Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The purpose of the Project was to establish large-scale, commercial timber plantations that will protect the environment and improve the living conditions of local residents. The Project intended to
(i.) protect the watersheds of the Banban and Vintar rivers in the province of Ilocos Nort by restoring its forest cover;
(ii.) establish tree plantations for timber, fuelwood and pulpwood production, and constriction roads to serve reforestation activities as well as the needs of local residents; and

BACKGROUND

The Master Plan for the Agusan River Basin Project TA (TA 4552-PHI) was carried out from August 2005 to July 2006. The draft final reports were extensively reviewed and revised, and the master plan was developed into an “enhanced master plan”, with the last version of the final report submitted in May 2008.

This compilation was accomplished through the Integrated Coastal Resource Management Project (ICRMP), a foreign-assisted project. These studies attempt to pursue policy reforms and advocate strategy towards the protection and sustainable management of coastal and marine resource. The compilation includes the following:

The Third Davao del Norte Irrigation Project is the second of the two irrigation projects formulated under the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed technical assistance for Second Mindanao Irrigation Study. Under the ADB loan package, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is the lead implementing agency with the Department of Health, the Department of Public Works and Highways, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Forest Management Bureau as the other executing agencies.

The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARM) Project was a successor to the Highland Agricultural Development Project, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Project’s main activities were aimed at benefiting the communities as whole rather than selected individuals, which implied that the Project was to target only the communities that had poverty incidence of over 90%.

The Allah Valley Watershed Development Project, a component agency of the National Irrigation Administration-Allah River Irrigation Project (NIA-ARIP) embraces a total area of 102,350 hectares located within the municipality of Lake Sebu, Surallah and T’boli in the province of South Cotabato and the municipality of Bagumbayan in the province of Sultan Kudarat. The Project objective was to rehabilitate the critical watershed area so as to enhance the viability of the irrigation project.