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Field Actions Science Reports the Journal of Field Actions, Sep 25, 2009
The Philippine Local Government Code provides the legal basis for local natural resources managem... more The Philippine Local Government Code provides the legal basis for local natural resources management. However, the Code, which was enacted into Law in 1991, is not always the driving force for many Local Government Units (LGU's) that have made breakthroughs in local natural resources management (NRM). This paper provides case studies that reveal the policy and institutional hurdles in implementing local and participatory natural resources management programmes; the lessons and experiences among LGU's in linking good governance with NRM; the research and development activities on local and participatory NRM; and the key institutional and policy issues to be communicated at the national level. Through the development of the Natural Resources Management and Development Plan (NRMDP), employing public-private partnerships and capitalizing on the presence of research and non-governmental organizations (NGO), agri-business and other community sectors, the Municipality of Lantapan, an LGU, succeeded in overcoming constraints such as: lack of budget, manpower, technical skills, and poor community involvement. A key feature of the NRMDP is the Landcare Program which centers on formation of community landcare groups that mobilize resources for wider adoption of conservation practices. The Landcare Program is a grassroots approach for rapid and inexpensive dissemination of available, simple, and lower-cost technologies of agroforestry and conservation practices. It was determined that communities have important roles to play but LGU have greater responsibility to provide the policy and institutional basis for supporting community-based initiatives.
Field Actions Science Reports the Journal of Field Actions, Sep 25, 2009
The Philippine Local Government Code provides the legal basis for local natural resources managem... more The Philippine Local Government Code provides the legal basis for local natural resources management. However, the Code, which was enacted into Law in 1991, is not always the driving force for many Local Government Units (LGU's) that have made breakthroughs in local natural resources management (NRM). This paper provides case studies that reveal the policy and institutional hurdles in implementing local and participatory natural resources management programmes; the lessons and experiences among LGU's in linking good governance with NRM; the research and development activities on local and participatory NRM; and the key institutional and policy issues to be communicated at the national level. Through the development of the Natural Resources Management and Development Plan (NRMDP), employing public-private partnerships and capitalizing on the presence of research and non-governmental organizations (NGO), agri-business and other community sectors, the Municipality of Lantapan, an LGU, succeeded in overcoming constraints such as: lack of budget, manpower, technical skills, and poor community involvement. A key feature of the NRMDP is the Landcare Program which centers on formation of community landcare groups that mobilize resources for wider adoption of conservation practices. The Landcare Program is a grassroots approach for rapid and inexpensive dissemination of available, simple, and lower-cost technologies of agroforestry and conservation practices. It was determined that communities have important roles to play but LGU have greater responsibility to provide the policy and institutional basis for supporting community-based initiatives.