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The vanishing coral of Bohol
« on: June 26, 2007, 10:37:47 PM »
by GREEN LEAF of AUSTRALIA
18 November 1992

The main island group of the Philippines is the Visayas. The major islands are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Panay, Romblon, Samar and Siquijor. Andrew Garton interviewed Maria Socorro, a community lawyer from PROCESS (Participatory Research, Organisation of Communities and Education Towards Struggle For Self-reliance), Bohol, and discovered the popular tourist retreat is far from paradise.

Bohol, known for its “Chocolate Hills” and the smallest monkey in the world, the rare tarsier monkey, has lost 95% of its coral reefs in less than 40 years. Silt from the heavy deforestation of the island, cyanide fishing, blast fishing and the encroachment of large private fishing boats have all contributed to the death of Bohol's coral.

The waters are policed to prevent those without permits from fishing in the restricted regions. Many local fisherfolk, as they are commonly known, cannot afford the permits but continue to fish “illegally”, under constant threat of harassment, fines and often violence.

But even the private fishing vessels that enter these waters do so illegally and often bribe the local constabulary. These boats are owned by millionaires, generals, businessmen and government officials. Their boats are heavily armed and carry the most sophisticated radar equipment to find their catch, often at the expense of the local fisherfolk who must subsist from fishing, and have been doing so for centuries.

These boats often dredge the ocean floor. This destroys the coral, which can take up to 50 years to rejuvenate.

Blast fishing is taken up by some of the local fisherfolk frustrated by dwindling stocks and the restrictions imposed on them. This method enables them to haul in a reasonably sized catch for very little effort in a short space of time.

Cyanide fishing is more harmful to the coral than blasting. Cyanide, released from small capsules, temporarily stuns the fish. The coral is killed instantly. On release, the cyanide turns the reef black. At least with blasting, the coral is “redistributed” across the ocean floor and gets a another chance.

In a recent incident between local fisherfolk and a private fishing boat, one of the locals had been shot. He was later paid 21,000 pesos to keep quiet. The wounding kept him from feeding his family for over a fortnight, so he accepted the bribe.

The shooting occurred in May, when there was an embargo on

weapons because of the national elections. Local community workers are charging the owner of the vessel for bribery, entering municipal waters and carrying firearms during the embargo. The local police chief has been implicated as an accessory.

Maria Socorro spoke of some disturbing health problems on the islands around Bohol. Water-related epidemics strike the islands during the months of June, July and August.

Worst hit are the children. At least three die each day. The heat depletes fresh water, so the islanders must drink bottled water from the mainland, the quality of which is questionable.

There are no communal toilets. The islanders take to the shore, where they cover their excrement with sand. Pigs and chickens roam around the shore line accompanied by thousands of flies. There are no doctors; locals cannot afford the high salaries they demand.

Recently, questions have been raised about the handling of funds for the Bohol Water and Sanitation Project. Reports produced by the local government reveal a “ghost project”. In the original program, funded by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB), the local government was to provide water pumps, concrete and labour to install them; AIDAB was to provide pipes from Australia. The report indicated that pumps were purchased and distributed. A physical inspection of the proposed sites revealed that no pumps had been delivered. With funds now spent and the reporting complete, it has been difficult for local NGOs to get further funding, though there is talk of a German agency offering support for the project.

One of the main concerns around funding of such initiatives is that there is no allocation of resources for training. The funds are normally provided to establish organisations to administer the project but not to train personnel or initiate the project itself. It becomes, as Maria called it, a “ghost project” where there is an “infrastructure” but no productivity.

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2007, 01:55:39 AM »
Further to this, we have a rare variety of coral found only in Bohol and we can not afford to loose it.

Even our sea grass, which we refer locally as "lusay" and sometimes considered an annoyance to some is very rare. They can only be found in some parts of the barrier reef in Australia, some parts in Indonesia, Palawan and in Bohol. Now, barrier reef biologists are conducting studies on how to propagate these sea grass as it will shelter marine life and is a good source of oxygen. 

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2007, 02:07:05 AM »
kusog man gihapon dynamite fishing sa bohol unya kusog sad kaayo ilang mga fishing boat di madakpan sa mga coastguard...

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2007, 02:02:07 PM »
sa amoa naa man sanctuary nya kun molapas ka dakpon :)

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 12:31:26 AM »
lami kaayo ipanangat sa sulod sa fish sanctuary!

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2007, 11:02:12 AM »

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« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2007, 11:14:47 AM »
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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2007, 12:51:25 PM »
speedboat la'y gamita para kung naay mananakop dali ra ka kapasutoy og dagan :D

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2007, 10:59:28 PM »
unsaon pagdakop nako if ako ra sad ang nagbantay sa fish sanctuary?

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2007, 02:08:55 AM »
wow speaking of fish sanctuary...in my own opinion..usa lang kine  kahulagway kung unsa kadunot ang systema sa atong pangagamhanan. Ultimo dagat nga unta walay ni bisan kinsa nga manag iya niana kay kana mugna man unta sa kinaiyahan para sa tanan apan sa ilang kahakog gikural ang atong kadagatan nga ang katawhan igo nalang sa pagpangidhat sa mga isda. Kay kuno ang ilang tumong ipreserba ang mga isda og ang tanang corals niini..apan ang pangutana para asa  man kine og unsa ang ilang tumong niini??maayo unta og ila pang ipanghatag sa mga tawo ang isda og mudaghan na apan para diay kine sa mga langyaw nga mag diving aron kuno anaa pa silay makita nga corals og mga isda..nagpaila lang gyod sila nga ang ilang giserbisyuan ang mga langyaw og katawhang Pilipino igo nalang tawn sa pag tan aw,,,

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2007, 02:43:29 AM »
mao gyud na! maayo unta if kanang isda na gipanganak sa fish sanctuary anha ra sad permanente diha. inig kadagko sa mga isda molangyaw man sad na sa laing lugar aron magpadakop laing dapit! tiaw na, laing tao may nabulahan sa fish santuary!

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2007, 10:14:14 AM »
tinuod gyud na,malooy gyud ko sa mga mananagat sa amoa kay wala na silay kapaingnan.ang pobre samoton gyud pagkapobre..hayyyy,anus-a gyud mausab ang sistema.. >:(

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« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2007, 03:15:18 PM »
hayyyy,anus-a gyud mausab ang sistema.. >:(
dile gyod sayon ang pag usab sa systema kung pipila lang ka tawo ang muhimo niini..kinahanglan ang dakong panag hiusa sa katawhan aron mabungkad ang dunot nga pamaagi sa atong pangagamhanan... ;)

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Re: The vanishing coral of Bohol
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2007, 03:20:32 PM »
dile gyod sayon ang pag usab sa systema kung pipila lang ka tawo ang muhimo niini..kinahanglan ang dakong panag hiusa sa katawhan aron mabungkad ang dunot nga pamaagi sa atong pangagamhanan... ;)

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« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2007, 03:28:27 PM »
ambot lang ganahan man ko musulat og bisaya dire ;D alangan nga murag bisaya man god  tanan ang nisulod dire...maayo nalang mabansay kog estorya og bisaya dire kay kine laging naa ta sa langyaw nga dapit panagsa rata makabungat sa atong pinulungan... ;D

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« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2007, 03:57:41 PM »
dile gyod sayon ang pag usab sa systema kung pipila lang ka tawo ang muhimo niini..kinahanglan ang dakong panag hiusa sa katawhan aron mabungkad ang dunot nga pamaagi sa atong pangagamhanan...

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« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2007, 12:20:54 AM »
mao gyod...kasagaran mahadlok apan kung ikaw apektado na kung unsa kasalbahis ang atong pangagamhanan,mangahas kana gyod sa pagsugal sa imong kaugalingon kinabuhi mo man ang ibuhis...labi na kung ang imong pamilya na mismo ang walay gikaon tungod kay gihikawan kana nga manginabuhi ,dile gyod maikalimod nga muisog ang imong kalamhan og mangahas  ka nga alagaran og hiusahon ang bagang katawhan  aron lumpagon ang dunot nga  systema...

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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2010, 06:40:40 PM »
wow speaking of fish sanctuary...in my own opinion..usa lang kine  kahulagway kung unsa kadunot ang systema sa atong pangagamhanan. Ultimo dagat nga unta walay ni bisan kinsa nga manag iya niana kay kana mugna man unta sa kinaiyahan para sa tanan apan sa ilang kahakog gikural ang atong kadagatan nga ang katawhan igo nalang sa pagpangidhat sa mga isda. Kay kuno ang ilang tumong ipreserba ang mga isda og ang tanang corals niini..apan ang pangutana para asa  man kine og unsa ang ilang tumong niini??maayo unta og ila pang ipanghatag sa mga tawo ang isda og mudaghan na apan para diay kine sa mga langyaw nga mag diving aron kuno anaa pa silay makita nga corals og mga isda..nagpaila lang gyod sila nga ang ilang giserbisyuan ang mga langyaw og katawhang Pilipino igo nalang tawn sa pag tan aw,,,

Mao tong gi interview ang usa ka mayor diha sa lungsod kung kumusta na ang "Peace and Order"
Ang tubag pud ni Mayor: " Aw Aduna may daghan Pis (sa sanctuary)  :( , unja daghan pud jamo ang Order"   ;D ;D ;D


Mao na ang mga katawhan  :P maglaway na lang jud diha sa mga ana-as sulod sa Sanctuary.




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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2010, 06:51:05 PM »
Mao tong gi interview ang usa ka mayor diha sa lungsod kung kumusta na ang "Peace and Order"
Ang tubag pud ni Mayor: " Aw Aduna may daghan Pis (sa sanctuary)  Sad , unja daghan pud jamo ang Order"   Grin Grin Grin

Ang nagbantay sa sanctuary pinangulohan ni mayor , mao ra diay ang nagbaligya sa mga nindot nga isda.

Koracot lang gihapon....,

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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2010, 07:32:28 PM »
Wa nay coral sa atoa? Kumusta kaha diay pud tawon ang discoral...

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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2010, 07:38:35 PM »
Wa nay coral sa atoa? Kumusta kaha diay pud tawon ang discoral...

Disco, discoral ang baylihan nga gikoral, ilawom sa kalubin-an taliwala sa kawayanan  ;D 
Aw vanished na pud Bay Hubs, mauwaw na mga babaje mo lingkod sa taas nga lingkuranan nga pagapili-an lang ang ilahang beauty sa mga hubog nga mga lalaki.   :(

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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2010, 07:52:50 PM »
Disco, discoral ang baylihan nga gikoral, ilawom sa kalubin-an taliwala sa kawayanan  ;D 
Aw vanished na pud Bay Hubs, mauwaw na mga babaje mo lingkod sa taas nga lingkuranan nga pagapili-an lang ang ilahang beauty sa mga hubog nga mga lalaki.   :(

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« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2010, 12:29:36 PM »
Ang mga gagmay nga mananagat diin nagagamit ug hilo usa usab sila sa naka contributes ug kadaot sa corals sa dagat.dunay mogamit ug tubli (vine) para ilang hiluan ang area diin dunay duot nga isda, like "heto" nga naa sa mga langub-langud nagpuyo, patay apil ang mga corals nga maigo sa maong hilo.

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« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2010, 11:12:27 PM »
by GREEN LEAF of AUSTRALIA
18 November 1992

The main island group of the Philippines is the Visayas. The major islands are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Panay, Romblon, Samar and Siquijor. Andrew Garton interviewed Maria Socorro, a community lawyer from PROCESS (Participatory Research, Organisation of Communities and Education Towards Struggle For Self-reliance), Bohol, and discovered the popular tourist retreat is far from paradise.

Bohol, known for its “Chocolate Hills” and the smallest monkey in the world, the rare tarsier monkey, has lost 95% of its coral reefs in less than 40 years. Silt from the heavy deforestation of the island, cyanide fishing, blast fishing and the encroachment of large private fishing boats have all contributed to the death of Bohol's coral.

The waters are policed to prevent those without permits from fishing in the restricted regions. Many local fisherfolk, as they are commonly known, cannot afford the permits but continue to fish “illegally”, under constant threat of harassment, fines and often violence.

But even the private fishing vessels that enter these waters do so illegally and often bribe the local constabulary. These boats are owned by millionaires, generals, businessmen and government officials. Their boats are heavily armed and carry the most sophisticated radar equipment to find their catch, often at the expense of the local fisherfolk who must subsist from fishing, and have been doing so for centuries.

These boats often dredge the ocean floor. This destroys the coral, which can take up to 50 years to rejuvenate.

Blast fishing is taken up by some of the local fisherfolk frustrated by dwindling stocks and the restrictions imposed on them. This method enables them to haul in a reasonably sized catch for very little effort in a short space of time.

Cyanide fishing is more harmful to the coral than blasting. Cyanide, released from small capsules, temporarily stuns the fish. The coral is killed instantly. On release, the cyanide turns the reef black. At least with blasting, the coral is “redistributed” across the ocean floor and gets a another chance.

In a recent incident between local fisherfolk and a private fishing boat, one of the locals had been shot. He was later paid 21,000 pesos to keep quiet. The wounding kept him from feeding his family for over a fortnight, so he accepted the bribe.

The shooting occurred in May, when there was an embargo on

weapons because of the national elections. Local community workers are charging the owner of the vessel for bribery, entering municipal waters and carrying firearms during the embargo. The local police chief has been implicated as an accessory.

Maria Socorro spoke of some disturbing health problems on the islands around Bohol. Water-related epidemics strike the islands during the months of June, July and August.

Worst hit are the children. At least three die each day. The heat depletes fresh water, so the islanders must drink bottled water from the mainland, the quality of which is questionable.

There are no communal toilets. The islanders take to the shore, where they cover their excrement with sand. Pigs and chickens roam around the shore line accompanied by thousands of flies. There are no doctors; locals cannot afford the high salaries they demand.

Recently, questions have been raised about the handling of funds for the Bohol Water and Sanitation Project. Reports produced by the local government reveal a “ghost project”. In the original program, funded by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB), the local government was to provide water pumps, concrete and labour to install them; AIDAB was to provide pipes from Australia. The report indicated that pumps were purchased and distributed. A physical inspection of the proposed sites revealed that no pumps had been delivered. With funds now spent and the reporting complete, it has been difficult for local NGOs to get further funding, though there is talk of a German agency offering support for the project.

One of the main concerns around funding of such initiatives is that there is no allocation of resources for training. The funds are normally provided to establish organisations to administer the project but not to train personnel or initiate the project itself. It becomes, as Maria called it, a “ghost project” where there is an “infrastructure” but no productivity.

I do hope that the corals in and around Bohol are preserved for our aquatic fauna as well as for the benefit for future generations. This article provided a clearer understanding of the situation in Bohol in regards to marine life, thanks for the added information. This was greatly appreciated.

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