SCOTIA Awards More Grant Contracts to Organizations

To help stakeholders implement their projects initiated with SCOTIA's technical assistance, more small grants were awarded to community organizations and NGOs. The new grantees are the following:

• Ang Babaye Ug Ang Kalikupan Asosasyon, Inc. (ABAKA) in Moalboal - For capacity building of members in biodegradable waste management through further training, IEC campaigns, and establishment of composting facility.
• Panglao Dauis Baclayon Bohol Marine Triangle Management Council, Inc. (PADAYON BMTMC) in Panglao - For capacity building in increasing awareness of and generating support for environmental protection advocacy and stakeholders' support of EUF system.
• Tourism Sector Coordinating Association, Inc. (TOSCA) in Puerto Galera - For IEC campaigns to increase awareness of and generate support for environmental protection advocacy, stakeholders' support of EUF system, and stakeholders' support of the projected wastewater collection and treatment facility in Sabang.
• SCOTIA provided a grant to the Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) to give advanced skills training and hands-on mentoring of LGU staff in composting projects in Lemery, Puerto Galera and El Nido.
• SCOTIA provided a grant to the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF) for technical assistance to the LGU of Moalboal in the institutionalization and social marketing of its EUF system.

SCOTIA Makes Significant Strides in Coastal Resource Management (MPA and EUF)

Beginning with Moalboal's ordinance establishing its Municipal Waters Users' Fee (see Previous Highlights), SCOTIA succeeded in helping other sites in the same process. SCOTIA guided the LGU's in planning and policy work to ensure effective implementation of their environmental user fee (EUF) systems and proper management of Marine Protected Areas (MPA). The SCOTIA team gave full and focused effort on working out cohesive partnerships among the community stakeholders, non-government partners, and the LGU's to ensure sustainability of what it had helped establish. In the case of Barangay San Fernando in El Nido, SCOTIA assisted in drafting an MPA ordinance for an area that has a lot of ecotourism potential. In Puerto Galera, the EUF system being developed with SCOTIA's assistance will help support the much-needed sanitation facility that will be put up in Sabang. A comprehensive EUF ordinance for Panglao is also underway to include all dive sites in its municipal waters. In Tingloy, Balayan Bay, SCOTIA's CRM specialist trained members of the Nagkakaisang Bantay Dagat ng Tingloy (NBDT) in planning and leadership to strengthen their capabilities as patrol guards of their municipal waters.

Communities Welcome Ecosan Toilet to Remedy Sanitation Problems

The ecosan (ecological sanitation) toilet was introduced to SCOTIA's stakeholders at its 2nd Stakeholders' Workshop in February 2006 (see Previous Highlights). To address the sanitation conditions specific to coastal communities, SCOTIA's sanitation specialist recommended this UDT (urine diversion toilet) for its practical and efficient features-simple technology, low cost, recovery of nutrients from urine for fertilizer use, and safe and odorless disposal of fecal waste. With demonstration units installed in selected homes in the project sites, the residents saw for themselves how the innovative toilet could address their sanitation problems at very minimal cost even in places that have limited water supply. SCOTIA conducted not just training on the installation and use of the toilet but the fundamentals of health and hygiene as well. The benefits experienced by families who installed units in their homes at their own expense now encourage more and more residents to put up their own toilets and the term "ecosan" has become familiar to the communities in general.

Rotary Club of Japan Extends Financial Assistance for Balayan Bay's Sanitation Initiatives

Families in Balayan Bay who want to construct their own ecosan toilets but are hampered by financial limitations have found benefactors in the Rotary Club of Japan. Through SCOTIA's facilitation and coursed through the Rotary Club of Makati Poblacion, the Club's grant will provide an initial six toilets for beneficiary families. More funds from the Club members are expected for the project.

Tourist Resorts Turn to SCOTIA Expertise for Sanitation Technical Assistance

With the successful activities of SCOTIA's environmental management advocacy spreading in the coastal sites, a growing number of tourist resorts sought SCOTIA's expertise to upgrade their sanitation facilities for more eco-friendly and more efficient operations. SCOTIA's sanitation specialist provided technical know-how in reedbed sanitation and other wastewater management systems and continues to be consultant for the resorts, some of which are the following:

• Hale Kalinaw, Moalboal
• Eve's Kiosk Beach Hotel, Moalboal
• Oops Bar Resort, Panglao
• Bohol Divers Resort, Panglao
• 10 Knots, El Nido
• Imperial Palace, Lapulapu City, Mactan
• Balicasag Island Resort, Balicasag, Panglao
• Flushing Meadows, Dauis, Panglao
• Bohol Beach Club, Panglao

New Participants Reinforce WACS Success in Significant Waste Reduction

Following the success of SWM programs in many of the SCOTIA sites where waste reduction had averaged more than 50% (see Success Stories), SCOTIA accepted requests for additional SWM trainings in other barrios and resorts. In some sites which had experienced SWM success like Moalboal and El Nido, the barangay and community leaders passed on their expertise to their neighboring communities by conducting SWM sessions themselves without SCOTIA assistance. The very tangible positive results of this intervention has helped propel the stakeholders' commitment to allied waste management activities initiated by SCOTIA like organizing junk shops, setting up composting facilities or services, and improving disposal sites.

Badian Municipality Catches up with SCOTIA Sites in SWM Development

A special development for SCOTIA in Year 2 was the inclusion of Badian town in Moalboal as an additional site for SWM technical assistance. Mayor Carmencita Lumain and the LGU officials, determined to improve their SWM system, requested SCOTIA for this intervention, immediately allocating a special budget for the project. With this encouraging impetus from the municipal government itself, SCOTIA facilitated a workshop for the town's officials and sector representatives to draft their 10-year ESWM Plan. Workshops were conducted to acquaint barangay officials with RA9003 and the essentials of ESWM. The ABAKA members of neighboring Moalboal (see Success Stories) assisted SCOTIA in conducting WACS in two barangays. Included in the town's 5M budget for SWM was the purchase of a garbage compactor with four-ton capacity and a three-hectare vacant lot to be developed as its new sanitary landfill. SCOTIA recommended to the LGU the technology of composting biodegradable wastes as a waste reduction strategy. The LGU council intends to buy a soil hammermill for this project and is considering a municipal-wide composting facility to be located in the town's old dumpsite.

PADAYON BMT Partners with SCOTIA and other Agencies for CRM Growth in Bohol

Local government officials, legislators, and organization representatives of Panglao, Dauis, and Baclayon (PaDaYon) joined hands in establishing the PADAYON BMT Management Council to take the lead in CRM for the Bohol Marine Triangle. Supported by UNDP and the Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), the council's Management Office was provided very critical training and on-site coaching by SCOTIA specialists in MPA management, EUF establishment, SWM, sanitation system, CRM planning, fisheries management, coastal law enforcement, ecotourism, community organizing, and environmental education. For this technical assistance, SCOTIA entered a Memorandum of Agreement with PADAYON on June 28, 2006 along with a few other partners. Mayor Doloreich Dumaluan coined the acronym PaDaYon, an appropriate rallying call for the council since the Boholano word "padayon" means "to move forward."

CP Assessment Becoming a Must for Tourist Resorts in SCOTIA Sites

More and more tourist resort operators are assimilating the principles and guidelines of Cleaner Production (CP) and are reaping its benefits both in their operations and for the environment. The many requests for CP workshops and assessment indicate the substantial inroads SCOTIA's campaign has made towards acceptance of CP as a tool for achieving economic sustainability in these sites. The most common problems of SWM and water usage were addressed by the operators through simple but efficient means like collection of recyclables (which generated income for employees as well), establishment of materials recovery facilities, collection of grey water for plant irrigation, composting of biodegradable wastes, and composting services for neighboring resorts. The following establishments have participated in SCOTIA's CP assessment, workshops, and follow-ups:

• Lemery - La Familia Resort, Rosman Resorts, Leonor Beach Resort, Eurasian Resort, Villaflor Resorts, Punzalan 3, Punzalan 4
• Puerto Galera - VM Resort, Mindorinne Oriental, Myra and Madeleine's Resort, White Beach Lodge, Las Villas de Natividad, Delgado's Resort, Dream Wave, Mama Ching Lodge, Gray Wall Resort, Marco Vincent Resort
• El Nido - Lally and Abet Cottages, Rosanna Cottages, Marina Garden Resorts, El Nido Cliffside Cottages, Alternative Restaurant and Internet Café, Nor's Place Seaside Restaurant, Bay View Lodging, Og's Lodging House
• Moalboal - Eve's Kiosk, Blue Orchid Resort, Sampaguita Resort, Da Cozy Beach Resort, Blue Abyss, Cora's Palm Court, Saavedra Divers, Cabana Lodge, Marina, Lantaw Restaurant, Ocean Safari
• Panglao - Bita-ug Beach Resort, Sea Breeze Resort, Charlotte Divers, Alona Divers, Trudis Place, Aquatica Beach Resort, Alona Tropical Resort, Isis Bungalows, Dumaluan Beach Resort I, Dumaluan Beach Resort II, Bohol Divers Resort, Deep Blue Dive Shop, Ananyana Beach Resort, Beach Rock Cafe, Crystal Coast, Oops Bar, Balicasag Island Divers Resort