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Participatory Mangrove Management in a Changing Climate pp 247–262Cite as

Community-Based Mangrove Management in the Philippines: Experience and Challenges in the Context of Changing Climate

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This chapter synthesizes the experiences and challenges in community-based mangrove management in the Philippines in the context of changing climate. Over the past three decades, mangrove rehabilitation and protection has received considerable attention considering its declining condition vis-a-vis its ability to provide a mix of environmental goods and services including the potential to reduce climate change impacts and disaster risks. Community-based approach was lauded as a sustainable strategy to revert degraded mangroves back to their once verdant condition. However, major issues emerged in view of unclear access and utilization rights of local communities over the mangrove trees they planted and the poor ecological outcomes of many rehabilitation projects. The chapter recommends key strategies to overcome these challenges toward a more sustainable community-based mangrove management in the country while fostering climate-resilient local communities.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Barangay pertains to village or smallest political or administrative division in the Philippines.

  2. 2.

    Direct field planting of R. stylosa propagules with a distance of 0.5 × 0.5 m to ensure greater survival and faster growth.

  3. 3.

    Members of the local community recognize the access and management rights of an individual over the mangrove area he/she planted despite the absence of a government-issued tenure certificate.

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  1. Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines

    Juan M. Pulhin & Dixon T. Gevaña

  2. Forestry Development Center, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines

    Florencia B. Pulhin

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Pulhin, J.M., Gevaña, D.T., Pulhin, F.B. (2017). Community-Based Mangrove Management in the Philippines: Experience and Challenges in the Context of Changing Climate. In: DasGupta, R., Shaw, R. (eds) Participatory Mangrove Management in a Changing Climate. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56481-2_16

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