Jacob F. Meimban , Jr. Executive Director DENR-PAWB Coastal and Marine Management Office

1. Jacob F. Meimban, Jr. Executive Director DENR-PAWB Coastal and Marine Management Office

2. ICC in the Philippines • The Philippines joined the ICC in 1994 with the International Maritime Alliance (IMA) as the country coordinator and since then, the country consistently topped in the ICC, in terms of volunteer turnout, and has been recognized as “the cleanup capital of the world”. • In 2003, the third Saturday of September of each year was declared as the International Coastal Clean-up Day in the Philippines through Presidential Proclamation No. 470

3. ICC Philippine Participation 1994-2012

4. Objectives • To remove trash/debris from beaches and waterways • To increase awareness on the extent of the marine debris problem • To popularize the concept of waste management • To promote a clean, healthy and sustainable coastal environment • To change behaviors that cause pollution

5. 2012 Top Ten ParticipatingCountries/Region

6. 2012 ICC Philippine Results Summary

7. 143,946 people 834.6 km 1,342,961 kg

8. No. of Volunteers by Cleanup Type Underwater 300 Shoreline/Beach 135,637 Inland Waterways 8,009

9. 2012 Top Ten Debris Items

10. 2013 ICC PhilippinesDetails and Initial Results(National Level only)

11. Locations Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area

12. Locations Shores of the Manila Bay along the Roxas Boulevard stretch in Manila

13. Participants • Around 7,500 volunteers participated in the 2 national Cleanup sites in the Philippines on 21 September 2013 amidst the landfall of Typhoon Usagi

14. Garbage Collected • From a total of 5-kilometer coastline, around 25 trucks of trash were collected, equivalent to 625 tons or 1,250,000 lbs.

15. Other Details • Summary of Data Collected from all over the Philippines is still being processed • Due for submission before the end of 2013 to the Ocean Conservancy

16. Philippine Initiative to Prevent/Manage Marine Litter • The Sustainable Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Program (SCREMP)is a national program that conducts a strategic, sustainable and ecosystem-based approach in protecting and rehabilitating the coral reefs of the Philippines and addressing continuing threats, such as, coastal development, marine-based pollution, sedimentation, over- and destructive fishing.

17. Philippine Initiative to Prevent/Manage Marine Litter • The National Integrated Coastal Management Program (NICMP) adopts ICM as a national strategy following the framework for Sustainable Development of Coastal Areas and covers five main aspects of sustainable development, one of which is, pollution reduction and waste management. ICM Scaling-up Target #3 Advance water supply conservation & management and pollution reduction & waste management through ICM programs in priority coastal and watershed areas

18. Philippine Initiative to Prevent/Manage Marine Litter • Adopted during the IGR-3 Meeting on January 25-27, 2013 in Manila, Philippines, the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities focuses on finding “innovative solutions and initiatives to the problem of marine litter, including by sharing best practices, technical information about capacity-building and legal, policy, community-based, economic and market-based means of preventing, reducing and managing marine litter, and working to establish a global partnership on marine litter.”

19. Thank you!