Community-based water quality monitoring: The Tigbantay Wahig experience
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2001
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Los Baños, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development
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This chapter will document the exciting development of a peopleï'½s organization in Lantapan that is committed to protecting and restoring the water resources of their municipality. It will briefly place this development in the historical context of Philippine decentralization and the rise of environmentally-related nongovernmental groups, as well as the goals and cornerstones of the SANREM CRSP program. The groups' technical and social formation will be outlined, with a description of milestones, success stories and future directions.
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Participatory processes, Training, Water management, Environmental impacts, Community-based organizations, Religion, Local NGOs, Local policy, Social marketing, Institutional capacity building, Economic impacts, Decentralization, Community participation, Water quality, Community development, Community-based monitoring, The Philippines, Manupali watershed, Lantapan, Decision support, Lgus, Natural resource management plan, Public awareness, Water quality indicators, Environmental policy, Dissemination, Watershed