The Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) General Management Plan envisions a protected seascape, with natural biodiversity and integrity, which is effectively managed by all stakeholders to ensure ecological integrity and resilience, sustainable socio-economic development and communities living in harmony with nature.
The implementation of the TSPS GMP is under the overall supervision of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) as mandated by the NIPAS Act of 1992. The PAMB is composed of a total of 345 local chief executives, representing cities, municipalities and barangays, who play a very critical role in ensuring that the protected area is well-managed. The Provincial Planning and Development Officers and/or other authorized representatives of the three (3) Provinces – Cebu, Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental - sit as Vice-Chairpersons. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 7 serves as the ex-officio Chairperson of the TSPS PAMB. Members of the academe and civil society are also appointed as PAMB members of TSPS.
To effectively conserve and sustainably manage coastal and marine resources and habitats of the TSPS using science- and evidence-based approaches, participative decision-making and co-management, and active stakeholder collaboration and engagement.
A Protected Seascape with natural biodiversity and integrity is effectively managed by all stakeholders to ensure ecological integrity and resilience, sustainable socio-economic development and communities living in harmony with nature.
It aims to attain the long-term goals, as follows:
(a) Protect and conserve resources and habitats of specific core zones within TSPS and of TSPS as a whole to maintain essential ecological processes and life support systems;
(b) Improve understanding of natural ecosystems and resources through research, regular monitoring and evaluation, and data-banking;
(c) Enhance stakeholder awareness, advocacy and capacity for conservation, protection and climate resilience of TSPS;
(d) Address pressing threats to natural biodiversity through effective mechanisms of co-management, law enforcement, education, advocacy, and stakeholder participation; and
(e) Ensure sustainable financing for effective management and protection of TSPS
By 2025, we seek to achieve the following objectives goals:
