PORT BARTON BAY

REHABILITATION AND RESTORATION

A Re-Entry Action Plan

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the
Environment and Natural Resources Management Enhancement Course
ENR Academy, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija

EMER D. GARRAEZ
DENR Region IV-B, MIMAROPA, CENRO Roxas Palawan
Class 401-A Tamaraw

September 23, 2019

Executive Summary

The illegal settlers within the Salvage Zone and Timberland Area of Sitio
Mangingisda, Port Barton, San Vicente Palawan has an increasing population
detrimental to the environment. This is a long overdue problem in the area and the
previous local government of Barangay Port Barton and the Municipality of San
Vicente lax in the implementation of the law . Our Office sent Notices to Vacate as
our initial action but these illegal settlers refused to vacate the area. With close
coordination with the new Local Government of Barangay Port Barton and
Municipality of San Vicente, it was agreed that the only remedy is to relocate these
people in order to rehabilitate and restore the area to its original condition and both
LGU’s are willing to look for a potential relocation site.

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

Barangay Port Barton is within the Municipality of San Vicente located in the
northwest coast of Palawan. It has a total land area of 21,439.1541 hectares and has
twelve (12) sitios and five (5) puroks. Lately, it is becoming a popular tourist
destination site mainly for its islands and white sand beaches. Aside from being a
proposed landscape and seascape protected area, because of its scenic natural and
rural beauty, the whole Barangay of Port Barton is included in the TIEZA master
plan which envisions to be the instrument to help the economy attain inclusive growth
through tourism.

 Background/ Rational

Sitio Mangingisda is one of the twelve (12) sitios of Barangay Port Barton, San
Vicente Palawan wherein there are more or less fifty (50) families illegally
occupying the salvage zone and timberland area. The Barangay of Port Barton
previously failed to remove these illegal settlers and now they become the perennial
problem of the new LGU of Barangay Port Barton and Municipality of San Vicente.
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  Analysis of the Problem

The Salvage Zone and Timberland Areas in Sitio Mangingisda, one of the twelve (12)
sitios of Barangay Port Barton, San Vicente, Palawan has been for so long illegally
occupied by illegal settlers. Lately, the other areas of Barangay Port Barton is
becoming a popular tourist destination site mainly for its islands scenic natural beauty
and white sand beaches and most of the income of the residents depends from the
visitors and tourists visiting the area. Barangay Port Barton is also a proposed
Landscape and Seascape Protected Area and the Initial Protected Area Plan was
already submitted to the Regional Office for review.

Recently, our Office received a report that there is an increasing number of illegal
settlers in the area particularly in Sitio Mangingisda of Barangay Port Barton. One of
the reasons is the lack of political will to implement the law of the previous
administration and these illegal settlers refused to vacate inspite of the Notices to
Vacate issued by our Office instead, they stayed and invited more illegal occupants.

The current inventory of illegal settlers are more or less fifty (50) households.
Observation shows that there is an increasing volume of garbage dumped by the
residents along the beach and they also discharge their waste water directly into the
beach. There is no water sampling done in the area to determine the water quality.

The Problem Tree

Intermediate Possible deterioration of Devastated ecotourism area
Effects water quality

pPO
Uncontrolled direct Uncontrolled dumping
Immediate discharge of water waste of waste along the
Effects into the beach beach

Increasing illegal settlers

within salvage zones and
Timberland areas

Immediate Laxity in the Personal Interest Lack of Political will

implementation of the
Causes
law

Intermediate Pollluters are not apprehended Illegal occupants refuses to vacate

Causes due to political intervention
 Objective Tree

Water quality test Attractiveness for

Ends
conducted ecotourism restored

RA 9275 strictly Implemented strictly RA

implemented (Clean 9003 Solid Waste
Water Act) of 2004 Management Act of 2000

Illegal settler within salvage

zone & Timberland areas
removed and relocated

Law strictly New sets of LGU Political will imposed

implemented Officials
Means

Illegal occupants complied

Polluters apprehended

Illegal settlers removed and relocated and the attractiveness of So. Mangingisda, Port
Barton Bay was restored and even the livelihood of the rural folks improved.
 Chapter 2 : FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY

 Conceptual Framework

Vulnerability

Human Interventions Natural Forces

Aggravating Mitigating Aggravating Mitigating

Factors Factors Factors Factors

Destructure Heavy Rainfall

open access
poor Wind Restoration
Relocation
management Rehabilitation
Geology/Soils
policy/Institut
ional failure Water quality
 Chapter 3. ACTION PLAN EXECUTION

 Logical Framework

Design Summary Performance Means of Verification Assumptions and

Indicator Risks
Impact:
Coastal Area Rehabilitated
and Restored
Outcome: Coastal and Marine Field reports from the
Attractiveness of the area Ecosystem protected Barangay and
for eco-tourism purposes and Effectively Documentation/Validation
restored managed and Field Reports from the
Barangay
Output:
1. Siltation Forest
Prevented
2. Marine& land- RA 9003 & RA 9275
based pollution strictly implemented
reduced
3. Coastal Erosion
Prevented
Activities
1. Issuance of Notice to vacate Notices to vacate Refusal to vacate
Notice to prepared and issued
vacate to illegal
settlers
2. Close
coordination
with the LGU

-Assisted the Meetings conducted Letters/Minutes of the

LGU in the Meeting
relocation of
the Illegal
settlers

-Assisted the Meetings conducted Letters/Minutes of the

LGU in the Meeting
implementation
of RA 9003 &
RA 9275
3. Request for Water sampling Letter/Result of Water
Water Quality requested Quality Test
Monitoring
  Work and Financial Plan

On October 1, 2019, preparations of notice to vacate & the issuance within the week.
Illegal settlers are given six (6) months to one year to relocate & vacate the area. All
financial aspects in the relocation and rehabilitation are from the LGU funds.