Spatial dataset for Sogod Bay

Spatial data layers on: (1) the administrative boundaries for (a) barangays, (b) municipalities, and (c) municipal waters in the study region in Sogod Bay, Philippines; (2) the distribution of coastal habitats derived from a remote sensing analysis using WorldView-2 images and underwater video transects; and (3) the location of (a) current marine protected areas (MPAs) and (b) prospective MPA sites identified and supported by coastal communities, (c) new MPAs identified through a national-scale and donor-assisted conservation project that utilized local knowledge to select MPAs, and (d) new MPA sites selected through a systematic conservation planning approach that employed the spatial prioritization software ‘Marxan with Zones’ to achieve biodiversity objectives with minimal and equitable costs to fisher stakeholder groups. This dataset was used to investigate alternative planning options for designing a MPA network in Sogod Bay in Southern Leyte province in the Philippines. The study region encompassed the coastal waters of the municipality of Pintuyan, San Francisco, Liloan, Padre Burgos, and Limasawa.