Table 2.3 Zones and their areas Tone ‘area 3 fo toaT tnd | 9 fo total Protection and conservation | 2645.04 2333 2138 Forest 2468.75, 21.98 19.79 Buffer 55.24 049 045 Mangrove 42.40 0.28) 0.94 Paric 31.65 0.28) 9.28 Mining rehabilitation area 25.96 0.23 0.21 Manne reserve 41.04 0.00, 0.33 River (see special uses) ‘Agriculture Total land 5698.99 51.05 Protection and Conservation Zone This zone aims to protect the natural and historical assets of the City. The natural assets provide life support system to the economic and soci activities. By protecting the natural assets, the sustainability of the economic and social activities is ensured. The zone includes forest area and its buffer zone, grasslands, rivers and their buffer zones, coastal resources and historical sites. SECTOR. ENVIRONMENTAL nce aes mses cot lonstpranuttn, forvetoruesror rocker) maxaxeays, | somo | ane jist io no exo, “ reemt te naronseranion lcm acinar nd So cq | asenn | ar fraud wenn, amen ‘emem cao, fsttprmy |] PN ono, exeDENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2000-51 regulates the extraction of renewable resources from protected areas. These resources include forest flora and fauna and other forest products, surface and ground water, fisheries, geothermal energy and similar resources. DAO 2000-51 prescribes that sustainable use shall be the rate of extraction that is lower than either the rate of regeneration or the rate that shall endanger lif forms inside the protected area. The rate of use shall be within the carrying capacity of the protected area and its immediate surroundings when taken individually or collectively or in relation to other uses of the area, and that any form of use shall maintain the socioeconomic and cultural aspect of the area. The DAO also regulates that any development of land and other resources in a protected area shall not alter the landscape and shall not significantly disrupt normal ecological functions and processes, ‘The recreational use of resources for tourism for filming or photography shall preserve the natural landscape and not put significant stress on living resources by considering the carrying capacity of the area. The order also prohibits the introduction substances or chemicals, harmful to the environment. ‘The City of Balanga has no protected area declared under NIPAS, however, the City Government declared part of Tortugas as a critical habitat under City Resolution No. 34, series fof 2011. Under this ordinance, the mangrove areas and its adjacent areas are protected from extraction and activities that may damage the ecosystem. Likewise, Balanga City has been designated as 2 bird-friendly zone by vitue of City Resolution No. 101, series of 2010. Fisheries Code (RA 8550) ‘The Fisheries Code is an act providing for the development, management and conservation of the fisheries and aquatic resources of the country. It establishes coastal resource management as the approach for managing coastal and marine resources. Salient features include the following: the expansion of municipal waters from seven (7) to fifteen (18) kilometers; the decentralization of management of municipal waters to local government units; the reconstitution of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from a staff agency toaline agency; the limitation on size and duration of leases of fishponds; the prohibition of converting mangrove forests into fishponds and the reversion; the adoption of mean sustainable yields as a basis for fisheries management; and the creation of the fisherfolk-led Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Councils (FARMC) in diferent levels of government Comprehensive Agrarian Reform as amended (RA 7881) RA 7881 is an act instituting a comprehensive agrarian reform program to promote social justice and industrialization. It prohibits the conversion of agricultural lands into fishponds and prawn ponds except in situations where the provincial government with the concurrence of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) declares a coastal zone as suitable for fishpond development. In such case, the DENR shall allow the lease and development of such areas with the following conditions a. the declaration shall not apply to environmentally critical projects and areas as contained intitle (A) sub-paragraph two, (B-5) and (C-1) and title (B), number eleven (11) of Proclamation No. 2186 (Praclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally Critical and Within the Scope of the Environmental impact Statement (€15) System established under Presidential Decree No. 1586). This is to ensure the protection of river systems, aquifers and MRBHETGUE vegetation: from pollution and environmental degradation b. approval shall be in accordance with a set of guidelines to be drawn up and promulgated by the DAR and the BFAR € small-scale farmer cooperatives and organizations shall be given preference in the award of the Fishpond Lease Agreement (FLAS). 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