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Implementation Performance of Government and Nongovernment Organizations in Coastal Resource Management in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Abstract:
This research focused on the assessment of government and nongovernment organizations’ extent of implementation in terms of compliance to institutional mandates in coastal resource management (CRM) based on selected provisions of major environmental laws. The study aimed to (1) identify the stakeholders’ resources and their awareness with the CRM program; (2) analyze the problems and issues confronting the coastal resources as well as the actions/approaches in addressing them; and (3) analyze the processes, methods, and activities that took place under the program; the sources of information, type, sources, and levels of linkage mechanisms among stakeholders; and the different forms of institutional support that evolved along with the CRM program. The study further assessed the management styles of stakeholders in the implementation of CRM and their perception of past and present productivity of the coastal resources in terms of catch/harvest rates and fish/food adequacy derived from theses resources.
The research was conducted in El Nido, Palawan. Selection of the site was based on the following: (1) areas covered by the El Nido Marine Reserve (ENMR), (2) presence of a CRM program for the last six years, (3) presence of sectoral local leaders, and (4) presence of government and nongovernment organizations working together for the CRM program.
A total of 113 respondents were drawn from the nine study sites (six coastal and three upland barangays) covered by the Marine Reserve area. Twenty-six of these respondents were direct implementers of the CRM program—10 from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), 10 from the local government units (LGUs), and six from nongovernment organizations.
Descriptive analysis such as measures of central tendencies and measures of dispersion were used. Inferential statistics such as the Fisher’s exact test was applied in the test for quality or proportions of the variables in the study. The study analyzed a total of 43 variables consisting of 23 independent (input) variables, six effect, and 14 dependent variables.
Most of the variables were of the nominal type. Data revealed that only two pairs of variables using Fisher’s exact test showed significant relationships to effect implementation performance in CRM. One variable was participatory trainingwhich was found to be highly significant as a method or strategy in enforcing fishery laws and ordinances. Paralegal and warden training significantly supported the implementers of the CRM program on their exercise of police powers in guarding the coastal resources. The other variable was political institutional support in terms of the ordinances promulgated by the municipality of El Nido which significantly contributed in the implementation and enactment of policies, programs, and plans for the proper management of the coastal resources by empowering the local councils.
