The Case of Hijo River Rechanelling
and Accretion Development Along
Hijo River of Tagum City
• Documented by:
University of Southeastern Philippines,
Davao City
Climate Change Adaptation
Brief Profile of  Created into a Municipality on
 JUNE 23, 1941
Tagum City  Became a Component City on
 MARCH 7, 1998
 Situated 55 kilometers north of Davao City,
it is one of the fastest growing cities in
Region XI
 First class City with a Total Land Area of
19, 580 hectares
 Composed of 23 Barangays
 Ranked among the 20 most viable
component cities to do business in the
country
 2010 Population – 235,000
 Elevation - 25 M above sea level
(Source: Google Earth)
ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
Dumping of
Wastes in Open
Spaces
Marine and Coastal
Degradation
Riverbank
Erosion
Brief Description of Tagum City
• Fastest growing city in terms of population,
industry and business establishments.
• It is a gold processing zone.
• The most important river is Hijo.
• There is rampant mining activities in the Hijo
River for it is the outfall of mining processing
waste.
Project Components
1. Relocation of the affected families
2. Rechanelling and dredging of the
river.
3. Development of accretion area
into forest eco-park.
4. Stabilization of the river bank.
CITY ORDINANCE NO. 23, S-1999
“AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING FEES IN SUPPORT FOR
THE CITY GOVERNMENT’S PROGRAM OF
REFORESTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION”
legalized the collection of:
Reforestation
Conservation and
Environmental
Protection
Fee
enacted and passed on December 16, 1999.
SECTION V.
FEES
• The amount of Ten (Php 10.00) Pesos for the
whole year shall be imposed as Reforestation,
Conservation and Environmental Protection
Fund/Fee (RCEPF) other than the fee that might
be required for any of the above enumerated
transaction
AMENDMENTS
The 2007 Revenue Code of the City of Tagum (Tax
Ordinance No. 07-001) provided the following amendments for
the collection of the RCEPF, to wit:
SECTION 103
Reforestation, Conservation and Environmental
Protection Fee (RCEPF) – A fee of Twenty Pesos
(Php 20.00) shall be imposed on any persons,
establishments or businesses for every transaction
with the City Government of Tagum
SECTION 104.
Tax Ordinance No. 07-001
USE OF RCEPF
• reforestation, conservation and
environmental protection
• pollution control (preparation,
purchase of planting materials,
chemicals, fertilizer, labor, gadgets
when necessary)
PROJECTS
IMPLEMENTED
Open Space Tree Planting in
Private Lots
trees.
45 hectares were already planted to more than 18,000
Accretion Area Tree Planting
Date Started: September 18, 2005
More or less 150 hectares of land were delineated & 33
hectares of it were already planted with 11,000 hills of diff.
species of Forest trees in the Accretion Area.
Tagum City Nursery
Location: Energy Park,Brgy. Apokon
Date Established: August 25, 2005
Project Operations
MOU Signing with parters:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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9.
Tagum City Water District
Rotary Club of Tagum City
MINEX Corporation
HEXAT Mining Corporation
Group of Companies
USEP Apokon Campus
SMART Co.
Religious Groups
University of Mindanao
Activities Undertaken
Delineation of Accretion Area, Survey
and Tagging of Affected Households
The Accretion Area
Activities Undertaken
Preparing the Affected Community
Activities Undertaken
Demolition of Houses
Activities Undertaken
Community Organizing
Activities Undertaken
Livelihood
Flower
Garden
Activities Undertaken
Livelihood
Vegetable
Garden
Activities Undertaken
River Rechanelling and Dredging
NGO’s and GOCC’s
Participation and
Commitment
TAGUM WATER DISTRICT
Proponent
: City Government of Tagum
Name of Project : New Balamban Watershed
Location
: Barangay New Balamban
No. of Hectares : 10 has. Forest Plantation
Counterpart
: Planting & Maintenance
(2 Personnel)
New Balamban Forest
Watershed Project
Location : Brgy. New Balamban
Date Started: March 2008
NCCC Cares
Proponent
: City Government of Tagum
Name of Project : Eco – tourism Project
Location
: Barangay San Agustin
No. of Hectares : 7 has.
Counterpart
: P 52, 800.00 (Annual)
LYR Group of Companies
Proponent
: City Government of Tagum
Name of Project : Accretion Reforestation Program
Location
: Barangay Magugpo East
No. of Hectares : 25 has.
Counterpart
: Planting and Maintenance
Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) Signing
RESOLUTION NO. 229, s-2011
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAYOR, HON. REY
T. UY, TO SIGN FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF
TAGUM A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) WITH THE
TAGUM WATER DISTRICT REPRESENTED BY MR. HENRIETTO Q.
CASTRENCE, GENERAL MANAGER AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNIT OF BARANGAY SAN AGUSTIN REPRESENTED BY HON.
VICENTE A. CHATTO, PUNONG BARANGAY, FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SAN AGUSTIN ECO-PARK.
RESOLUTION NO. 1025, s-2010
“A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAYOR, HON.
REY T. UY, TO SIGN FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE CITY
GOVERNMENT OF TAGUM A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
(MOA) WITH THE NCCC CARES, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS
PRESIDENT, MR. LAFAYETTE A. LIM AND BARANGAY SAN
AGUSTIN, REPRESENTED BY PUNONG BARANGAY, HON. VICENTE
A. CHATTO FOR THE ECO-TOURISM PROJECT AT BARANGAY SAN
AGUSTIN, TAGUM CITY.”
RESOLUTION NO. 942, s-2009
Group of Companies
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAYOR, HON. REY
T. UY TO SIGN FOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF
TAGUM A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) WITH THE LYR
GROUP OF COMPANIES AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF TAGUM, BOTH
REPRESENTED BY MR. LORENZO C. RUBINOS, JR., THE
OPERATIONS MANAGER AND PRESIDENT, BARANGAY MAGUGPO
EAST REPRESENTED BY HON. SANTIAGO NEO, PUNONG
BARANGAY, FOR THE ECO-TOURISM PROGRAM AT ACCRETION
AREA IN BARANGAY MAGUGPO EAST, TAGUM CITY.
I write you on behalf of the St. Peterlife
Memorial Homes (Mindanao) Inc. to formally
express support for your leadership’s environmental
projects. We also take this opportunity to explore a
long-term program to sustain your reforestation
efforts in Tagum as part of one of our Corporate
Social Responsibility Program called the St. Peter
Soul Trees Program
The St. Peter Soul Trees program aims to
commit trees for services rendered by our St.
Peter Chapels. In line with this program, we
would like to discuss possibilities to invest
4.5
million pesos in the next three (3) years
to develop and complete a 50-hectare forest
with approximately 66,000 trees.
These programs were materialized
because of the never ending support of
NGO’s, Religious sectors, Civic Clubs,
Academe & City Employees through
BAYANIHAN activities.
Other Participating Organizations
•Brgy. Council of Apokon
•DENR XI, Davao City
•PNP
• Philippine Army
•Army Reservist
•Rotary Club of Tagum
•Rotary Club of Tagum Golden Laces
•Rotary Club of Tagum North
• Mother Buttler Apokon Chapter
•Sacred Heart of Jesus Quasi Parish Apokon
•University of Southeastern Philippines,
Tagum Campus
•University of Mindanao Tagum College
•SDAI – Golden Kris 2010
•Tagum Tourism Council
•Philippine Institute of Certified Public
Accountant
•Provincial Agrarian Reform Office
• Accretion Association of Apokon
•DENR Region XI, Forestry, ERDS, Bureau
of Lands
•Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
•Bohol Bikers
•Kiddie Math
•Pilot Alumni Batch ’88
•Sto. Niño College
• Lady Local Legislators League
• Iglesia Ni Cristo
•City Disaster Coordinating Council
Accretion Reforestation
Program
Mother Butler Mission Guilds
Tagum Chapter
Fraternities & Sororities
Tagum City
Results of the Adaptation
• Secured the community from the flooding of
Hijo River.
• Provided the community with livelihood,
hence, regular daily income.
• Reduced the flood water from 10 meter high
to 4 meter high.
Problems Encountered
1. Resistance of lot owners adjacent
to the relocation site.
2. No potable water supply.
3. House and lot ownership.
4. Market of flower is not good.
Coping Mechanism
1. Negotiated with lot owners.
2. Coordinated with Tagum City
water district for potable water
supply to relocated communities.
3. Pabahay Program
Impact Analysis
1. Increased Income
Impact Analysis
2. Improved access to social services
Impact Analysis
3. Fifty percent decreased on the
height of flood waters
Impact Analysis
4. Improved Quality of Life
Conclusion
1. There is joint effort of LGU, community,
academe, NGA’s and other organizations
in addressing the problem.
2. There is a continuous dialogue, planning
and education campaign with the
community and partners.
3. There is reduction of flood water
heights.
Lesson Learned
1. The city government should have
land for relocation so problems
with existing lot owners will be
avoided.
2. Market for livelihood products
should have been created earlier.
This is Tagum now at
DAWN TIME
Location: Brgy. Magugpo East
Time
: 5:10 a.m.
Date
: August 17, 2011
Total Number of Trees Planted
126, 640 hills
in Open Spaces, Accretion, Roads, Riverbanks
and Wetlands…
and we will keep on planting,
managing, and protecting our
MOTHER EARTH.
“ I’d rather be MISUNDERSTOOD
for doing SOMETHING than be
UNDERSTOOD for doing NOTHING.”