On the Na)onal Reclama)on Plan (PRA NRP/Reso. 4161)
Our vanishing coastlines • 36,289 kilometers • #5 in terms of length in the world
• Major ports such as Manila, Davao, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro
Map from Na)onal Geographic Magazine
Finding out about the NRP
• NRP-‐DENR memo
Finding out about the NRP
PRA NRP/Reso. 4161
• Four sectors • Total area: 38,272 Ha • Total of 102 projects
• “…huge poten)al investments that reclama)on projects in the NRP could generate similar to Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan experience…”
Coverage
• Manila Bay (MBS) including Laguna de Bay (LBS) • Visayas (Cebu province) • Southern Mindanao Sector (Davao Region) • Others
Others : Luzon
• Visayas map s
Others: Visayas
Others: Mindanao
Status: Manila
Status: Cavite
Status: Central Luzon
Status: Cebu/Davao
1 acre of seagrass
• 40,000 fish • 50 million small invertebrates
• USD $ 20,500 per year
• 0.004047 sq km
www.sms.si.edu / Florida DEP 2000
Poten)al impacts
• NRP will add 38,272 hectares – 382.72 sq km to the land area of the Philippines (+0.13 %)
• Reduces water area (seagrass beds) by the same amount – 382.72 sq km lost seagrass – 4.7 million million invertebrates – 3.78 trillion fish – 77 billion PhP per year (USD 1.9 Billion/year)
• Displacement of seklements, fishing grounds, flooding, environmental damage, etc
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