The MPA database started out as a project to document the management of marine protected areas in the Visayas region. Its main activity was to document and record the management status of local and nationally managed MPAs. A rating system was utilized by CCEF so that MPA management committees are guided in improving the management of these sites. With a recent funding from the UNICO Conservation Foundation, the important work of supporting hundreds of MPAs scattered mainly in Visayas is continued.

MPA Listing

Titlesort descending Established Area Barangay LGU Province
Balicasag Island Fish Sanctuary 1998 3.4 Balicasag Island Panglao Bohol
Balingasay Marine Sanctuary 1999 14.7 Balingasay Bolinao Pangasinan
Balud-Consolacion Marine Park and Sanctuary 2002 12.0 Balud Dalaguete Cebu
Ban-ao Marine Protected Area 2007 10.0 Ban-ao Baganga Davao Oriental
Banban Fishery Refuge and Sanctuary 2001 9.0 Banban Dimiao Bohol
Banban-Luyang Marine Sanctuary 2006 10.0 Banban Siquijor Siquijor
Banbanan Marine Reserve 2003 12.4 Banbanan Dapitan City Zamboanga del Norte
Bancal Bay Fish Sanctuary 1996 5.0 Carles Iloilo
Bancasan Marine and Fish Sanctuary 2002 15.2 Bancasan San Remegio Cebu
Bangaan Marine Sanctuary 2005 880.0 Bangaan Tungawan Zamboanga Sibugay
Bani Marine Protected Area 2006 50.0 Bani Masinloc Zambales
Banilad Marine Protected Area 2001 75.5 Banilad Dumaguete City Negros Oriental
Bantayan Integrated Marine Park and Sanctuary 1996 345.0 Bantayan Cebu
Bantigue Marine Sanctuary 1999 10.0 Bantigue Bantayan Cebu
Bantigue-Luyang Marine Sanctuary 1999 20.0 Bantigue Carmen Cebu
Baobaon Fish and Marine Sanctuary 2003 30.0 Panalsalan Plaridel Misamis Occidental
Baod Marine Sanctuary 2002 20.5 Baod Bantayan Cebu
Barangay Combo Marine Sanctuary 2006 22.0 Combo Labangan Zamboanga del Sur
Barangay Suba Marine Sanctuary 2004 19.9 Suba Anda Bohol
Barili Marine Sanctuary 2001 15.9 Barili Cebu
Basdacu Fish Refuge and Sanctuary 2001 16.0 Basdacu Loon Bohol
Basdio Marine Sanctuary 2001 20.7 Basdio Guindulman Bohol
Basdiot Fish Sanctuary 1988 4.2 Basdiot Moalboal Cebu
Basiao Marine Sanctuary 2005 28.2 Basiao Pres. Carlos P Garcia Bohol
Batalang-Bato Fish Sanctuary 2002 2.5 Pulang Buli Tingloy Batangas

Pages

Number of MPAs in the database: 93

Publications

Dygico M, Songco A, White A, Green SJ.  2013.  Achieving MPA effectiveness through application of responsive governance incentives in the Tubbataha reefs. Marine Policy.
Maypa A, White A, Cañares E, Martinez R, Eisma-Osorio R-L, Aliño P, Apistar D.  2012.  Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness: Progress and Lessons in the Philippines. Coastal Management. 40(5):14.