Development of Climate-Responsive Integated River Basin Master Plan for Agno River Basin

The objective of this project is to update the Integrated River Basin Master Plan for one of the abovementioned river basins: the Agno River Basin, to incorporate the implications of the new climate normals in addressing the concerns on: 

1. Water resources management;
2. Watershed management;
3. Flood control/mitigation, disaster risk reduction and hazards management;
4. Wetland management (to include rivers, river deltas, marshlands and coastal areas);
5. Economic development; and
6. Institutional linkages and organizational structure for river basin management.

It shall adopt the following principles , and methods to accomplish the objectives and expected outputs of the project namely,

1. Holistic System Approach
2. Participatory Epistemology
3. Demand Driven
4. Interdisciplinary
5. Science and Technology Based
6. Cultural Sensitivity
7. Subsidiarity