Pacific Environmental Security Forum Proposal for 2020

2020 SOUTHEAST ASIAREGIONAL ENVIRONMENTALSECURITY FORUM

CDR LAZARO ERNESTO VALDEZ JR PCG J.D LLMChief of Staff, National Coast Watch Center

Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines

Andaman SeaArafura SeaBalabac StraitBanda SeaCelebes SeaFlores SeaGulf of TonkinGulf of ThailandJava SeaMalacca StraitMakassar StraitMolucca SeaPhilippine SeaSouth China SeaSulu SeaTimor SeaVisayan Sea

TOTAL SEA SURFACE AREA:

SUPPORTS

COMBINED COASTAL LENGTH:

17 Seas

Andaman SeaArafura SeaBalabac StraitBanda SeaCelebes SeaFlores SeaGulf of TonkinGulf of ThailandJava SeaMalacca StraitMakassar StraitMolucca SeaPhilippine SeaSouth China SeaSulu SeaTimor SeaVisayan Sea

17 SeasSEA Maritime Domain

is recognized as: the FAUNISTIC CENTRE of the entire Indo-Pacific

a GLOBAL MARINE BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT

GLOBAL HOTSPOT for coral reefs

80% of the world’s hard corals

60% of mangrove species

50% of seagrassspecies

Andaman SeaArafura SeaBalabac StraitBanda SeaCelebes SeaFlores SeaGulf of TonkinGulf of ThailandJava SeaMalacca StraitMakassar StraitMolucca SeaPhilippine SeaSouth China SeaSulu SeaTimor SeaVisayan Sea

17 Seasvery rich and important

INCOME SOURCE and RESOURCE FOR SEAFOOD

e.g. South China Sea

over 3 million peopleper day rely on fishing for their main

income sources

<> 300 million peopledependent on the SCS for nutrition

and socioeconomic well-being

mid-1960SFAST-EXPANDING

POPULATIONRAPID ECONOMIC

GROWTH

Major CAUSES of Marine Environmental Degradation

HUMAN ACTIVITIES/ ANTHROPOGENIC

PRESSURES1NATURAL PHENOMENON 2

CLIMATE CHANGE3

“MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL

ACTIVISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA”

Environmental ActivismMarine Environmental Concerns in SEAMarine Environmental Activism in SEAFuture of Marine Environmental Activism in SEA

THANK YOUAND

MABUHAY!!!