and Coasts (SOC) Report.

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This annual report shares the significant developments PEMSEA and its partners took in 2017 towards fulfilling the vision of healthy ocean, people, and economies. With this report we celebrate almost 25 years of partnerships in developing a sustainable future for the Seas of East Asia.

The State of the Coasts of Cavite Province, Philippines, was developed to assess and analyze the progress, achievements and impacts of ICM implementation in the province. It seeks to provide information on the changing social, economic and environmental conditions in the province and to determine the scope and effectiveness of coastal management programs that have been implemented. The report, in particular, aims to evaluate the governance mechanisms and management interventions that have been put in place and provide recommendations where improvements are necessary and critical. The SOC report may be refined and updated through time to monitor trends, changes and developments in the coastal areas of Cavite and to adopt the necessary policies and management strategies in response to these changes.

The State of the Coasts of Bataan Province, Philippines, was developed to assess and analyze the progress, achievements and impacts of ICM implementation in the province. It seeks to provide information on the changing social, economic and environmental conditions in the province and to determine the scope and effectiveness of coastal management programs that have been implemented. The report, in particular, aims to evaluate the governance mechanisms and management interventions that have been put in place and provide recommendations where improvements are necessary and critical. The SOC report may be refined and updated through time to monitor trends, changes and developments in the coastal areas of Bataan and to adopt the necessary policies and management strategies in response to these changes.

With the significant activities occurring in the last quarter of 2015, this Annual Report covers PEMSEA’s major programs and activities from the 4th quarter of 2015 up to the end of 4th quarter 2016. It aims to share the significant highlights within that period, providing readers with insight on the breadth of work being done and the number of organizations and people who are actively collaborating and contributing to the regional effort for sustainable seas.

Coastal blue carbon is a term that recognizes the role of coastal wetlands in the global carbon cycle. Mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows (collectively called coastal blue carbon ecosystems) sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere continuously over thousands of years, building stocks of carbon in biomass and organic rich soils. This ecosystem service is in addition to other ecosystem services provided by coastal wetlands that underpin fish stocks, maintain food security and contribute to filtration of sediment, protecting coral reefs and populated coastal lowlands from erosion and flooding.

This report seeks to better understand the status of coastal blue carbon ecosystems in East Asia and raise awareness of the opportunities to include improved management of these ecosystems within climate mitigation and adaptation actions and commitments, including opportunities to access new forms of financing. It geographic focus is on countries with coastal ecosystems that have signed the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDSSEA), specifically: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, RO Korea, Singapore, Thailand, TimorLeste and Viet Nam.  

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The potential linkages between blue economy, sustainable development and economic growth have been recognized in a number of international forums and documentations in recent years, such as the 2012 Changwon Declaration Toward an Ocean-based Blue Economy: Moving Ahead with the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia, and the Xiamen Declaration of the Fourth APEC Ocean-related Ministerial Meeting Towards a New Partnership through Ocean Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region in 2014.

The blue economy, as discussed during the East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2012, refers to a sustainable ocean-based economic model that is largely dependent on coastal and marine ecosystems and resources, but one that employs environmentally-sound and innovative infrastructure, technologies and practices, including institutional and financing arrangements, for meeting the goals of: (a) sustainable and inclusive development; (b) protecting our coasts and oceans, and reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities; (c) addressing water, energy and food security; (d) protecting the health, livelihoods and welfare of the people in the coastal zone; and (e) fostering an ecosystem-based climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

This document presents the financial position of Applying Knowledge Management to Scale Up Partnership Investments for Sustainable Development of Large Marine Ecosystems of East Asia and their Coasts (Grant no. TF 015589) of the Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), a project funded by International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (World Bank) which comprise the statement of financial position as at December 31, 2015, and the statements of receipts, expenses and fund balances and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with the financial reporting provisions of the agreement between PEMSEA and World Bank.

The project financial statement has been prepared on the modified receipts and expenses basis of accounting and in accordance with other reporting requirements of World Bank. The financial statement is prepared to assist the Project to comply with the financial reporting provisions of the agreement.