Climate Change-Responsive Integrated River Basin Management and Development Master Plans for the 8 Clustered River Basins Executive Summary for Cluster 3 River Basin (Alag-Baco, Butas, Catuiran-Bucayao, Mag-Asawang Tubig and Pula) Submitted by: College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los baños Funded by: River Basin Control Office Department of Environment and Natural Resources Executive Summary Climate Change-Responsive Integrated River Basin Management and Development Master Plan for tHe Cluster 3 River Basin i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 RATIONALE .............................................................................................................................. 1 2 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................ 1 3 SCOPE AND LIMITATION ..................................................................................................... 2 4 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 2 5 ASSESSMENT REPORTS ........................................................................................................ 4 5.1 GEOPHYSICAL PROFILE ...................................................................................................... 4 Geographic Location ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Climate Trends ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Topography ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Soils and Geology ............................................................................................................................................................ 4 Water Resources ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Land Classification and Land Cover ....................................................................................................................... 5 Natural Hazards ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 5.2 BIOECOLOGICAL PROFILE .................................................................................................. 7 5.3 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE .................................................................................................... 7 5.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE ................................................................................................ 8 Settlement Pattern ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Indigenous People .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Land and House Tenure ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Energy Consumption ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Literacy and Education ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Poverty and Subsistence .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Human Development Index ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Labor and Employment ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Natural Resource Dependent Livelihood ........................................................................................................... 10 5.5 INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................................................... 11 Educational Facilities ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Health Facilities ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 Road and Bridges ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Irrigation .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Waste and Sanitation ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Communications ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 Financial Institutions .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Transportation .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 5.6 LAND CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT .................................................................................... 13 5.7 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 13 5.8 POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................... 14 5.9 VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................. 15 Hazard Vulnerability Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 15 Vulnerability of Water to Climate-Change ........................................................................................................ 15 Participatory Risk and Vulnerability Assessment .......................................................................................... 16 6 MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN ................................................................ 17 6.1 VISION .............................................................................................................................. 17 6.2 MISSION ........................................................................................................................... 17 6.3 INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ................................. 17 6.4 DEVELOPMENT OF ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ................................................................ 18 6.5 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ................................................................................................ 18 Selection of Key Indicators ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Identification of the current PAPs ......................................................................................................................... 19 Executive Summary Climate Change-Responsive Integrated River Basin Management and Development Master Plan for tHe Cluster 3 River Basin ii Estimation of Gaps ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 Identification and Selection of Preferred Measures and PAPs ................................................................. 19 Identified Programs and Projects ......................................................................................................................... 20 6.6 INVESTMENT PLAN ......................................................................................................... 22 6.7 PRIORITIZATION OF PAPS ............................................................................................. 25 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Estimated Water Demands for 2030 and 2050 in Cluster 3. ...................................... 16 Table 2. Development issues in Cluster 3 River Basin. ................................................................... 18 Table 3. Implementation Plan of Cluster 3 River Basin. ................................................................. 20 Table 4. Cost requirements of programs and projects for a climate-responsive integrated master plan for tHe Cluster 3 River Basin. ............................................................................... 23 Table 5. Total score and rank of PAPs in each criterion. ................................................................ 25 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Framework for Developing a Climate Change-Responsive Integrated