Country	Philippines
Name of scheme	Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring program
Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)	Marine
What is monitored	Human resource use and marine wildlife
Who compiles data	Community members
Number of community members involved	54 (2003)
Spatial scale. Size of area monitored	74,885 ha divided on nine areas
Methods used	Methods include, e.g., transects and village group discussions
Year of initiation	1995
Funded by	Funded by University of the Philippines’ Center for Integrative and Development Studies and Marine Science Institute, UNDP GEF-Small Grants Programme and the DENR/USAID Coastal Resource Management Project
Documents or publications available	Uychiaoco et al 2001, Uychiaoco et al 2005
Organizers and contact details	Andre J. Uychiaoco, Hazel O. Arceo, Stuart J. Green, Margarita T. De La Cruz, Paulyn A. Gaite and Porfirio M. Aliño Andre J. Uychiaoco: The Marine Science Institute, Velasquez St., University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines.
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