Stakeholder analysis for the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) of Barangay Hugom, San Juan, Batangas

Date

2002

Abstract

Barangay Hugom of San Juan, Batangas is a small coastal community devoted to fishing, farming and tourism. It is also the object of various non-governmental organization (NGOs) environmental awareness and conservation interventions. These diverse stakeholders to the coastal zone resources and their respective interests undeniably give rise to conflict. In the context of CZM, it is crucial that the different stakeholder's interests are analyzed for their power relations so that resource managers, or the resource users themselves, can effectively situate themselves to successfully address the different conflicts and issues confronting the stakeholders. The study's general objective is to describe and analyze the power relations among different stakeholders to the CZM of Barangay Hugom, San Juan, Batangas. Specifically, this study aims to (1) to describe the bio-physical and social environments of coastal zone; (2) to identify and describe the key stakeholders to the CZM; and (3) to analyze resource use patterns and power relations among the key stakeholders. The study employed a multiple method design, which explores the complexity of stakeholders - roles, interests and power relations - in the context of CZM. Qualitative research methods and participatory techniques to stakeholder analysis were used. The description of the bio-physical and social environment provided the context for the stakeholders' activities and social relations. An understanding of this context led to the identification of stakeholders and a decription of their interests and network of relations. This study defined stakeholders for CZM as any individual or group who can significantly affect or is affected by the decision-making activities in the CZM of the barangay. The stakeholders were classified as primary, or those directly affected, and secondary, or those who facilitate in the CZM. The primary stakeholders are : the tourism, business operators, concerned landowners, people's organization's, consisting of fishermen, farmers, and mountaineering guides. The secondary stakeholders are : the non-governmental organizations, comprised of Hayuma and the University of the Philippines Mountaineers (UPM), and several local government units.In the analysis of power relations, this study conceptualized CZM power issues to promote the interests of stakeholders. The power issues are the following (1) inequity in the distribution of benefits from and responsibilities for conserving the marine sanctuary, (2) competition among fishermen, (3) conflict over uses of the beach due to the absence of zoning and land use regulations, (4) conflict over use rights to private properties, (5) agroecoutourism development versus waste management, (6) farming and road construction versus siltation and reef degradation. The study operationalized a definition and categorization of stakeholders by examining stakeholder power relations, and by providing the impetus for stakeholder collaboration. It also demonstrated the merits of using multiple methods and participatory techniques to stakeholder analysis. And finally, the study can be used to facilitate collaboration for CZM through the analysis of power relations.

Document Type

Master Thesis

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 995 2002 E8 C33

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