2FM6 PLATA STSAREA ROMBLON by JOHN AUSTIN PLATA https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o Romblon is an archipelago province of the Philippines. It is located in the middle of the small Sibuyan Sea which separates Luzon from the Visayas. en-us 2021-05-09 14:47:55 UTC 2026-02-12 18:39:10 UTC hello@padlet.com OFFICIAL SEAL johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506513693 ROMBLON]]> 2021-05-09 15:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506513693 HISTORY johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506521963 The Spanish arrived in Romblon in 1569 led by conquistador Martin de Goiti who was dispatched by Miguel López de Legazpi to explore the western and northern portion of the Visayas region including Romblon and Mindoro.]]> 2021-05-09 15:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506521963 MAP johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506524575 2021-05-09 15:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506524575 DEMOGRAPHIC johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506527215
  • Population: 292,781 persons
  • Male to Female Ratio: 50.6 percent males and 49.4 percent females
  • Number of household: 68,362
  • Average household size: 4.3

    • SOURCE: 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015)



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506527215     GEOGRAPHIC johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506529014 Romblon province is located in MIMAROPA Region.

    It is situated in the Sibuyan Sea and forms the link between the Tagalog-speaking Region IV and Visayan-speaking Region V. 


    GROUP'S MAIN ISLAND: (largest and populated areas)
    Tablas
    Romblon
    Sibuyan

    Islands are surrounded by Sibuyan Sea (north, east, south)

    Tablas Strait separates islands from Mindoro



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506529014     17 municipalities and 219 barangays. johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506531431 2021-05-09 15:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506531431 WEATHER johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506532809 Romblon does not experience a pronounced a marked seasonal shift, but is relatively dry from November to April.]]> 2021-05-09 15:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506532809 ECONOMY: The Marble Capital of the Philippines johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506534733
  • Romblon is the center of trade routes linking Luzon and Visayas
  • Perfect for sea freight distribution
  • A market of Western Visayas and Southeren Tagalog
  • Famous for marble, kaolin clay, nickel, magnetism, quartz, silica, and zinc, copper, silver, limestone, and sulfide ores
  • Water resources: tuna, grouper and fish species
  • Forest: timber and forest products such as rattan, buri, and nito. 
  • Local food: Rice, coconuts, abaca and bananas 
  • Investment: infrastructure support
  • telecommunications, power generation, better sea and air transport facilities
  • Huge potential in seaweed farming, open sea fish culture and tree farming.
  • Tourism: natural attractions such as the formidable Mt. Guiting-Guiting, Tinagong Dagat in Calatrava and the hotsprings of Corcuera and Banton
    • ]]>     2021-05-09 15:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506534733     PROBLEMS johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506538057 According to Engr. Raymund G. Inocencio, an Environmental Management Specialist II, the problems found in Romblon are:


    1. the lack of sustainable/alternative livelihood; 
    2. the lack of health services; 
    3. inadequate solid waste management systems;
    4. the lack of potable water system; 
    5. low compliance in fishery and other related environmental laws/policies; 
    6. resource-use conflicts in fishing, reclamation, tourism, and settlement; 
    7. lack of social and environmental awareness; 
    8. limited government and other institutional support systems.



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506538057     SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506543267 2021-05-09 15:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506543267 TWO MAIN PROBLEMS SELECTED johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506544762
  • the lack of sustainable/alternative livelihood
  • Resource-use conflicts in fishing, reclamation, tourism, and settlement

    • ]]>     2021-05-09 15:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506544762     Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable United Nations johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506547408 The lack of sustainable/alternative livelihood



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506547408     Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources United Nations johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506549018 Resource-use conflicts in fishing, reclamation, tourism, and settlement]]> 2021-05-09 15:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506549018 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506550787 The province’s large coastal area and municipal waters abound in marine resources. 

    The main source of their income is in the coastal communities such as fishing and fish trading.

    The fishing grounds of Romblon include migratory paths of fishes from the Sulu
    and the Visayan Seas via the Tablas Strait, the Sibuyan Sea, and the Romblon Pass.



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506550787     SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506556897
  • The Overfishing in Romblon led to the local extinction of the Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), a highly valued fish in the Philippines. 
  • Compressor fishing became a common practice, which is illegal
  • There were a lot of boats and sedimentations
  • There were no waste management observed by the operators of small-scale quarry
  • During 2005 to 2006, Acanthaster Planci, a starfish species, overpopulated the waters surrounding Romblon Island and destroyed Romblon's healthy coral reefs.
    • ]]>     2021-05-09 15:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506556897     TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506559602 SIKAT conducted an underwater resource assessment of the benthic environment using a line-intersect sampling method, wherein large populations of Crown-of-Thorns sea stars were observed
    Community resource management plan that incorporated the collection of A. planci.  

    Lan-Ag Challenge
    Advantage: this method was helpful in observing Crown-of-Thorns sea stars
    Disadvantage: the survey documented the coral cover, however, so a rigorous quantification of the A. planci population did not emerge. 

    Community Resource Management Plan
    Advantage: the communities were able to identify the problems itself; thus, they were able to participate in solving the problem.
    It provided funds to enable the mass collection of the species in 2/3 of Romblon's coastal villages.

    Lan-Ag Challenge
    Paying of Two Pesos per COTS to encourage people in collecting the species
    Helped fund the solution for the ongoing problem
    This taught people about the ecology and natural history of COTS
    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506559602     WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506565062 It is important to focus on the Romblon's main source of food and livelihood, which is both the land and the sea.

    The main source of their income is in the coastal communities such as fishing and fish trading.

    Mangroves are one of their important resource that provides nursery grounds, shelter and food

    for fish and other sea creatures. This also protect the coastal communities from storm surges and reduces erosion.

    Mangroves are Romblon's source of many different resources such as charcoal, timber, honey, traditional medicines, and housing materials.
    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506565062     TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506566301 1. Mangrove Restoration through Food for Work/ Cash for Work 
    2. Provincial Mangrove Nursery 
    3. Coastal Resources Management Program – Mangrove Rehabilitation 
    4. National Greening Program – Mangrove Rehabilitation 
    5. Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project



    ]]>     2021-05-09 15:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506566301     ROMBLON STATE UNIVERSITY johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506569396 2021-05-09 15:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506569396 CARABAO ISLAND johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506572366 2021-05-09 15:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506572366 LOOC BAY johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506577251 2021-05-09 15:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506577251 MOUNT GUITING GUITING johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506578563 2021-05-09 15:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506578563 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE johnaustinplatacomm https://padlet.com/johnaustinplatacomm/n55zy6vsff7zt2o/wish/1506620388 Degradation of Mangrove Forest: Emerging threats from anthropogenic and natural causes

    These threats are:
    1. global warming and sea level rise; 
    2. cutting of mangrove forests and grazing of goats; 
    3. illegal construction of fishponds; 
    4. human settlements/reclamation; 
    5. unregulated tourism development; 
    6. presence of plastic trashes and other wastes; 
    7. illegal beach quarrying; 
    8. weak institutional support systems;
    9. the absence of well-organized coastal law enforcement team 



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