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Eastern Samar

Address: Eastern Samar

Description: One of FPE’s long-standing priority sites, conservation efforts in Guiuan suffered a massive setback in late 2013 when Typhoon Yolanda ravaged the high-biodiversity coastal town. Prior to this calamity, however, measures have been put in place to counter-act the destructive impacts of unregulated infrastructural activities, blast- and cyanide-fishing, and human encroachment on coastal resource-dependent livelihood.

Status: On-going

Site Profile Summary

Ecosystem Types	Coastal and Marine
Protection Status	Natural Park (Presidential Proclamation No. 291)
Area	33,492 hectares
Biogeographic Features	It is a conservation priority site for its reef fishes, corals, mollusks, whale sharks, elasmobranchs and turtles. The gulf's rich biodiversity is slowly vanishing; the ecological conditions of its coastal waters ranging from fair to poor. For the past 10 years, the Leyte Gulf's coral cover and fish stocks have been shrinking. Unregulated infrastructure activities lead to soil run-off and sedimentation
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Fauna
Livelihood Resources	Mining Fishing
Other Matters of Significance	Apart from a small settled community of Ati (Negritos) in Barangay Cogon in the municipality of Malay, there are no indigenous peoples' groups in the peninsula.

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