This report is an attempt to capture in print the highlights of the dynamic exchange of ideas among the participants and the resulting wealth of knowledge from these interactions at the seminar on community based coastal resources management. The first part presents an overview of CBCRM in the Philippines and the underlying principles and concepts of such. The second part contains four case studies of CBCRM programmes of four NGOs. Included in part three are the multi-disciplinary components needed to enrich the CBCRM framework as well as the lessons and recommendations arrived at by the workshop participants.