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GUIMARAS OIL SPILL INCIDENT:
POST-OIL SPILL INITIATIVES
Special Workshop on the Future of Maritime Transport in a Blue Economy
Session 2: Addressing Oil Pollution from Transportation and Production
Dr. Felipe Hilan A. Nava
Governor, Province of Guimaras, Philippines
Rapid Damage Assessment revealed
the following:
• Sixty (60) percent of the island’s
residents were adversely affected
• Contaminated fishing grounds and
coastal habitats
• Disrupted tourism activities—55%
of beach resorts affected
• Concerns on long term health and
environmental sustainability
Cause and Effect Diagram
Livelihood shifted
to the uplands
causing increased
pressure on
resources
Increased soil
erosion due to
livelihood activities
OIL SPILL
IMPACT:
Degradation
of Coastal
and Marine
Environments
Increased
sedimentation in
coastal areas
• Significant disturbances in two of
the three main economic drivers
(fisheries and tourism)
• Increased pressure on the 3rd
economic driver—agriculture
• Issues on sustainability of
resources to support economic
activities
Socio-economic
development
Regaining the affected
economic drivers:
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• Diversification of tourism sites
development to relieve pressure on
coastal areas
• Optimize agriculture and inland
tourism potentials
• Explore alternatives in fishing
• Promote complementary agriindustries
• Establish environmental baseline data
as basis for long term planning
Community-Based Rural Tourism (CBRT)
• Enables the community to directly
benefit out of tourism activities
• Promotes stewardship of the
environment
• Facilitates social transformation resulting
to effective community participation in
development
• Starting from 5 pilot communities, the
concept is now operational in 16 sites
that include both upland and coastal
areas
• Income from tourism in addition to
fishing and farming
• Forest cover was 0 in 1990, 6% in 2004 and
currently estimated at 10%
• Promoted agro-forestry as a strategy in the land
use plan
• Provincial nursery to support reforestation
program
• Earth Day and Environment Month celebrations
• Mangrove reforestation in partnership with
community mangrove growers associations
The Guimaras Environment Code
-enacted prior to the Investment Code to establish
development controls and define the kind of
investments that are complementary to the island
strategy
Environmental Studies to establish the
state of the Guimaras environment:
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Status and Monitoring of marine wildlife and fisheries
resources in Guimaras Island
Hydrological Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change
on Coastal Ecosystem of Guimaras
Socio-economic effects of Solar 1 Oil Spill in Guimaras
Assessing beaches in Guimaras Island recovering from a
major oil spill
Enzyme biomarkers as indicators of environmental
contamination
Evaluating the Impacts of the 2006 Oil Spill on Sea grasses
and Mangroves in Guimaras
Assessment of soil erosion and hydrocarbons in Guimaras
Objectives of the fisheries and marine
wildlife study:
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Update the profile & assess the status of municipal fisheries
Develop a province-wide fisheries database
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Validated listing of fisherfolks
Gears, boats, catch (species, size & volume), effort
Assess the status of marine wildlife
Build the capability of LGU personnel
Develop Conservation cum Management Plans for fisheries and
marine wildlife
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Implementation of a unified fisheries ordinance for all 5 municipalities
Assessing Hydrologic Carrying Capacity of
Watersheds in Guimaras
The study aims to address the following concerns:
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Water quality degradation
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Fresh water shortage in some areas
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Land use changes
Salt water intrusion
Unsustainable ground water use
Coastal areas
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Oil spill event
o Heavy metal, poly aromatic hydrocarbons
Addressing beach erosion
The study on soil erosion had
revealed the following:
• Improperly placed and designed
engineering structures
• Exacerbated beach loss by interfering with
the natural migration of sand and
increasing offshore sediment transport
• Need for policies to rectify designs and
locations of structures in coastal areas
Integrated Coastal Management (ICM)
Guimaras embraced ICM as the approach to facilitate
integration of all initiatives and is currently pursuing
the following:
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Enhancement of the existing provincial land use plan to
include “water use” plan
Formulation of strategy for the management of coastal
and marine environments to better respond to challenges
brought about by climate change
Mainstreaming of disaster risk management in local plans
Priority Areas
Learning from the 2006 Oil Spill:
•Development of Oil Spill contingency plan for Guimaras
•Effective response program—readiness to address threats of oil
spills and other hazardous materials
•Acquire capability for emergency response
•Enhance community awareness and participation for oil spill
preparedness and in responding to disasters
Our advocacy
Promote effective management of the
Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait
• Managing the area as a Bioregion
• Initiatives to address trans-boundary
issues
• National policies to regulate
transportation of hazardous materials
Mabuhay!