PROJECT TITLE:

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PROJECT TITLE Mangrove Reforestation Using Al
Khalifa Principles with Livelihood Projects for
Illegal Mangrove Cutters PROPONENT DINAS,
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
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Background Information

• Dinas is a 4th class municipality
• Situated along Illana Bay, a marine key
  biodiversity area
• Population of 33, 738
• Massive aquaculture in the 1970s and on-going
  rampant illegal cutting degraded the vast
  mangrove forests
• LGU issued Municipal Ordinance No. 2009- 04
  adopting the concepts and principles of
  Al-Khalifa in local environmental management

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• Al Khalifa (The Steward)
• Source book prepared through the assistance of
  the DENR-USAIDs Philippine Environmental
  Governance Project 2 (ECOGOV2 )
• Emphasizes on what every Muslim needs to know
  about his role in environmental governance as
  informed by the teachings of Islam
• Highlights the dichotomy of halal and haram
  or the dos and donts or the lawful and
  unlawful. A strong ethical code of conduct of
  Islam.

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Project Cost, Duration and Proposed Funding
Sources

• Project Cost PhP 2,000,000
• Proposed Fund Sources
• 25 Municipal Govt. Counterpart PhP500,000
• - 75 Outside Financing PhP1,500,000
• Duration 3 Years (2010-2013

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PROJECT OBJECTIVES
To improve the biophysical condition and
biodiversity of the 25 hectares denuded mangrove
and to develop it into an eco-tourism park in
3-year time.
GENERAL
SPECIFIC

• To plant 250, 000 (10,000 per hectares) seedlings
  of mangrove species in the 25.0 has denuded
  mangrove in 2010.
• To construct a 500 m board walk within the 25.0
  has mangrove with 5 watching stations at interval
  of 100 m.

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3. To provide financial (loan) assistance to the
130 Muslim family beneficiaries to be used as
capital for alternative livelihood 4. To provide
continuing environmental education to 130
Muslim family heads using the Al Khalifa 5. To
augment local revenues by at least 1 in 2013
through the eco-tourism park.
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PROJECT LOCATION AND IMPLEMENTOR
The project is located in barangay Nian and
shall be implemented by the Municipal Economic
Enterprise and Development Office (MEEDO) of the
Municipal Government of Dinas.
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TARGET BENEFICIARIES AND MARKET

• The primary target beneficiaries of the project
  shall be the 130 Muslim fisherfolks that shall be
  provided alternative livelihood financial
  assistance
• The target market for the ecotourism component
  are both local and non-local tourists
• Other residents of the municipality and fishers
  of neighboring LGUs in Illana Bay will also
  benefit from improved marine productivity

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INCOME STATEMENTS
PROJECTED CASH INFLOW
Note The amount of Php 1, 500, 000 grant/loan
plus Php 60, 000 to be taken from the equity
shall be the total amount for relending to the
130 target beneficiaries at Php 12, 000 per
beneficiary for livelihood projects with interest
rate of 12 per annum and same fund shall be
relent on the 2nd and 3rd year to the same
beneficiaries
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CASH OUTFLOW
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Revenues
Return on Investments (ROI)

Investment
2, 375, 727.79

2, 188, 121.33
1.08
ROI
All the funds for this project shall be treated
as trust fund and shall be deposited in a
government bank under the trust account of the
Municipal Government.
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RISK ASSESSMENT and MITIGATION

• Risk from possible default in loan repayments
  by the 130 borrower families
• - can be mitigated through close supervision
  and monitoring of livelihood projects by the
  Municipal Agriculture Office and the Municipal
  Economic Enterprise Development Office.
• Pollution-related risk because of influx of
  visitors
• - this can be mitigated through the
  Environmental Management Division of the Office
  of the Mayor.

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PROJECT MULTIPLIERS

• Enhancement of environmental services through
  effective conservation and management.
• Contribution on the global efforts to reduce
  greenhouse gas emissions through increase forest
  cover by reforestation.
• Creation of jobs in eco-tourism park and
  livelihood projects.
• Target families-beneficiaries have the
  opportunity to uplift their economic condition
  through cooperativism.
• Enhancement of local tax revenues through the
  eco-tourism park and increase production through
  livelihood projects financing.