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The species are said to have become rare due to the introduction of new fish species. Around the lake are habitats of other rare threatened wildlife. This gives the lake and its surrounding area a high ecological value, prompting a proposal to declare the Lake Mainit Watershed as a protected area under the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS). The lake is very scenic. Its water has remained generally clear and clean. There are various points around it that are potential for tourist attractions. The Caraga Tourism Master Plan identified the lake area as one of the region’s tourism zones primarily for adventure and ecotourism. Major projects have been put in place in the area and various proposed interventions, which, include the establishment of a mini hydropower plant and flood control project in Jabonga, construction of more access roads and tourism project, among others, will be implemented. All of these will provide development opportunities to the area; however, some may bring threats, which could exacerbate the problems that are now being felt in the area. The stakeholders recognized the need to undertake careful planning and coordination of all policies and actions to sustainably manage the development of the lake resource. This concern prompted the Provincial Governments of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte to establish a mechanism that could provide policy guideline in the protection, conservation, utilization and management of the ecosystem. With the assistance and interventions of the Local Government Support Program, the Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA) was established on March 9, 1999. The creation of the Lake Mainit Development Alliance (LMDA) caters to the sustainable development of the area. Its thrusts, as outlined in the Environmental Management Plan (EMP), provide policy interventions in the implementation of programs, projects and related activities in the lake area. This document attempts to integrate the environmental management plan, municipal local development plans which include Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), Executive Agenda (EA), among others, to come up with a local sustainable development plan for lake Mainit. This plan is called the Lake Mainit Development Agenda, which attempts to integrate social, economic, technological, human, political, cultural and spiritual dimensions in the EMP. It also provides mechanism for the active participation of stakeholders in the management of the lake resource. Executive Summary 1 2.0 Objectives The Lake Mainit Development Agenda serves as a blue print for sustainable development agenda, that adheres to cohesive framework to provide policy-reference in the implementation of programs and projects. Specifically, the LA 21 serves as the basis to: 1. Ensure pro-active participation of the government, private sector, civil society, business and other stakeholders in the sustainable management of the lake resources; 2. Compliment the implementation of various programs/projects of government and non- government organizations; and 3. Provide unified policy interventions in the implementation of programs and projects. Integration Process The Governance for Philippine Agenda 21: Subprogramme on Localization (GO PA 21) Project has been an instrument in advancing the localization of Philippine Agenda 21, the local blue print for sustainable development in the country. With the GO PA 21 intervention, the LMDA has broadened its understanding in terms of managing the limited resources in line with sustainable development concepts. The logical step to follow after the strengthening of mechanisms and processes that advance sustainable development is the actual integration of sustainable development (SD) concepts into local development plans. This move is necessary in order to operationalize the concepts, and at the same time produce a concrete output as a document that serves as policy reference, for implementation of development programs and projects. Several legal contexts also pose as legitimate basis for the need to upgrade the existing EMP into a local agenda 21. Foremost is MO 47, issued last 1999, which direct the formulation of local sustainable, integrated, area-based development (SIAD) plans, as a continuing commitment to localize Philippine Agenda 21. A workshop entitled “Integration of SIAD in the Environment Management Plan of LMDA” was conducted to respond to the need to enhance the LMDA-Environmental Management Plan according to SD parameters and ensure that sustainable management of the lake is affected. A total of 46 participants attended the 3-day activity. 29 were LMDA members, while17 were from civil society organizations and the private sector. After the integration workshop, LMDA conducted a three-day writeshop. The writeshop attempted to integrate the basic elements of SD in the existing LMDA EMP and come-up with a Lake Mainit Development Agenda. Specifically, the writeshop intended to: a. Integrate the proposed changes in the EMP, as reflected in the outputs of the workshop (reformulated component objectives, additional/revised sub- components, change of component titles, other recommendations as outlined in the workshop outputs) b. Determine the final list of programs/projects for each of the component (High- Impact projects as priorities) Executive Summary 2 c. Formulate complete project briefs for all the identified high impact projects per component. The output of the Writeshop is a draft LMDA Development Agenda, which will serve as a complete guide in the sustainable management of the lake. However, this document still has to be subjected to series of consultation, preferably at the municipal level, involving all the major stakeholders (LGU, CSOs, private sector). The Lake Mainit Development Agenda shall be presented to the relevant development planning bodies and the local legislative bodies (provincial and municipal levels), and the LCEs. These activities will solicit and secure the support of the Provincial and Municipal Development Councils to the Lake Mainit Development Agenda, through legislated policies, such as ordinances, resolutions, or budget allocation in support of the plan. Lake Mainit Watershed: The Planning Unit The watershed framework as the basis for delineating the planning area. Watershed refers to the area that is drained by a common river system. For this particular plan, The planning unit covered the bigger Lake Mainit watershed which extends from Sison, Mainit and Tubod in Surigao del Norte and down to Tubay in Agusan del Norte. It covers all rivers that flow into Lake Mainit, the whole length of Kalinawan River and all its tributaries (See Figure 2). Activities within the watershed can have impacts on the lake or Kalinawan River, which will ultimately affect the coastal area of Tubay. The ridges of mountains serve as the natural boundaries of the watershed. Since these boundaries do not coincide with the political boundaries, there are some municipalities, which are not totally within the Lake Mainit watershed. In fact, only 81 out of 99 barangays are found inside the watershed. ( See Figure1 ) Distribution of Area, Barangay and Population (2000) Within the Lake Mainit Watershed Province/ Area Within % of Total Barangays Population Municipality Watershed (Ha) Watershed Area Within Within Watershed Watershed Surigao del Norte 24,728 28 % 45 47.715 Sison 1,310 1.5 % 3 1,188 * Tubod 4,420 5.1 % 9 10,923 Mainit 9,772 11.2 % 21 23,417 Alegria 6,310 7.2 % 12 12,923 Others 2,916 3.3 % Agusan del Norte 62,344 72 % 36 67,462 Kitcharao 10,485 12.0 % 9 15,950 Jabonga 19,060 21.9 % 11 20,501 Santiago 16,834 19.3 % 8 17,925 Tubay 7,450 8.6 % 8 17,668 Others 8,515 9.8 % (Cabadbaran) Total 87,072 100 % 81 120,495 Source: NSO Executive Summary 3 Figure 1 SISON TUBOD MAINIT Lake Mainit ALEGRIA KITCHARAO JABONGA SANTIAGO Kalinawan River TUBAY Lake Mainit Development Alliance POLITICAL BOUNDARIES Executive Summary 4 Figure 2 1 3 TUBOD 4 Legend: 2 Watershed Boundary Line River MAINIT Creeks Municipal Lake Mainit ALEGRIA 5 6 KITCHARAO 7 8 9 JALIOBONG 10 13 SANTIAGO 11 12 TUBAY Lake Mainit Development Alliance Executive Summary 5 WATERSHED/DRAINAGE MAP Out of the total area of watershed, about 75 % are classified as forestlands and the remaining 25 % are Alienable and Disposable land. The remaining old growth forests can only be found at present in patches in Alegria, Jabonga and Santiago. Large areas of the forestlands are being used for agriculture. The watershed is in the typhoon belt. It is exposed to 7 % of the typhoons that hit the country every year. During
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