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Introduced by Senator Loren B. Legarda
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COASTAL GREENBELT ZONES 
AND THE NATIONAL COASTAL GREENBELT MANAGEMENT 
ACTION PLAN, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Coastal greenbelts refer to strips of natural or artificially created coastal 
vegetation stretching at least up to 1.5 meters above mean sea level towards the land 
and up to 1.5 meters below mean sea level towards the ocean. Ecosystems, such as 
mangrove forests, beach forests, and seagrass beds, serve as natural barriers against 
storm surges and coastal erosion, therefore mitigating the adverse impacts of natural 
coastal hazards on human lives and property. They also serve other functions, such 
as habitats for commercially important fishes and as carbon sinks to mitigate climate 
change.
For many coastal communities, mangrove forests provide livelihoods, essential 
sources of protein, and coastal protection and resiHency, amid the climate crisis we 
face. Conservation and restoration of coral reefs and seagrass beds also add protection 
against strong waves. In fact, residents of small islands in Siargao were saved by the 
mangrove forest in the municipcdity of Del Carmen as Supertyphoon Odette wreaked


havoc on the province last December 16, 2021.1 This shows that developing coastal 
greenbelts can enhance disaster risk reduction measures up to the local level.
Compelling evidence also suggests that mangroves play an important role in 
climate stabilization, possessing carbon storage and sequestration potential 
considered to be greater than that of tropical forests. The Phihppines is estimated to 
have a total of 509,701,906 metric tons of blue carbon stored in mangroves, a fact 
largely unappreciated by decision-makers.
Despite their critical role in disaster risk reduction and climate change 
mitigation and adaptation, coastal greenbelts in the Philippines remain at risk of 
destruction, with mangrove forests as one of the most severely threatened and 
undervalued ecosystems. According to a study conducted in 2018, the Philippines has 
an estimated three hundred fifty-six thousand (356,000) hectares of mangrove forests.^ 
Since 1918, the Philippines has lost about three-fourths of its mangroves owing to a 
continual deforestation rate of almost 2,000-3,000 hectares every year.3
Among the numerous threats to coastal greenbelts, including land 
development and reclamation, pollution, deforestation, and illegal conversion, the 
conversion of mangrove forests to fishponds for aquaculture is the most rampant. 
Currently, the State, through the Department of the Environment and Natural 
Resources and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, is not able to 
implement its mandate for the reversion of abandoned, undeveloped, and
underutilized fishponds because there exists a lack of data sharing and collaboration 
amongst the concerned agencies.
Clearly, mangroves hold tremendous significance, especially for biodiversity 
conservation, chmate mitigation and resiliency, and disaster risk reduction and
1 https://opinion.inquirer.net/148213/build-coastal-greenbelts
2 Gevana, D., Camacho, L. & Pulhin, J. (2018). Conserving mangroves for their blue carbon: Insights and 
prospects for community-based mangrove management in Southeast Asia. In Makowski C Finkl C (Eds )
1 hreats to Mangrove Forests (pp. 579-588). Springer Nature. 
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Nesperos, V., Villanuwa, C., Garcia, J., & Gevana, D. (2021). Assessment of blue carbon stock of mangrove 
vegetation in Infanta, Quezon, Philippines. In Ecosystems and Development Journal (pp. 48-60).


management. However, the management of mangroves at both the local and national 
levels face a multitude of challenges. Hence, we need to create and implement science- 
based policies for the restoration and regeneration of mangroves.
Institutionalizing coastal greenbelt zones is a nature-based solution that will 
provide the protection and resiliency of our natural life support systems and our 
people and ensure coordination and collaboration amongst agencies, which are 
urgently needed if we are to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change and 
mainstream sustainable development for all.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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S. No. 1117
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Introduced by Senator Loren B. Legarda
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL COASTAL GREENBELT ZONES 
AND THE NATIONAL COASTAL GREENBELT MANAGEMENT 
ACTION PLAN, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section. 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "National Coastal 
Greenbelt Act of2022".
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby the declared policy of the State:
(a) To uphold the people's constitutional right to a healthful and balanced 
ecology;
(b) To recognize that climate change and disaster risk reduction and 
management are closely interrelated, and effective disaster risk 
reduction will enhance climate change adaptive capacity;
(c) Fo mainstream the important contribution of mangroves and beach 
forest species in reducing the impacts of climate change and mitigate the 
adverse impacts of natural coastal hazards on human lives and 
property;
(d) To integrate, consolidate and institutionahze coastal greenbelt 
framework strategy and action plans into all development plans, 
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government, local government, business, non-government 
organizations, local communities, and the public in general;
(e) To develop and implement a coherent, comprehensive, integrated, 
efficient National Coastal Greenbelt Management Action Plan that aims 
to reduce our vulnerability to climate change and disaster risks, enhance 
adaptive capacity and build national and local resilience to climate 
change-related disasters;
(f) To enjoin the participation of national and local governments, 
businesses, nongovernment organizations, local communities, and the 
pubHc in the development, implementation, monitoring, and 
assessment of plans, programs, and activities to prevent and reduce the 
adverse impacts of climate change through the estabhshment of coastal 
greenbelt zones; and
(g) To adopt the precautionary principle in the planning, conseivation, 
rehabilitation, and management of coastal greenbelt zones.
Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms and phrases 
shall mean as follows:
(a) Coastal Greenbelt Zone refers to specific strips of natural or artificially 
created coastal vegetation, stretching at least one hundred (100) meters 
in wddth from the sea towards land, primarily of mangrove and beach 
forest species, designed to prevent coastal erosion, and mitigate the 
adverse impacts of natural coastal hazards on human lives and 
property.
(b) Coastal Zone refers to a band of dry land and adjacent ocean space (water 
and submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and uses duectly 
affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa. Its geographic extent 
may include areas within a landmark limit of one (1) kilometer from the 
shoreline at high tide to include mangrove swamps, brackish water 
ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine rivers, sandy beaches, and other areas 
within a sea ward Hmit of two hundred (200) meters isobath to include 
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(c) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) refer to non-State actors whose aims 
are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power, but to unite 
people to advance shared goals and interests. Their right to participate 
at all levels of decision-making is guaranteed by the Constitution and 
they have a significant role in pubHc Hfe, expressing the interests and 
values of their members or others, are based on ethical, cultural, 
scientific, environmental, human rights, reHgious or philanthropic 
considerations. CSOs may include nongovernment organizations 
(NGOs), professional associations, foundations, independent research 
institutes, community-based organizations, and social movements, 
whether local, national, or international.
(d) Designated areas refer to site-specific stretches of vegetation in the coastal 
zone, defined in relation to risk factors and vulnerabihty to coastal 
hazards and reserved for protection and maintenance under the 
National Coastal Greenbelt Management Action Plan. The area may 
undergo rehabihtation, reforestation, or afforestation with locally 
appropriate native species. Designated areas with abandoned fishponds 
require the reversion of these fishponds to mangroves through natural 
regeneration or replantmg with locally and ecologically appropriate 
species;
(e) Fisher folk Settlement Areas refer to certain areas of the public domain, 
specifically near the fishing grounds, granted to or reserved for the 
settlement of municipal fisherfolks;
(f) Integrated Coastal Zone Management refers to an effective approach to 
sustainable coastal and marine development with demonsUated 
benefits in enlrancing economic growth, ecosystem protection, 
promotion of social equity, and the quality of Hfe of the people;
(g) Mangroves refer to a community of intertidal plants in the tropics and 
subtropics including all species of trees, shrubs, vines and herbs 
growing along tidal mudflats and shaUow water coastal areas extending 
inland along rivers, streams and their tributaries where the water is 
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(h) National Coastal Greenhelt Management Action Plan (NCGMAP) refers to
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the operation plan that shall serve as the guide for the Local Coastal
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Greenhelt Management Action Plan; and
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(i) Local Coastal Greenhelt Management Action Plan (LGCMAP) refers to the
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local action plan of the coastal local governments that shall be based on
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the NCGMAP. It shall contain the specific goals and targets for the
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implementation of the program set in the NCGMAP.
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Sec. 4. Establishment of the National Technical Advisor}/ Committee on Coastal
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Greenhelt Zones. - A National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Coastal
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Greenhelt Zones is hereby established, which shall be an attached agency of the
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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The Committee shaU be composed of seven (7) members, consisting of:
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(a) Secretary of the DENR, who shall act as tire Chairperson;
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(b) Secretary of the Climate Change Commission (CCC), who shall act as
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the Secretariat;
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(c) Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG);
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(d) Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR);
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(e) Two (2) Executive Members, to be appointed by the Committee; and
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(f) One (1) Consultant, to be appointed by the Committee;
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The Executive Members shall be appointed from the ranks of the academe and
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the scientific community, at least one (1) of whom shall be a woman. An Executive
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Member shall have at least seven (7) years of relevant experience in the field of
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mangrove and beach forest ecosystems, oceanography, or other related discipHnes,
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The Consultant must be a representative from a CSO that demonstrates
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capacity to promote the public interest, with identifiable leadership, membership, and
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structure, and has been actively involved in mangrove research, among other criteria
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The NTAC shall convene within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.
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Sec. 5. Pozoers and Functions of the National Technical Committee on Coastal
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Greenhelt Zones. - The NTAC on Coastal Greenbelt Zones shall have the following
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powers and functions:
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(1) To review existing relevant poHcies and to conduct studies on mangrove
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forests and other coastal resources, and their preservation;
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(2) To prepare a comprehensive and integrated National Coastal Greenbelt
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Management Plan (NCGMAP) for the preservation, reforestation,
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afforestation, and sustainable development of coastal resources;
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(3) To establish the guidelines in identifying the areas to be declared as
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Coastal Greenbelt Zones;
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(4) To identify and delineate the boundaries of Coastal Zones, which shall
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form part of the Coastal Greenbelt Zones;
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(5) To exercise control and supervision over the development and
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implementation of the Local Coastal Greenbelt Management Action
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Plans;
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(6) To provide Local Government Units (LGUs) with instructional training
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modules, technical assistance, and other capacity-building programs
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designed to enhance their competence and proficiency in coastal
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greenbelt protection and management and other nature-based solutions;
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Sec. 6. Creation of National Coastal Greenhelt Management Plan. - The NTAC shall
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prepare a consolidated and integrated National Coastal Greenbelt Management Plan
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(NCGMAP) not later than twelve (12) months horn the effectivity of this Act.
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(a) Spatial representation, or if feasible, quick/rapid inventory of the status
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(b) Assessment of priority areas to be designated as Coastal Greenbelt 
Zones for each coastal province, city, and municipality. The criteria for 
designation of a priority area shall be based on its vulnerability to storm 
surges, waves, tsunamis, and the like. This shall be completed within 
one (1) year from the adoption of the NCGMAP;
(c) Designation as priority areas for Coastal Greenbelt Zones all those that 
are declared as a protected area under the Expanded National 
Integrated Protected Areas System (RepubHc Act No. 11038), a fish 
refuge or sanctuary under the Amended Fisheries Code (RepubHc Act 
No. 10654), or as a local marine protected area as declai^ed by 
municipalities and cities through ordinances. The designation shaU be 
completed within six (6) months from the completion of the assessment. 
The designation shaU be done through the proposal of the appropriate 
agency, municipaHty, or city as may be necessary. No structures shall be 
allowed in the designated area. Designation as a priority area, however, 
shall not affect structures found in fisherfolk settlement areas reserved 
for the settlement of municipal fisherfolks and shall not impair existing 
foreshore leases and other similar agreements: Provided, that grantees 
shaU be tasked to implement the plans and conditions laid down under 
the NCGMAP and LCGMAP;
(d) Operational Plan Part I, or the operational plan for the rehabiUtation, 
reforestation, or afforestation of designated priority coastal greenbelts 
with ecologically appropriate mangrove and beach forest species, not 
less than one hundred (100) meters in width, existing forests or 
plantations greater than the minimum width shall not be reduced. The 
program for rehabilitation, reforestation, or afforestation shall be 
community-based, long-term, and implemented through the 
municipality or city government. The Operation Plan shall indicate that 
the program for rehabilitation, reforestation, and afforestation must 
cover a minimum target area of twenty percent (20%) of the designated 
priority areas in the first five (5) years for maximum protection of the 
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abandoned fishponds to mangroves through natural regeneration or
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replanting with locally appropriate species. The NCGMAP shall
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indicate that the identification and recovery of possession from
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dehnquent fishpond lease agreement holders shall be completed within
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twelve (12) months from the adoption thereof. All fishpond areas to be
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reverted to mangroves shall form part of the minimum target for the
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first year of implementation of the NCGMAP;
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(f) Operational Plan Part III, or the operational plan for the removal of
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illegal structures (such as breakwaters, permanent
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residential/commercial structures, and the like) in the identified
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priority coastal greenbelts. The NCGMAP shall indicate that the
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declaration and notice to persons responsible for the removal of illegal
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structures shall be completed within twelve (12) months from the start
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of rehabihtation, reforestation, or afforestation of these areas shall form
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part of the minimum target for the first year of implementation of the
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(g) Monitoring and evaluation plan, with quantitative and quahtative
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targets consistent with subparagraphs (d), (e), and (f) of this Section,
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appropriate indicators, and reasonable means of verification. The plan
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shall become an integrated part of the NCGMAP and Annual Report to
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the lead in implementing components of the NCGMAP that are relevant to their
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be responsible for convening the NT AC, facilitating public participation
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the expenditure of the appropriation and other pertinent matters under 
Section 9 of this Act;
(b) DENR shall likewise be responsible for Sections 6 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), 
and (f) of this Act in line with existing laws and mandates, and it shall 
provide the NTAC with all the relevant information to aid in the 
monitoring and evaluation of the NCGMAP. In particular, the DENR 
shall identify the designated areas that must be expropriated by the 
government and recommend the expropriation plan to the Committee;
(c) The Chmate Change Commission (CCC) shall assist DENR as 
Secretariat in convening the NTAC and preparing the integrated report 
to Congress. In line with its mandate to facititate capacity building for 
local adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring of climate 
change initiatives in vulnerable communities and areas, CCC shall also 
develop and dehver instructional training modules, technical assistance, 
and other capacity-budding programs designed to enhance the 
competence and proficiency of national and local poHcymakers and 
planners on coastal greenbelt protection and management and other 
nature-based solutions, particularly in the policy development, 
planning, programming, budgeting and implementation thereof;
(d) The Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Fisheries and 
Aquatic Resources (BFAR), shall coordinate with the NTAC for Section 
6(e) above or Operation Plan Part II which provides for the reversion of 
aU abandoned fishponds to mangroves through natural regeneration, 
replanting with locally appropriate species, and implementation of 
fisherfolk settlement program in line with existing laws and mandate, 
and it shall provide the Committee with all relevant information to aid 
in the monitoring and evaluation of the NCGMPA;
(e) The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) through its 
relevant offices, shall, in coordination with CCC, provide technical 
guidance and supervision for provinces, cities, and municipalities to 
establish their local Coastal Greenbelt Zones and develop appropriate 
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appropriate rehabilitation, reforestation, and afforestation programs,
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and monitor and evaluate the implementation of programs and action
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plans by LGUs; and
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(f) The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
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(DHSUD), in coordination with concerned LGUs, shall provide for the
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relocation of the families or individuals who will be affected by the
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designated areas.
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Other implementing agencies that participated in the preparation of the
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NCGMAP shall implement their commitments as provided therein within a period of
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six (6) months. The actions required of implementing agencies are immediately
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executable, based on the agreed NCGMAP, and on their existing mandates, programs,
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and budgets that are aligned with the NCGMAP, without the need of formulating
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implementing guidelines, rules, and regulations for this Act.
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Sec. 8. Establishment of Local Technical Advisory Committee on Coastal Greenbelt
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Zones and Creation of Local Coastal Greenbelt Management Action Plan. - A Local
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Technical Advisory Committee (LTAC) on Coastal Greenbelt Zones shall be
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established in each coastal city and municipality identified as priority Coastal
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Greenbelt Zones in the NCGMAP. The LGUs, through their respective LTACs, shall
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be the frontline agencies in the formulation, planning, and implementation of Local
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Coastal Greenbelt Management Action Plans in their respective areas, consistent with
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the provisions of the Local Government Code and the NCGMAP.
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Each LTAC on Coastal Greenbelt Zones shall be chaired by the Regional
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Executive Director of the DENR, under whose jurisdiction the reservation area is
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located, with the following members: (1) A representative of the Municipal
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Government concerned; (2) A representative from each Baiangay under whose
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territory the reservation area is located; (3) A representative from a CSO; and (2) A
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representative from either the academe or the scientific community.
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The LTAC shall have the following powers and functions:
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(a) Implementation of the mandated actions in the NCGMAP;
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Agencies under Section 7, by providing local data and other
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(c) Implementation of complementary programs to assist local
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communities and local businesses affected by the actions under
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Sections 6 and 7, such as, but not limited to, relocations sites with
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basic services like livelihood and transportation programs, zoning,
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or re-zoning of the priority coastal greenbelt areas, as appropriate,
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(3) To provide an actual inventoiy of affected families in designated areas
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to ensure that a legal, just, fair, and humane process of relocation is
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(4) To lead in the actual implementation of rehabititation, reforestation, and
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afforestation, through the coastal barangays;
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(5) To integrate the identified Coastal Greenbelt Zones in the
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Comprehensive Land-Use Plan;
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relevant;
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activities which would endanger the successful implementation and
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viability of the program; and
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for the LGUs shall, instead of formulating a separate LCGMAP, incorporate their
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plans in their respective Comprehensive Land Use Plans and Annual Investment
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Programs. These Coastal Greenbelt Zones shall be conserved at its natural state.
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its component coastal cities and municipatities and ensure consistency across
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Sec. 9. Incentives. - Local government units (LGUs) whose LCGMAP have been
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submitted and/or approved to DILG and DENR, or those LGUs that have been
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recognized by the DILG and DENR for their effective establishment and/or
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management efforts for coastal greenbelts, may be entitled to receive grants and
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incentives for the purpose of building technical capacities in implementing the
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LCGMAP and supporting programs which are in line with the objectives of this Act.
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Tlie LGUs shall also be entitled to receive instructional training modules, technical
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assistance, and other capacity-building programs designed to enhance their
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competence and proficiency in coastal greenbelt protection and management and
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other nature-based solutions. The incentive program, which shall encourage the
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participation of LGUs in the implementation of this Act, shall be included in the
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NCGMAP.
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Sec. 10. Coastal Greenbelt Incentive Fund. - There is hereby created a special
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account under the General Appropriations Act (GAA) called "'Coastal Greenbelt
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Fund" (CGIF). Ilie fund shall be utilized to pay out the incentives granted to LGUs
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wliich qualify for the CGIF.
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(a) In addition to the penalties provided under existing laws, any person
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who obstructs tire LGU, DENR, or any other authorized agency or officer
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in the removal of illegal structures, or BEAR in the process of reversion
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of abandoned fishponds, shall be liable to that agency for an
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administrative fine of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000.00) per day that
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the agency is prevented from performing its function.
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(b) No structures shall be built within the identified coastal greenbelt zones
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without permits from the LGU, DENR, or BFAR, consistent with their
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mandates. Any person who violates this prohibition shall be liable for
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an administrative fine of Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000.00) per day
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(c) Proceeds from administrative fines under this Section shall be retained 
by the agency imposing such fines and used exclusively for the 
implementation of its mandate under this Act.
(d) Legal actions filed in the exercise of rights and enforcement of 
obligations under this Act shall also be covered by the Fisheries Code, 
as amended by R.A. No. 10654, and the 2010 Supreme Court Rules of 
Procedure for Environmental Cases.
Sec. 12. Annual Report to Congress. - The Key Implementing Agencies 
enumerated in Section 7 of this Act shall report to NTAC on their progress in meeting 
the quantitative and qualitative targets under the NCGMAP for each year. The reports 
shall be consolidated by DENR and CCC, as Chairperson and Secretariat of the 
Committee, respectively, for presentation to the appropriate Committee in Congress 
at a meeting called for that purpose.
Sec. 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, the NTAC shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations 
for the effective implementation of this Act.
Sec. 14, Appropriations. - The relevant government agencies and LGUs shall 
draw from their existing programs and budgets to implement their responsibilities 
under the NCGMAP, and through the People's Survival Fund under R.A. No. 10174, 
where appropriate, subject to additional funding in the annual national 
appropriations, to meet the targets agreed in the NCGMAP.
Sec. 15. Separability Clause. - Should any provision of this Act be declared 
invaUd or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the vahdity of the other 
provisions of this act.
Sec. 16. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations or 
other issuances or parts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
Sec. 17. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
pubhcation in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation.
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