Background Research:
Conservation: the act of preserving something or somewhere.
Marine Protected Area: an area in the ocean where human activities are strictly regulated.
Terrestrial Protected Area: an area of land where human activities are strictly regulated.
Ecological Reserve: An area selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species.
Ecosystem Based Management- (EBM): An environmental management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including humans, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation
Reference Information:
Apo Island is 74 ha.
Population: 918 people (2010)
GDP per capita(Philippines): $7,000 (2014)
History
o Established in 1982
o Why was this area established?
~To protect the unique marine life
~Fish life was declining
~Reefs being damaged
~Destructive fishing was still allowed- bottom trolling over vulnerable habitat (coral reefs)//harms fish and reefs
~Fish help the reefs, less fish=reefs in bad condition
~Due to poverty and the increasing population
~Pollution from boats
o What does it protect? Coral reefs, there are 450 different coral species in the Philippines, 400 of them are located in this marine sanctuary. Also protects the 650 documented species.
Conservation: the act of preserving something or somewhere.
Marine Protected Area: an area in the ocean where human activities are strictly regulated.
Terrestrial Protected Area: an area of land where human activities are strictly regulated.
Ecological Reserve: An area selected to preserve representative and special natural ecosystems, plant and animal species.
Ecosystem Based Management- (EBM): An environmental management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including humans, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation
Reference Information:
Apo Island is 74 ha.
Population: 918 people (2010)
GDP per capita(Philippines): $7,000 (2014)
History
o Established in 1982
o Why was this area established?
~To protect the unique marine life
~Fish life was declining
~Reefs being damaged
~Destructive fishing was still allowed- bottom trolling over vulnerable habitat (coral reefs)//harms fish and reefs
~Fish help the reefs, less fish=reefs in bad condition
~Due to poverty and the increasing population
~Pollution from boats
o What does it protect? Coral reefs, there are 450 different coral species in the Philippines, 400 of them are located in this marine sanctuary. Also protects the 650 documented species.