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1 Guidelines for the Nomination and Management of ASEAN Heritage Parks I. Detailed Information A. Details of Gazettement Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park has been designated as protected area pursuant to Republic Act 8978 also known as the Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000. The law has been signed on November 9, 2000 by then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. B. Details of size together with a location map of the site The total area of the park is 47,270 hectares of which 31,236 hectares is the protected area and 16,034 hectares constitute the bufferzone. The protected area has been set-aside to the following management zones (Annex A. Management Zone Map): Table 1. Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park Management Zone Management Zone Area (ha.) Strict Protection Zone 18,643.0 Recreational Zone 233.0 Habitat Management Zone 4,919.0 Cultural Zone 1,265.0 Special Use Zone 944.0 Restoration Zone 5,232.0 Total Area 31, 236.0 Figure 1. Map of the Philippines showing the The park covers seven (7) location site of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park municipalities and one city, all in the Province of Bukidnon, Mindanao Island, Philippines. MKRNP Bukidnon Map Figure 2. Map showing the seven municipalities and one city covered by the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park. Nomination of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park for inclusion in the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves 2 C. Details of land ownership and use rights within the site There are two types of occupants living within Mt. Kitanglad bufferzone. These are the Indigenous peoples (IPs - Bukidnon, Higaonon and Talaandig tribes) and the tenured migrants. The IPs comprises 80% of the total population of the park that share common historical and cultural ties. They regarded Mt. Kitanglad as the wellspring of their traditions. The migrants are coming from the other places of the country and are already living in the park on or before July 01, 1987 or five years before the enactment of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) act of 1992. Their possession in the park is accepted and legally recognized. Land Ownership The proof of occupancy among the indigenous occupants is generally not based on written documents. It is often based on actual occupancy and some physical improvements of the land. Inheritance of land is also considered proof of occupancy. The actual occupants cultivate an average of 1.6 hectares. However, 45 % cultivate less than one hectare, while 37.4 % cultivate one to two hectares of farmland. There are so-called medium-size farmers who cultivate up to 18 hectares of land, but their number is insignificant (RIMCU Census & Registration). Considering that protected area management focused on the two (2) main objectives, which are park protection and sustainable development and recognizing the fact that there are already occupants in the park’s bufferzone, our office include these people in our management program making them as partners in implementing environment friendly livelihood activities. As such, they are organized and formed into groups under the government’s Community-Based Improved-upland farming system with “no contour-no Forest Management (CBFM) project assistance policy” is adopted and implemented along and/or Protected Area Community the bufferzone of Mt. Kitanglad. Based Resource Management Agreement (PACBRMA). Beneficiaries are allowed to occupy, cultivate, develop and protect the area for twenty-five years and renewable for another 25 years. They are also tapped as local park protection volunteers to assist in the enforcement of park laws, rules and regulations and at the same time, implement park’s livelihood activities. Nomination of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park for inclusion in the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves 3 Table 2. List of Community-Based Forest Management/Protected Area Community Based Resource Management Agreement (CBFM/PACBRMA) Within The Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park NAME AREA LOCATION DATE PRESIDENT (has.) ISSUED 1. Basac Upland 517 Basac, March 13, Marlito Wacdas Farmers Lantapan, 2000 Association, Inc. Bukidnon (BUFAI) 2. Mapayag Tribal 350 Mapayag, June 28, Antonio L. Farmers Association Malybalay City 2000 Pechora (MATRIFA) 3. Imbayao Multi- 280 Imbayao, November Benjamin M. Purpose Malaybalay 16, 2001 Maputi, Sr. Cooperative (IMPC) City 4. Kibenton Forest 594 Kibenton, December Juvidy Deconlay Occupants Impasugong, 31, 2000 Association (KiFOA) Bukidnon 5. Bukidnon Associated 350 Dalwangan, November Teodoro Tribal Organization Malaybalay 16, 2001 Dumindin (BATO) City 6. Sil-ipon Indigenous 2,000 Sil-ipon, January 29, Eddie Lingcoran Peoples Association Libona, 2000 (SIPA) Bukidnon 7. Magampong Upland 2,214 Capehan, January 29, Leonardo Farmers Associati Libona, 2000 Pactain on (MUFA) Bukidnon 8. Capehan Lumad 506 Capehan, January 29, Victoriano Farmers Association Libona, 2000 Sinhay ( CALUFA) Bukidnon 9. Intavas 300 Intavas, La November Teodocio Galpo Kasabuwahan hu Fortuna, 04, 2004 Lumad din ta Impasugong, Bufferzone Area Bukidnon (INKALUBA) 10. Dagundalahon 2,215 Dagundalahon, February 19, Robelino T. Lumad Tree Talakag, 1999 Mayagting Producers Bukidnon Association (DALTREPA) Total 9,326 Nomination of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park for inclusion in the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves 4 Likewise, a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) application has been indorsed by the Mt. Kitanglad Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) and currently under process by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Province of Bukidnon. Said CADT application is submitted by the Daraghuyan Tribal Community headed by Bae Inatlawan Adelina D. Tarino with an approximate area of 4,200 hectares covering sitios Mangasa and Inhandig, barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay City. User Rights The park, being the major watershed of Northern Mindanao that supplies lowland communities with water for domestic, irrigation and industrial uses bears significant influence to the growth of region and its adjacent provinces as it poses as one of the natural assets of the province of Bukidnon. Such endowments that MKRNP influences continued to invite investors and be a part of the trend towards agro-industrialization. Stakeholders surrounding the park depends the sustainability of their operation from the rivers emanating from it. As part of their commitment to restore the environment and for continuous water supply, they commit to support the park’s reforestation activities in the denuded areas specially those raged by fire during the El Niño phenomenon. Telecommunication facilities located atop Mt. Kitanglad. Photo:Trevor Clarke & Danilo Dablo Likewise, telecommunication companies, radio and television stations share a common goal by paying considerable amount yearly to support site restoration activities of the park. Resource use and access were likewise entered into through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) by and between the Mt. Kitanglad PAMB with the following stakeholders: Nomination of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park for inclusion in the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves 5 Table 3. Water Resource Users STAKEHOLDER VOLUME OF WATER SOURCE WATER USE DATE WATER SIGNED DISCHARGE 01 City Government of 500 liters Kulasihan river 50 liters per second May 22, Malaybalay per second 2003 02. Local Government 400+ liters Alanib river and 176 liters per second May 22, Unit of Lantapan per second Kalaw-kalaw 2003 creek 03. Sweetbee Farms 50 liters Kabanbananga 10 liters per second January Inc. per second n, Kubayan, 16, 2004 Impasugong, Bukidnon 04. Mount Kitanglad 500 liters Kulasihan river 200 liters per second June 30, Agri-Ventures, Inc. per second 2004 05. Highland high 700-1,000 Tugasan river 350 liters per second July 16, Valued Crops liters per 2004 Produces Multi- second purpose Cooperative 06. Bukidnon Highland 73 liters Gitaan and 43 liters per second March Produce (BHPI) per second Kaliwawa rivers 10, 2005 07. North Kitanglad 427.12 Kumaykay river 5 liters per second March Agricultural liters per 10, 2005 Company second 08. BCCL Breeder farm 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters April 17, per second per second of City of 2006 Malaybalay 09. KETCHAM Breeder 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters March farm per second per second of City of 05, 2007 Malaybalay 10. Rockville Poultry 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters March farm per second per second of City of 05, 2007 Malaybalay 11. RJ Breeder Farm 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters March per second per second of City of 05, 2007 Malaybalay 12. MCB Poultry Farm 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters March per second per second of City of 05, 2007 Malaybalay 13. C. P. Floricultural 5 liters per Mangima river .508 liter per second Dec. 28, Corporation second 2007 14. Lagura breeder 50 liters Kalatugunan 5 liters per second June 30, farms per second creek 2008 15. Gonzaga Breeder 50 liters Kalatugunan 5 liters per second July 07, farm per second creek 2008 16. 828 Poultry farms 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters June 30, per second per second of City of 2008 Malaybalay 17. Ligot Breeder farms 500 liters Kulasihan river Included in 50 liters June 30, per second per second of City of 2008 Malaybalay Nomination of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park for inclusion in the ASEAN Heritage Parks and Reserves 6 b. Table 4. Land Use STAKEHOLDER AREA LOCATION USE DATE SIGNED 01. ABS-CBN 300 square Atop Mt. Television April 24, Broadcasting meter Kitanglad summit broadcast facility 1991 Corp. project 02. PHILCOM Corp. 93 square Atop Mt. Telecommunicati June 27, meter Kitanglad summit on relay station 1996 project 03. Radio Mindanao 264 square Atop Mt. Radio August 05, Network meter Kitanglad summit communication 1996 relay station 04. Philippine 100 square Atop Mt. Telegraph and March 20, Telegraph and meter Kitanglad summit Telephone 1997 Telephone 05. National 142 square Atop Mt. Microwave radio June 27, Transmission meter Kitanglad summit relay station 1997 Commission 06. GMA Network, 375 square Atop Mt. Television July 10, Inc.
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    Investing in rivers can help PHL bag ‘First World’ status By Jonathan L. Mayuga JANUARY 29, 2017 | BUSINESS MIRROR In photo: An early morning scene at a fishing village on the Agusan River in the eastern part of Mindanao. Part One THE proper utilization of the country’s rivers and its raw water supply, a major economic resource in the Philippines, can provide the much-needed boost to help the country sustain growth and achieve the status of a First World economy, the country’s top environment official said. Citing the case of Singapore, Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Denr) said properly managing the country’s rivers is the key to sustaining the country’s growth and development. The key to Singapore’s phenomenal economic growth, she said, was the cleaning of the Singapore River, allowing it to spur economic activities, generate income and provide employment through tourism. Following the footsteps of Singapore and other first-world economies, the Philippines should be able to sustain growth by optimizing the ecosystems services provided by rivers and its abundant supply of freshwater, Lopex said. “The key to all the other first- world economies was the cleaning of their rivers; from Germany to France, to Korea,” says Lopez, an environmental advocate who once led the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, the agency tasked to rehabilitate one of the country’s most polluted. “So the recipe works.” The Denr, the agency mandated to manage the country’s natural wealth, is implementing various programs geared toward protecting and conserving the country’s rivers.
  • Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP)

    Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP)

    Environmental and Social Monitoring Report Semi-annual Report July 2018 PHI: Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) Reporting period: July to December 2016 Prepared by Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Forest Management Bureau for the Asian Development Bank This Semi-annual Environmental and Social Monitoring Report is a document of the Borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB Board of Directors, Management or staff, and my be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as the legal or other status of any territory or area. ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank ADSDPP Ancestral Domain sustainable Development and Protection Plan BURB Bukidnon Upper River Basin CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resource Office CP Certificate of Precondition CURB Chico Upper River Basin DED Detailed engineering Design DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources FMB Forest Management Bureau GAP Gender Action Plan GOP Government of the Philippines GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism EA Executing Agency IEE Initial Environmental Examination IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development INREMP Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project IP Indigenous People IPDP Indigenous Peoples Development Plan IPP Indigenous