DENR REGION VII PROFILE REGION VII Central Visayas is a region of the in the central part of the Visayas island group. It consists of four provinces and three highly urbanized cities • Cebu City • Lapu-Lapu City • Mandaue City CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

A & D: 964,169 has. Forestland: 65% 524,908 has. Forest Reserve - 49,619 has. 35% Timberland - 390,151 has. National Parks & GRBS/WA - 15,054 has. Military & Naval Reservation - 4 has. Civil Reservations - 114 has. Fishpond - 4,328 has. Unclassified - 65,638 has. CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

17 Municipalities 400 Barangays CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

7 Cities and 23 Municipalities 706 Barangays

2 Cities and 20Municipalities 456 Barangays CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

2 Cities and 7Municipalities 218 Barangays

4 Cities and 12Municipalities 339 Barangays CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

6Municipalities 134 Barangays OIC, REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WILLIAM P. CUÑADO LORETO B. ALBURO EMB 7 REGIONAL DIRECTOR MGB 7 REGIONAL DIRECTOR

EDUARDO M. INTING TRINIDAD C. ETULLE ARD, TECHNICAL SERVICES OIC- ARD, MANAGEMENT SERVICES

MA. CLEA A. ARCEÑO EMILIANO S. HORMACHUELOS ROLANDO N. LUEGO EDNA F. MONTE LICENSES, PATENTS AND DEEDS DIVISION SURVEYS AND MAPPING DIVISION OIC, LEGAL DIVISION OIC, ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

LAURENTINO A. BAUTISTA VIERNOV D. GREFALDE EDDIE E. LLAMEDO DIVINA N. CARREON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OIC, ENFORCEMENT DIVISION PLANNING AND MGT DIVISION FINANCE DIVISION

JOSE CLEO CARY F. COLIS CHARLIE E. FABRE NESTOR M. CANDA MORENO S. TAGRA OIC, PENRO CEBU PENRO PENRO NEGROS ORIENTAL OIC, PENRO SIQUIJOR

RAUL C. PASOC ARIEL N. RICA EFREN A. RUMBAOA CENRO CEBU CITY OIC, CENRO CITY OIC, CENRO DUMAGUETE CITY

ANICETO M. AQUINO ELPIDIO R. PALACA ROLDAN R. COTEJO CENRO ARGAO CENRO TALIBON CENRO AYUNGON FILLED-UP OFFICE PLANTILLA VACANT Regular CTI Casual TOTAL Regional Office 217 184 17 0 201 33 PENRO Bohol 156 146 14 4 164 10 PENRO Cebu 167 154 27 1 182 13 PENRO Negros 153 135 8 0 143 18 Oriental PENRO Siquijor 64 60 2 1 63 4 TOTAL 757 679 68 6 753 78

Number of Job Orders / Contractual = 758 CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII WATERSHEDS Total Area: 357,806 has.

Total Area: 105,040 has.

Watershed is an area Total Area: where water drains down from 198,490 has. its tributaries and accumulates Total Area: into a common outlet such as 51,001 has. dams, or lakes.

To manage all surface and ground water resources to ensure the sustainable water supply, on July 20, 2011, Central Cebu River Total Area: Basins Management Council (CCRBMC) was 3,275 has. created. It covers 5 cities and 6 municipalities and is composed of 4 watersheds/river basins covering a total area of 68,133 hectares. CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

PROTECTED AREAS Covering 642 barangays with a No. of Municipality: 18 No. of Brgys: 150 total area of 590,420 hectares Total Area: 56,866 has

No. of Municipality: 36 No. of Brgys: 272 Total Area: 450,000 has

No. of Municipality: 40 No. of Brgys: 212 Total Area: 74,846 has

No. of Municipality: 4 No. of Brgys: 8 Total Area: 8,707 has

PROTECTED AREAS

1. Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL) – RA 9486 2. Guadalupe Mabugnao-Mainit Hot Spring National Park (GMMHSNP) – RA 6429

1. Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape (RSPL) 2. Talibon Group of Islands Protected Landscape/Seascape (TGIPLS) 3. Alburquerque-Loay-Loboc Protected Landscape/Seascape (ALLPLS) 4. Protected Seascape (PIPS) 5. Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (CHNM) 6. Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary (OIWS) 7. Camotes Island Protected Landscape/Seascape (CIPLS) 8. Tañon Strait Protected Seascape 9. Protected Landscape/Seascape (AIPLS) 10.Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park (BTLNP)

1. Calape Group of Islands Wilderness Area and MSFR 2. Cabilao-Sandingan Islands MSFR 3. Inabanga-Buenavista MSFR & Inabanga Group of Islands WA 4. Loboc Watershed Forest Reserve 5. Alijawan - Cansuhay - Anibongan River Watershed Forest Reserve 6. Tubigon Group of Islands Wilderness Area and MSFR 7. Clarin Group of Islands Wilderness Area 8. Candijay-Anda-Mabini MSFR & Candijay Group of Islands WA 9. Pres. Carlos P. Garcia MSFR & Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Group of Islands MSFR 10.Getafe Group of Islands MSFR and WA 11.Ubay MSFR (Areas 1 & 2), & WA 12. Wilderness Area (BIWA)

CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII

Air Quality Monitoring Station Water Quality Monitoring Area (WQMA)

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

City/Municipality with approved SWMP City/Municipality without SWMP CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION VII Tenure/Permit Holders

Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) Taking a cue on the importance of the 10-year SWM plan, the Regional Development Council Central Visayas passed and approved a resolution enjoining the Environmental Management Bureau 7 and Provincial Governments for a more active and full coordination in facilitating the provision of necessary assistance to LGUs that have yet to complete and submit their 10-year solid waste management plan Status of 10-year SWMP No of LGU With approved SWPM 64 With partially approved SWMP 22 Under evaluation 20 Endorsed to NSWC 12 For evaluation 6 Not yet submitted 8 The National Geohazard Assessment Program was implemented to generate information on susceptibility of areas to geologic hazards. The assessment is focused on rain-induced landslides, floods, flashfloods, ground subsidence or sinking, and other forms of slope instabilities that are not directly induced by earthquakes or volcanic activities. A 1:50,000 scale geohazards assessment program was completed in 2010 while the detailed geohazard assessment in the 1:10,000 scale was completed in 2014. Thus, the assessment of the 1,634 cities/ municipalities of the entire country was already completed.

As of July 2019, a total of 112 Geohazard maps with a scale of 1:10,000 was developed and distributed to LGUs in Region 7, Central Visayas.