2011 Annual Report - PhilDHRRA-Mindanao

PCEEM DAVAO FOUNDATION
For PCEEM Davao Foundation, the year 2011-
2012 was a busy year despite its meager
resources. The Secretariat, now composed of
two full time staff, have been complemented by
the presence of volunteers (Experts Pool
Members and OJT students from the Ateneo de
Davao University (ADDu) and Intercity College of
Science and Technology (ICST). The following
are the accomplishments for the period:
PROJECTS
Under the Agroforestry Tree Stewardship Project
(ATSP), a collaboration among the academe
sector, the peoples organization and the
business sector to reforest the environmentally
critical area, the river banks, of the rivers of the
Davao Watersheds. For the year, about a
thousand malibago and other forest tress have
been planted along the riverbanks of the Davao
River within the premises of the Dizon Property in
Brgy Ma-a. Survival rate is about 65%.
Sustainable Agriculture in Carmen, Baguio
District, with Rotary Club of Davao, PCEEM acts
as facilitator between the funder and the
beneficiaries. Last year, the foundation facilitated
the approval of several projects from the
Department of Agriculture such as the stripping
machine for abaca and solar drier as well as
trainings for cacao and abaca production. Said
activities benefit not only the members of
CASAFE (25 members) but also other farmers
within the barangay.
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As a Service Provider:
HEDCOR , Inc., contracted PCEEM
D a v a o t o p r e p a r e i t s I n i t i a l
Environmental Examination (IEE)
Report for its project, the New Tamugan
11.5 MW Hydropower Project. The IEE
Report is one of the prerequisites for
HEDCOR to get an Environmental
Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) for its hypropower
project. In this project PCEEM tapped the
members of the Experts Pool for the
technical aspects of the report. It commenced
mid 2011 and is still being reviewed by the
Environmental Management Bureau of (EMB)
of the DENR.
The Euro Generics International Philippines
Foundation, Inc. (EGIP), a company involved in
the importation of pharmaceutical products, is
proposing to fund a Forest Protection with
Livelihood Component in its Ancestral Domain
area for the IPs in Macatabo, Brgy. Carmen in
Baguio District. For this purpose, it
commissioned PCEEM to delineate and map
out the target area. A Base Map. Land Use Map,
Forest Protection Map and Sustainable
Agriculture Map were prepared and are now
being used as reference for the implementation
of the project.
LINKAGES
PCEEM Davao is also a member of the Davao
City Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy
(HELP) Network, and was designated by the
network to spearhead the solicitation for the
“International symposium on water resource
management and hydro hazards” which was
held in one of the finer hotels in the city last
August 2011. The event was co-sponsored by
the UNESCO, DOST, DENR and NEDA.
PCEEM Davao is also active in the following
networks: Philippine Partnership for the
Development of Human Resources in Rural
Areas (PHILDHRRA) where the President seats
as a member of the Regional Board of Trustees;