Palawan

Project/Location
The Sustainable Environmental
Management Programme (SEMP) in
Northern Palawan, Philippines
seeks to conserve the precious
environment and natural resources
and provide alternative income
methods through environmentally
sustainable tourism for host
communities. The project areas are
Busuanga, El Nido, Coron, Culion
and Taytay. An initial plan funded
by JICA was prepared to provide a
framework for tourism
development. The SEMP has
implemented many of the initiatives
in the JICA plan together with many
newly identified projects.

Project Description
The programme included three
components:

1. Environmental Management
System Strengthening

2. Soil Erosion Protection dealing
with the rehabilitation of the
Taytay-El Nido road

3.Tourism Development Programme

The third component involved the
preparation of a series of plans and
programmes for the effective
implementation and management of
tourism in the project areas
together with the establishment of
standards, guidelines and
regulations for environmentally
sustainable development