Thesis (BS Agribusiness Economics) -- University of the Philippines Mindanao, May 2019

The Philippines is heavily dependent on coastal resources of various goods and services but there is a continuing depletion of resources. With the rapid increase of population on coastal areas, community participation is essential in Coastal Resource Management as the residents are the primary users of the coastal resources. This study aims to assess how these factors affect the willingness of the coastal communities to participate in Coastal Resource Management initiatives. The study was conducted in four coastal barangays of Banaybanay, Davao Oriental namely Calubihan, Piso, Pintagan and Puntalinao. A structured one-on-one interview with 84 community members was the main tool used to gather information. This study intended to make an integrated analysis of the responses coming from both fishing and non-fishing household. Logistic Regression was used to analyze the data gathered from the residents. Separate models were used for the willingness to participate in coastal management and coastal restoration efforts. It was found that a significant number of community members are actually willing to participate in select CRM activities. This was attributed to the significant positive impacts of gender, membership to organization, awareness to some positive impacts of gender, membership to organization, awareness to some management activities and the residents? perceived influence factors (Management Model Results). Another set of variables that resulted to o=positive significance is previous participation, experienced natural disaster education, property ownership, fishing as primary income source and perceived policy effectiveness (Restoration model results). Household income and membership to organizations are the ones with negative effects to participation. The result showed a gap in community participation that needs to be addressed by a comprehensive approach of managing coastal resources.