Realities of the watershed management approach: The Magat Watershed experience

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2004

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Makati City, Philippines: Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract

This paper aims to showcase the experience of the Magat watershed in the implementation of the watershed management approach. Magat watershed was declared as a forest-reservation area through Proclamation No. 573 on June 26, 1969 because of its great importance to human survival and environmental balance in the region. The Magat case demonstrates the important role that champions like the local government unit (LGU) could play in managing the countrys watersheds. With the Nueva

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Forest management, Land tenure, Forest ecosystems, Tree tenure, Reforestation, Watershed management, Magat watershed, Watershed management, Governance Watershed, Participatory approach, Forest reservation, Management support system, Financial capital, Intellectual capital, Social institutions, Political capital, Governance Watershed

Citation

PIDS Discussion Paper Series no. 2004-21