Watershed
Management Rehabilitation and Protection
The following were the
accomplishments of the sub-sector in line with the objective
of conserving the natural resources, at the same time
enhancing and protecting the environment towards alleviating
poverty.
For CY 2006, the
performance of watershed management declined compared the
previous year’s accomplishment. The sub-sector was greatly
affected by typhoons Senyang, Milenyo and Reming that
devastated the region’s forest and natural resources.
Under the NIPAS
law, the operation of 17 Interim Protected Area Management
Boards (PAMB) was institutionalized in the 17 identified
Protected Areas in the region and manages a total of 60,879
hectares of protection area. The demarcation on the ground
of Tugbo Watershed Forest Reserve was implemented and
boundaries were delineated under the management of the Tugbo
PAMB. Likewise, the remaining 196 kilometers of forest
boundary were delineated in the province of Albay and
Catanduanes.
A total of 83,300
vegetative measures through enrichment planting were
undertaken in Daet River Watershed in Camarines Norte and
the Management Plan of Matogdon River Watershed was
submitted for approval as one of the priority areas for
protection.
The Green
Philippine Highways was launched in August 2006 which
planted a total of 40,138 seedlings in the stretch of 470.73
kilometers from Sta. Elena to Matnog, Sorsogon which was
participated in by different sectors.
Reforestation of
the watershed was pursued with a total of 783,001seedlings
of various species produced and distributed to LGUs/general
public which established a total of 1,430 hectares of tree
plantations. However, typhoons Milenyo and Reming devastated
the tree plantations.
The assessment of
wetland areas was conducted in the following areas:
Malawmawan island in Castilla, Sorsogon, Doncilla Island
and Ponong wetland in Magarao, Camarines Sur and San Pedro
and Sta Ana wetland in Mobo, Masbate. Lakelets Manapao,
Makuao and Katugday in Buhi Camarines Sur were recommended
as critical habitat per Republic Act 9147.
The rehabilitation, management
and protection of 13,499 hectares of existing mangrove
forest was undertaken and six provincial Mangrove Management
Plans were prepared. Likewise, twenty hectares of new
mangrove plantations were established in ten coastal
municipalities in the region. Municipalities were assisted
in the establishment of their fish sanctuaries.
The Community
Based Forest Management (CBFM) envisioned to have a
self-reliant community in the upland and coastal areas to
ensure sustainability in forest management, has developed a
total of 97 hectares agro-forestry farms and assisted about
18 livelihood projects in the communities. This registered
only about 0.23 percent of the targeted 19,904 hectares for
the plan period 2004-2010.
Under the Forest
production and utilization, a total of 430 application
permits, leases and agreements pertaining to forestland
utilization and conservation were issued to applicants. The
continued validation, assessment of production forest areas
was conducted to determine their best land uses and
appropriate tenurial instruments were conducted in 9,005
hectares in the province of Masbate which showed a 0.38
percent decrease compared to last year’s performance.
Distribution of alienable and
disposable lands to beneficiaries were conducted and a total
of 3,989 free patents were issued and 5,405.90 hectares of
lands were distributed to beneficiaries of CARP which showed
a decrease of 0.13 percent over CY 2005 accomplishment.
Under forest research and
technology development, a total of seven research studies
were conducted and two technologies were packaged and 5,424
quality planting materials were produced in support to the
wood and non-wood based industries in the region during the
plan period 2005-2006. The tree plantation technology was
packaged for Malapapaya for adoption and 160 seedlings were
distributed for trial planting of farmers. Brochures for
raising Tubang Bakod were produced in response to the call
of President Aroyo for alternative sources of energy.
|
Performance Indicator |
Actual Accomplishment |
% Inc./Dec.
(2005-006) |
2004-2010
Fighting Targets |
|
2005 |
2006 |
|
1.
Forest Protection |
|
Area (ha.) inventoried & map |
14,497 |
9,005 |
-0.38 |
60,000 |
|
Area planted (ha.) |
735 |
525.6 |
-0.28 |
- |
|
Seedlings produced |
108,491 |
47,870 |
-0.56 |
- |
|
2.
Forest Production Utilization |
|
Permits/agreements issued |
636 |
430 |
-0.32 |
600 |
|
3.
Grazing Land Management |
|
Landuse surveyed/assessed (ha) |
458 |
196 |
-0.57 |
67,000 |
|
Permits issued on forestland lease |
458 |
163 |
-0.64 |
- |
|
4.
Community Based Forest Mgt. |
|
CBFM Areas develop (has.) |
39 |
48 |
0.23 |
19,904 |
|
Vegetative Measures (sq.m.) |
- |
83,300 |
- |
- |
|
5.
Land Surveys |
|
|
|
|
|
Public Land Surveys (ha) |
26,844 |
7,832.50 |
-0.71 |
60,000 |
|
Lots Reconstituted (no.) |
1,158 |
2,877 |
1.48 |
- |
|
6.
Land Disposition |
|
Patents Issuance (ha) |
6,212 |
5,405.90 |
-0.13 |
51,500 |
|
Patents issued (no) |
5,178 |
3,989 |
-0.23 |
- |
|
7.
Refo- Research and Technology |
|
Studies conducted (no) |
6 |
7 |
0.17 |
- |
|
Technology Package/adopted |
4 |
2 |
-0.50 |
- |
|
Quality Planting Stock Produced |
6,201 |
5,424 |
-0.13 |
- |
Source: DENR 5 Annual Report 2006
Mineral Industry Development
The year
2006 was characterized by a temporary setback in the
mining industry. This was attributed to the suspension
of the mineral processing operations of the Rapu-Rapu
Polymetallic Project. The aftermath of the two mine
tailing spills in October 2005 caused agitation among
anti-mining advocates. Government took action through
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
A fact finding commission was created to look into the
matter and to provide recommendations. However, the
mining operations of the Rapu-Rapu project continued for
the rest of 2006. As of end of December 2006 the
mineral processing operations remained suspended. As an
offshoot of the tailing spills, no new jobs under large
scale mining was generated. During the same year, the
Goodfound Cement Manufacturing Corporation located at
Camalig, Albay continued to produce good quality
cement. The primary material used for production was
mined in the municipalities of Camalig and Guinobatan,
Albay respectively.
Four small
scale mining projects continued their operations in
2006. These are the Aroroy Gold Rush, the Siruma Clay,
the Paracale-Panganiban People’s Small-Scale Mining Area
and the Larap iron Project. Three mineral exploration
activities were undertaken in 2006 (Table 2). These were
the exploration from iron ore in barangay Balocawe,
Matnog, Sorsogon and the exploration for gold and copper
in Ragay Camarines Sur.
The drilling
for iron ore is still on-going. The exploration permit
is in the process of renewal but peace and order problem
hampers the activities. For the exploitation of gold and
copper, the proponent private mining firm has already
drilled 10 holes and has executed a letter of agreement
with Royals Oxiana Philippines.
The other
large scale mining on the pipeline is the Aroroy Gold
Project in Masbate. Filminera Resources Corporation
completed the feasibility study for the Aroroy Gold
Project. Negotiations with foreign investors are
on-going. Construction of facilities is targeted to
start in the last quarter of 2007.
Significant
accomplishments under the geosciences sector for the
year 2006 were: geohazard survey/assessment and geologic
mapping. For geohazard survey/ assessment, 43
municipalities in Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Norte and
Camarines Sur were the recipients of the activity.
Priority areas identified in the maps were the flood and
landslide prone areas. Six layers of maps were prepared
for each local government unit to guide them in disaster
preparedness and risk reduction. Geologic mapping was
conducted in the Gubat quadrangle consisting of 30,000
hectares.
Table 2
Accomplishment in CY 2006 vis-à-vis
CY 2005
Accomplishment and the MTRDP Fighting Targets
in Mineral industry Development: Bicol Region
|
Indicator
(1) |
Actual
CY 2006
(2) |
Actual
CY 2005
(3) |
%
Change
(4)
2-3/3*100 |
2005 - 2010
Fighting
Target
(5) |
%
Accomp.
(6)
2/5*100 |
|
Number of large scale mining projects (on-going
operations) |
1 |
2 |
(50) |
2 |
50 |
|
No.
of jobs created by large scale mining projects
|
- |
616 |
- |
2,000 |
- |
|
Small scale mining projects (on-
going operations) |
4 |
4 |
- |
4 |
- |
|
Mineral exploration projects
|
2 |
3 |
(33) |
2 |
100 |
Source: DENR5
