The present
Coral Triangle Initiative Philippine National Plan of
Action can also provides a framework on how the
complementation of efforts at local, seascape and at the
entire Philippine archipelagic context Despite the promise of improved conservation and
fisheries management, habitat degradation and overexploitation
remains extensive throughout the VR.
Unless these threats are effectively reduced, further
declines in species richness can be expected The Philippines urgently needs to
focus on removing these threats so that the VR will
no longer be the epicenter of conservation adversity in
the “center of the center”of marine biodiversity.