Acknowledgements

SM Lite is a product of the Project, “Protection and Rehabilitation of Coastal Ecosystems for an Improved Climate Change Adaptation in the Philippines as a Contribution to the Coral Triangle Initiative” (ACCCoast), and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) under the framework of its International Climate Protection Initiative. The Project is managed by GIZ in close cooperation with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB, formerly the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau or PAWB). The Project’s main partner to raise community awareness through social marketing and to engage communities in the management of MPAs is Rare, a U.S.-based conservation NGO. ACCCoast started in January 2011 and terminates in June 2014.

This knowledge product would like to acknowledge the contributions and support of GIZ’s Environment and Rural Development Program and its Integrated Coastal Management Component and advisors, namely Mary Ann Tercero, Andrea Leonor Barcelona, Terence Dacles, Aimee Sobrevega and Rudolph dela Cruz; the organization of Rare, especially Rocky Sanchez Tirona, May Blanco and Joy Jakosalem-Balane; our government partners from the city/municipal and provinces in Regions 6, 8 and 10, and the following inter-LGU alliances and members namely from the: the Alliance of Local Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Development Council (ALFARMDC), Pacific Alliance of LGUs for Marine Development Council (PALMDevC), Central Negros Council for Coastal Resources Development (CENECCORD), Macalajar Bay Development Alliance (MBDA), Sagay City, Cadiz City, Museo Sang Bata ng Negros and the Southern Negros Coastal Development Management Council (SNCDMC); our academe partner, namely, Xavier University-Cagayan de Oro.