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Realities of the Watershed Realities of the Watershed Management Approach:Management Approach:
The The MagatMagat Watershed ExperienceWatershed Experience
Dulce D. ElazeguiUniversity Researcher
ISPPS, UPLB
Edwin A. CombalicerFaculty Member, College of Forestry
Nueva Vizcaya State University
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IntroductionIntroduction
…showcase the experience of the Magatwatershed…
…Proclamation No. 573 on June 26, 1969
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Watershed Sustainability
policy and political environment
social and institutional mechanisms
financial support
actors and players
IntroductionIntroduction
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Classified Area within the Classified Area within the MagatMagatWatershedWatershed
Lower Magat Forest ReserveBarobbob WatershedImugan-Cabanglasan Sub-watershedDupax Watershed Forest Reserve
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SocioSocio--economic Conditionseconomic Conditions
Watershed population as of May 2001 …483,411 Nueva Vizcaya accounts … 76% …watershed’s population Average household …4.92 persons Average population density ….205 persons/km2
Population growth rates of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela are lower than the national average …2%
Population
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• Ilocano and Ifugao• Others
BugkalotsIlongotsKalanguyaGaddang
SocioSocio--economic Conditionseconomic ConditionsEthnicity Interaction with
external Societies
Some communities enjoy intensive support, resources, information or influence from NGOs and donorsOther communities are quasi self-reliant
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Agriculture, livestock, and service
SocioSocio--economic Conditionseconomic ConditionsRevenue Generation
service sector … 45.73% agriculture sector … 43.12%livestock sector … 11.15%
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Magat watershed resources
SocioSocio--economic Conditionseconomic ConditionsRevenue Generation
Timber (From Natural and Plantation Forest) Rattan Quarry (Gravel and sand, mines)WildlifeAgroforestry landRangeland for grazingReservoir surface area
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National Power Corporation (NPC)National Irrigation Administration (NIA),FisherfolkUpland farmers
SocioSocio--economic Conditionseconomic ConditionsRevenue Generation
Major watershed users
Peoples’ organizations Barangay residents within the watershedNon-government organizationsWater operatorsMining companies
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Economic considerations or financial capital
Technical and administrative capacity/intellectual capital
Capacity for social governance, i.e., social and institutional capital
Legal framework within which the management approach operates, i.e., political capital
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Economic Considerations Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) (Financial Capital)
DENR- JICA (2003)…Master Plan Study for Watershed Management in Upper Magat and Cagayan River Basin
Watershed management initiatives … land use planning, forest management, rehabilitation and restoration, soil conservation, livelihood, capacity building, and cost sharing mechanism
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Most projects … DENR, Provincial ENROs of NuevaVizcaya, Isabela and Quirino, and CENROs of NuevaVizcaya (Dupax del Norte, Bayombong, and Aritao), Isabela and Quirino
Supervision and control of utilization and protection of water resources are exercised by the National Water Resources Board (NWRB)
NPC, NIA, POs, … involved in watershed protection projects in Magat
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Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) Economic Considerations (Financial Capital)
Watershed and Water Management Initiatives
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Watershed projects … generally implemented in collaboration with other stakeholders
National Commission on Indigenous People … identification of ancestral land domain, and organization of indigenous cultural communities and indigenous peoples
NCIP … mediated in resolving conflict
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Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) Economic Considerations (Financial Capital)
Watershed and Water Management Initiatives
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Watershed management initiatives … short-term to medium-term projectsDENR … yearly allocation of PhP2.6 million for natural forest protection … PhP1.6 million per soil and water conservation measures from 1994-2003NIA … PhP3 million for a one-year projectNPC spent …PhP2 million in 2000 for regular patrolling … PhP2.7 million for information dissemination
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Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) Economic Considerations (Financial Capital)
Watershed and Water Management Initiatives
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Provinces within the Magat watershed …budget allocations for forest protection
Nueva Vizcaya … budget allocation of PhP728 per ha
Created a provincial Environment and Natural Resource Office (ENRO)
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Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) Economic Considerations (Financial Capital)
Watershed and Water Management Initiatives
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1. Reforestation by Administration (REFO-A)
2. Reforestation by Contract (REFO-C)
3. Watershed Rehabilitation Project (WRP)
4. International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) project
5. NIA and NPC project 6. Provincial Waterworks
Office Activities
7. Grow a Family Tree for Legacy
8. Barobbob Watershed Resource Management Project
9. Lower Magat Forest Management Project
10. Center for People Empowerment in the Upland (CPEU)
11. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) Project
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Economic Considerations (Financial Capital) Economic Considerations (Financial Capital)
Scope of Projects
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Technical/Administrative Capacity (Intellectual Capital)
Watershed Management
DisciplineISCAFISCAFISUISU
NVSUNVSU
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Agencies involved in Magat watershed management … full-time work basis
CENRO … one to five
PENRO … one
ENRO … four personnel
NIA and NPC have six and eight
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Technical/Administrative Capacity (Intellectual Capital) Technical/Administrative Capacity (Intellectual Capital)
Number of Personnel in Watershed Management
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Personnel … technical background with degrees
Personnel … training … watershed characterization, erosion control, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), soil and water conservation, environmental impact assessment (EIA), and community organizing
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Technical/Administrative Capacity (Intellectual Capital) Technical/Administrative Capacity (Intellectual Capital)
Educational Background of Personnel
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DENR provides resources and services … to ensure effective protection, development, and management DENR-PENROs plan, coordinate and control various activities and guide, supervise, and provide logistics to CENRO operationsNIA and NPC … to manage, develop, and rehabilitate portions of Magat Dam LGUs encourage and promote participation of the private sector and entrepreneurs …lead and provide assistance to communities … endorse applications to CBFM Agreement
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Governing structure and sharing of responsibilities
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18 POsTwelve POs are in Nueva VizcayaFive in QuirinoOne in IsabelaPOs … CBFM projects, trainings on accounting, entrepreneurship, leadership, IPM, and reforestation
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Community Participation
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Barobbob Watershed Resource Management Tree for Legacy Lower Magat Forest Management Project CBFM project of the Federation of Vista Hills, Kalongkong Upland Farmers Associations, Inc.
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Sharing of power and responsibilities
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Galing Pook award of excellence in 1999… declared a protected areaDevolved to the province People organized … Barobbob Watershed Occupants Association Provincial government entered into a Land Management Agreement with BWOA Provincial ENRO of Nueva Vizcaya …a composite management team … in the watershed
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Barobbob Watershed Resource Management
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Motivated people’s participation by providing incentives Ownership and harvesting rights (Tree for Education, Enterprise), and usufruct certificates for protection forest (Tree for Legacy) Started with 500 ha in 1993 … over 2,000 ha 2,000 individual participants, 205 schools, 205 Parent-teacher Associations, 230 NGOs and POs, and 26 line agencies involved
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Tree for Legacy
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Co-management agreementLMFMO … Governor and RED DENR appropriated funds for research … transfer of technologies to LMFMO Provincial government … operating budget 22% of the forest reserve … 28 Agro-forestry Land Management Agreements and Community-Based Agro-forestry Land Management Agreements
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
Lower Magat Forest Management Project
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Model Sustainable Development Project Regional Model search by the Regional Council for Sustainable Development Funded by ITTO and assisted by DENR and the Buenavista Upland Development Advisory Council (BUDAC)
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Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital) Social Governance Capacity (Social/Institutions Capital)
CBFM project of the Federation of Vista Hills, Kalongkong Upland Farmers Associations, Inc.
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Proclamation 573 of 1969Executive Order 281 of 1995 DENR Memorandum Order No. 14 of 1994 DAO No. 05 of 1993
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Legal Framework (Political Capital)
National Policies
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Memorandum of Agreement Land Tenure Agreement Certificate of Tree Ownership (CTO) and Certificate of Usufruct (CU) Certificate of Land Ownership Award
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Legal Framework (Political Capital)
Interface Between National and Local Level
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Sangguniang Panlalawigan No. 321-1993 Executive Order No. 64-1996 Sangguniang Panlalawigan Ordinance No. 209-1997 Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 98-138LMRMS Administrative Order No. 99-01 Sangguniang Panlalawigan Ordinance No. 99-013 Barangay ordinances
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Local Policies
Legal Framework (Political Capital)
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Private Woodlot Management System (MuyongSystem)Communal Forest Management System
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT REALITIES:AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
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Informal Management Practices
Legal Framework (Political Capital)
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Water use Land use Tree harvesting rights Strategic Agriculture and
Fishery Development Zones (SAFDZs)
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Conflict Management
Legal Framework (Political Capital)
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FACILITATING AND FACILITATING AND CONSTRAINING FACTORS CONSTRAINING FACTORS
Conflict and disputes … stakeholders over resource use; Weak and unsustained support …people and other stakeholders; Limited or restrained capacity of LGUs … policy provisions and/or inconsistency …
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ConclusionConclusionCompetence and Motivation
LGULGUPolitical Leadership
Participatory
Resourceful
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ConclusionConclusion‘Lifelines’
IncentivesIncentivesPartnership/Partnership/CoCo--managementmanagement
SustainableSustainableWatershedWatershed