In support of the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan (Republic Act 7611)

Research Agenda for Palawan

Basis or guide in policy or decision-making

Support to the implementation of the Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan

Consistent to the Palawan Sustainable Development Strategy and Action Plan (PSDSAP)

Rationale

1. Forest and Watershed (Coverage: Water Sufficiency, Desertification, Land

Degradation and Drought, mineral resources)

1.1 Complete geological survey of Palawan

1.2 Survey and classification of forest resources including non-timber forest products.

1.3 Timber inventory of residual forests.

1.4 NIPAS zoning plan and map of NIPAS areas in Palawan.

1.5 Freshwater vulnerability assessment

1.6 Inventory and mapping of CBFMA, & ISF areas.

1.7 Timber inventory of poor, stunted, and sparse stands of semi-desiduous forests which has very low regeneration capacity

1.8 Ecological research on the ecology of chose species which play

key roles in their ecosysytem (keystone species) or which are of economic importance (Diterocarpus and Almaciga)

1.9 Systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetic studies of terrestrial flora.

1.10 Phenological studies of various vegetation types.

1.11 Biology and ecology of terrestrial flora.

1.12 Pharmacological investigations of terrestrial flora.

1.13 Sustainable forest policies

1.14 Responsible Mining Policies

1. Forest and Watershed (Coverage: Water Sufficiency, Desertification, Land

Degradation and Drought, mineral resources)

1.15 Sustainable river quarry policies.

1.16 Carrying capacity studies: rivers as sources of aggregates

1.17 Refinement of communal forest guidelines based on communal forest pilot testing.

1.18 Definition of what constitutes the edge of opened areas with stabilized traditional land uses.

1.19 Criteria for identifying sustainable develoment areas/ mapping of ECAN multiple-use zones.

1. Forest and Watershed (Coverage: Water Sufficiency, Desertification, Land

Degradation and Drought, mineral resources)

2. Coastal & Marine Resources (Coverage: marine conservation & sustainable use)

2.1 Inventory and assessment of small islands (including tenurial instruments/status) 

2.2 Inventory and mapping of MSA

2.3 Inventory and mapping of FLAs awarded by BFAR and mapping of development, develop and undeveloped areas (to identify areas to be reverted)

  

2.4 Inventory, assessment and mapping of communal mangrove forests.

2.5 Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) management effectiveness.

2. Coastal & Marine Resources (Coverage: marine conservation & sustainable use)

2.6 Small island policies.

2.7 Carrying capacity studies: coastal areas for fish caging.

2.8 Refinement of sustainability options for the live reef fish for food industry.

2.9 Policy implementation analysis of live reef fish for food policy.

3.Indigenous Peoples (Coverage: ancestral domain, indigenous community

conserved areas, etc.)

3.1 Inventory and mapping of cultural resources

4.1 Population estimates of threatened and endemic species

4.2 Caves assessment and classification

4.3 Natural Resources Valuation

4.4 Survey of wildlife and mapping of habitat (priority-south)

4.5 Inventory and mapping of sanctuaries (marine and terrestrial) and specially designated areas).

4.6 Inventory and mapping of ecologically important aeras and their uses.

4.7 Biology and ecology of threatened and endemic species

4. Biodiversity (Coverage: Flora and fauna, habitat, inland waters and lakes, protected areas, wetland ecosystem, alien and

invasive species, access-benefit sharing)

4.8 Survey of wild food preferences and nesting of endangered and

endemic fauna species.

4.9 Survey of the variety and distribution of ecosystem including distribution of rare, endangered and endemic species and the extent of their habitats.

4.10 Habitat association studies, such as biological indicators for mineral, ultramafic forests and mycorrhizal associations

4.11 Trade of threatened and endemic species.

4.12 Distribution and abundance of threatened and endemic species.

4. Biodiversity (Coverage: Flora and fauna, habitat, inland waters and lakes,

protected areas, wetland ecosystem, alien and invasive species,

access-benefit sharing)

4.13 Bio-indicators

4.14 Taxonomy of threatened and endemic species.

4.15 Research on economically important animals and plants to generate information for their conservation in the wild supplemented by captive breeding and aquaculture programme (i.e. groupers)

4.16 Research on rare animals and plants to generate information for their conservation in the wild supplemented by captive breeding programmes

4. Biodiversity (Coverage: Flora and fauna, habitat, inland waters and lakes,

protected areas, wetland ecosystem, alien and invasive species,

access-benefit sharing)

5.1

Sustainable agriculture policies

5.2

Sustainable fisheries policies

5. Food Security (Coverage: Fisheries, agriculture, poverty and hunger,

maximum sustainable yield)

6.1 Inventory and mapping of conflict areas.6.2 Policy implementatino analysis of Chainsaw Act

6.3 Policy implementation analysis of the SEP.

6. Sustainable Development Training, Education, Research and Monitoring

(Coverage: Research agenda, access to information, knowledge and capacity development, capacity building

and awareness raising, universal primary education, ENRA, valuation of ENR) 

 

7.1 Updating of available information on tourism

potential7.2 Sustainable tourism policies

7. Tourism (Coverage: Tourism master planning)

8.1 Sustainable energy policies

   

8. Physical Infrastructure (Coverage: Energy, Human Settlement, Transport, Access, Waste Mgt, Infra Devt, Sustainable Cities,

Urbanization)

9.1 Population and in-migration policy.

   

9.Human Development Services(Coverage: Health, Social Services, etc.)

Thank you.