Pilar Marine Park
Pilar, Cebu
The Pilar Municipal Marine Park is located in the Camotes Sea, consists of a 30 hectares sanctuary which benefits from complete protection and a 149 hectares reserve where less invasive methods such as gleaning, hook and line and spear fishing are still allowed but any net fishing is not.
The Pilar Municipal Marine Park was established in 2005. Its marine sanctuary core zone covers ...
17.93 hectares and its buffer zone 11.8 hectares. Coral reefs, sea grasses, mangroves, and sandy bottom ecosystems are found within the park, which is managed by a multisector management board with the assistance of EcoGov. Since its establishment as an MPA, the area has experienced a notable increase in fish catch among fisherfolk who use artisanal methods.
In 2009 the Pilar Marine Park in the Municipality of Pilar was awarded the prestigious "Most outstanding Marine Protected Area of the Philippines" prize by the MPA Support Network (MSN) and its partners for being the most effectively managed marine protected area which applied to the awards.
Pilar Municipal Marine Park Camotes Sea News
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Community Support For Marine Protection Strengthens After Typhoon Haiyan
On November 9, the day after Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, Rare Fellow Susan Cataylo woke up with one word haunting her thoughts: hunger.
She worried that her community would suffer from malnutrition after the storm. When she looked around and surveyed her community on the small island of Pilar, Susan saw devastation. The storm took her roof leaving the moon and stars shining through for her four children and two grandchildren to admire. She was lucky. The typhoon (known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) left many neighbors homeless. Amid the destruction she also saw ... -
Pilar Seeks Text Votes To Win NatGeo Contest
The municipality of Pilar in Camotes Island needs your help in winning an environment-themed contest that will showcase their ecology projects to the world.
During yesterday's Weekly Kapihan forum, Pilar Mayor Jesus Fernandez Jr. asked Cebuanos to vote for Pilar town in the Global Solution Search, a contest spearheaded by Rare.org and National Geographic's Solution Search.
The winner of the search will receive a $20,000 cash prize.
"We joined the contest not only so we can share our projects to marine conservation practitioners but also to encourage more people to do more for our envi ... -
Pilar Marine Park Qualifies In Global Green Solutions Contest
Government officials from the Municipality of Pilar, Camotes, Cebu, urged Filipinos, especially the Cebuanos, to vote for the Pilar Municipal Marine Park the same way that it did for the Puerto Princesa Underground River that made it to the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
The PMMP made it to the top 10 finalists in the Rare and National Geographic search for community-based solutions for global environmental issues specifically innovations for near-shore fisheries based on proven successes.
Mayor Jesus Fernandez Jr. and Vice Mayor Eufracio Maratas Jr. yesterday said that it is already an honor ... -
Pilar In Top 10 Needs Online Votes
The island municipality of Pilar in Cebu was chosen as one of the ten finalists in the Global Solution Search for Top Community-Based Marine Conservation Projects sponsored by Rare Conservation and National Geographic.
This qualifies the municipality to win $20,000 if chosen to be the overall winner in the ongoing search via on-line voting and a video exposure on National Geographic's Ocean website.
There were more than 100 entries submitted from 48 countries while three entries come from the Philippines.
Of the country's three entries, only the municipality of Pilar made it to the to ... -
The Pilar Municipal Marine Park Part 2
This is part 2 of of case study on the Pilar Municipal Marine Park in the Philippines, focusing on MPA enforcement, monitoring and evaluation, and the benefits of an MPA. Part one of the case study went over the site, issues in the beginning and how things began to change for the better.
In 2009 the Pilar Marine Park in the Municipality of Pilar was awarded the prestigious "Most outstanding Marine Protected Area of the Philippines" prize by the MPA Support Network (MSN) and its partners for being the most effectively managed marine protected area which applied to the awards.
The Pilar Mu ... -
The Pilar Municipal Marine Park
In 2009 the Pilar Marine Park in the Municipality of Pilar was awarded the prestigious "Most outstanding Marine Protected Area of the Philippines" prize by the MPA Support Network (MSN) and its partners for being the most effectively managed marine protected area which applied to the awards.
The Pilar Municipal Marine Park (PMMP), located in the Camotes Sea, consists of a 30 hectares sanctuary which benefits from complete protection and a 149 hectares reserve where less invasive methods such as gleaning, hook and line and spear fishing are still allowed but any net fishing is not.
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