Success stories

The forum on DENR-FASPs Success Stories and Lessons Learned centers on the learnings and experiences of the on the Natural Resoources Management Program (NRMP) in the implementation of Community-based Forest Management (CBFM). This proceedings includes a brief presentation on the NRMP and CBFM as well as the experiences in the course of CBFM  in the implementation in Region 11. This provides the reader a general appreiatin of the intricacies and processes involved in project implementation where areas of successes can be replicated and failures can be corrected or avoided.

Covering portions of the two protected areas (MKNP and NNNP), the watershed is part of the Western Visayas Biogeographic Zone and hosts a rich array of plant and animal species. These biodiversity resources have varied actual and potential uses, such as food, fiber, medicine, construction materials, handicrafts, furniture, and fuelwood, among others. The watershed irrigates 13,277 hectares of rice farms and 500 hectares of sugarcane plantations. It serves as source of domestic water for most households in the province and supports seven water bottling companies.

The Libmanan-Pulantuna Watershed Management Project (LPWMP) is one of the four pilot sites for Integrated Ecosystems Management (IEM) under the National Program Support for Environment and Natural Resources Management Project (NPS ENRMP), funded by a grant from the World Bank-Global Environment Facility (WB-GEF). After five years of project implementation from 2008 to 2012, the pilot site has emerged as a good example of replication and scaling up of IEM from the Libmanan-Pulantuna Watershed to the adjacent Albay Tres Quinale “A” Watershed, then the rest of the Bicol River Basin.

The traditional municipal development planning in the Philippines through the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) has been narrowly focused on settled communities, the urban and agricultural areas, and the alienable and disposable (A and D)lands. Forestlands and

watershed areas are often not included, or, if at all, just mentioned in passing in the CLUP. Looking at the context of the General Nakar and Infanta in Quezon Province that largely compose the Kanan-Agos River Watershed (KARW), the A and D Land and the forestlands are 10,426

“Ang pagmamalasakit sa kalikasan ay magdudulot ng tiyak na magandang kinabukasan”

- Barangay Batangan, General Nakar, Quezon

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