22/01/2013 BACKGROUND RATIONALE OF THE POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES OF BENGUET BEST PRACTICES/MAIN ACTIVITIES LESSONS LEARNED/WAY FORWARD MAINSTREAMING POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES IN THE UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES – (NATIONAL WEALTH TAX), PROVINCE OF BENGUET PHILEX MINES, TUBA AMBUKLAO DAM, BOKOD 1 22/01/2013 LOCATION, LAND AREA •Located between 16°33° north latitude and 120°34° to 120°52° east longitude •Bounded on the: North - Mt. Province, South-Pangasinan and La Union East -Ifugao and Nueva Viscaya West -La Union and Ilocos Sur. •256 Kilometers north of Manila •Capital Town of La Trinidad – 6 Kilometers away from Baguio •Land Area – 298, 260 hectares 2 22/01/2013 District 1 District 2 -Bokod -Atok -Bakun -Itogon -Buguias -Kabayan -Kapangan -Kibungan -Sablan -La Trinidad*-Capital -Tuba Town -Mankayan -Tublay * 140 barangay -Landlocked province Accessible by land: South - Kennon Road North - Halsema Highway, Cervantes-Abatan Road East – Naguilian Road West – Benguet – Nueva Viscaya Rd. 3 22/01/2013 TOTAL POPULATION (2010) = 403,494 (NSO Census) TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD = 84,007 (CBMS Survey 2008-2009) Average Household size = 4 (CBMS) Pop. Density = 142 persons/sq.km. Growth Rate (1990-2010) = 1.5 -IBALOI – Living in the southern part of the Province -KANKANAEY – Northern part of the province -KALANGUYA – Occupying the eastern part of the Province 4 22/01/2013 TOPOGRAPHY AND SLOPE -GENERALLY RUGGED AND GENTLY SLOPING TO STEEP SLOPE • Lowest elevation - 200 meters asl at the southernmost part of Tuba •Highest - 2,792 meters asl at Mt. Pulag , Kabayan (3rd Highest Peak in the Philippines) •Other prominent mountains are Tabayoc, Panutuan, Nan-agto, Osdong, Paoay, Mt. Kabunyan, Singkalsa, Sto. Tomas, Mt. Data , and Mt. Ugu . 5 22/01/2013 METALLIC NON- METALLIC - GOLD - SILICA - COPPER - WHITE CLAY - SILVER - ZINC - LEAD - MOLYBDENUM 6 22/01/2013 RIVER SYSTEM MAJOR RIVERS -AGNO RIVER -AMBURAYAN RIVER -ABRA RIVER -LA TRINIDAD – NAGUILIAN RIVER -BUED RIVER -GALLANO-TUBA RIVER 7 22/01/2013 OPERATIONAL MINES 1. PHILEX MINING CORP., TUBA 2. LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY, MANKAYAN Philex Mining Corporation, Padcal, Camp 3, Tuba 8 22/01/2013 Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, Mankayan DAMS MINI-HYDRO 1. AMBUKLAO DAM, BOKOD 1. LA TRINIDAD 2. BINGA DAM, ITOGON 2. SABLAN 3. SAN ROQUE DAM, ITOGON 3. TUBA 4. BAKUN 5. ITOGON 9 22/01/2013 BINGA DAM, TINONGDAN, BENGUET R.A. 9136 year amount - ELECTRIC POWER 2008 Php50,220,919.00 INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001 2009 42,507,029.00 2010 21,025,351.00 R.A. 7492 2011 31,276,631.00 – PHILIPPINE MINING TOTAL Php145,029,930.00 ACT OF 1995 10 22/01/2013 ENHANCE REVENUE COLLECTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION GOOD GOVERNANCE 11 22/01/2013 CBMS – SAE-NSCB NHTS – DILG/LGU (2009) DSWD (2008-2009) (2010) ATOK ATOK ATOK BAKUN BAKUN BAKUN BOKOD BUGUIAS KABAYAN KABAYAN KABAYAN KAPANGAN KIBUNGAN KIBUNGAN TUBLAY % of HH below poverty threshold WHERE ARE THEY? 1. ATOK 2. BAKUN 3. BOKOD 4. KAPANGAN 5. KIBUNGAN 6. KABAYAN 7. MANKAYAN Source; CBMS 2008-2009 12 22/01/2013 OPEN PIT MINING, PADCAL, TUBA 13 22/01/2013 LEPANTO MINE TAILINGS DAM, COLALO, MANKAYAN SINKING MANKAYAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, MANKAYAN 14 22/01/2013 E.O. 2010-10 – EXECUTIVE ORDER STRICTLY PROHIBITING QUARRYNG ACTIVITIES ALONG THE STRETCH OF THE HALSEMA NATL. RD. IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET A.O. 2011-24 – REORGANIZING THE BENGUET PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT RESOURCE COUNCIL A.O. 2012-30 – CREATING AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE BEAUTIFICATION OF HALSEMA HIGHWAY, BENGUET PROVINCE A.O. 2012-32 – CREATING THE PROVINCIAL MATERNAL, NEW-BORN CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION (MNCHN) TEAM OF BENGUET AND DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 15 22/01/2013 Prevalence of Underweight Children Under 5 Years of Age Source: CBMS 2008-2009 16 22/01/2013 17 22/01/2013 18 22/01/2013 DECREASING TREND OF PREVALENCE OF UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. YEAR RATE CY 2010 2.53% CY 2012 1.66% 19 22/01/2013 20 22/01/2013 Agriculture inputs assistance and animal dispersal for poor farmers CONVERGENCE OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN THE DEPRESSED BARANGAYS OF BENGUET CY 2008 - ANSAGAN, TUBA CY 2009 - GADANG, KAPANGAN CY 2011 - BASHOY, KABAYAN 21 22/01/2013 22 22/01/2013 23 22/01/2013 24 22/01/2013 25 22/01/2013 26 22/01/2013 THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SPENDS MORE THAN WHAT IS REMITTED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AS ITS SHARE FROM THE NATIONAL WEALTH TAX FOR PROGRAMS/PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES. 27 .