Background

Lanuza Bay Development Alliance is an alliance of 7 municipalities, located in the northern part of the province of Surigao del Sur, binded together, pursuing a sustainable use of their natural resources, advocating people's participation in the course of its journey towards sustainable development and fight against poverty.

In the year 2000, thru the assistance of Philippine-Canada-Local Government Support System (PC-LGSP), until June of 2004, the Alliance have undergone several stages and levels of processes of capability building including agreements which lead to the finalization of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), Manual of Operation (ManOps) and Uniform Fishery Ordinance (UFO).

Upon establishment of the Program Management Office on August 25,2004 until to date, the Alliance member Municipalities enforces the Uniform Fishery Ordinance that signaled its seriousness to project the entire Alliance, particularly Fisheries Management assisted by Fisheries Improved for Sustainable Harvest (FISH Project) implemented by DA-BFAR funded by USAID and managed by Tetra Tech EM, Incorporated. Other CRM activities such as, Coastal Zoning, Mangrove Management and Foreshore Land Management is facilitated thru the technical assistance from German Development Service (GED) starting 2006 and is now on-going.

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