THE LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ILBM PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Lennie C. Santos-Borja
Officer-in-Charge, Environmental Regulation Department
Head, Carbon Finance Unit
Laguna Lake Development Authority
Philippines
Member, ILEC Scientific Committee
„The
Philippine Archipelago
LOCATION MAP
OF LAKES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Total No. of Lakes as 2001:
211
„Laguna
Lake Development Authority
„AC
Santos-Borja
AN OVERVIEW OF LAKE MANAGEMENT
IN THE PHILIPPINES
•
Lake Management Authority – Laguna Lake Dev. Authority
•
Local Government Unit – e.g. Rinconada Lakes
•
Protected Area Management Board – e.g. Lake Lanao, Taal
Lake
LAKE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
RA 4850 (1966)… to promote and accelerate the
development and balanced growth….with due regard for
„environmental management….)
„LLDA
PD 813
(1975)
„Expanded the Mandate of
LLDA to address
environmental protection
including the power to
issue permit for the use of
surface waters
„EO
EO 349 (1996)
„ Adoption and
implementation
of Laguna de
Bay Master Plan
EO 149 (1993)
• placed under DENR
for administrative
supervision and
policy coordination
927 (1983)
„Classified LLDA as Class A Corporation
„Authorized to modify its organization
„Granted water rights over Laguna de Bay and other water
bodies within the region
„Granted power to control and abate pollution within the
region
„Authorized to collect fees for the use of lake water
„Laguna
Lake Development Authority
„AC
Santos-Borja
„900
km2
Introduction to Laguna de Bay
„
Largest lake in the Philippines, one
of the largest in Southeast Asia
„
24 micro-watersheds including 24
major river systems traversing 66
LGUs (6 Provinces)
„
In the midst of the country’s key
agro-industrial development zone
„
Multiple uses including domestic
water supply
„
Only one outlet – Napindan
Channel, discharging to Manila
Bay via Pasig River
•
•
The lake is life support system to about 13
million people
3.5 million of whom live in 29 lakeshore
municipalities and cities
AC Santos-Borja
Masahisa Nakamura, ILEC,
May 2009
The WAKE UP Call!
September 26, 2009
„LLDA‐CFU
„LLDA‐CFU
WHICH OF THE PILLARS IS/ARE WEAK?
TIME FOR SELF-CRITICISM AND ANALYSIS
AC Santos-Borja
Masahisa Nakamura, ILEC,
May 2009
HOW ABOUT?
INTEGRATED LAKE BASIN MANAGEMENT AS A TOOL
FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT
(ILBM = DRRM)
IMPACTS OF ILBM vs DISASTER
(takes time)
(happens any time)
DIFFERENT EMERGING PROJECT PROPOSALS:
„
ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE – FLOODING
„
INCREASING DEMAND FOR DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY
„CENTRALIZED
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS
(GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR)
ALARMING LAND USE CONVERSION BY DIFFERENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS – (CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES
Revision of the 1995 Laguna de Bay Master Plan
LAGUNA DE BAY BASIN MASTER PLAN
“Laguna Lake 2020”
Lakes managed by Local
Government Units
„Lake
Baao
„Lake
Bato
„Lake
Buhi
LAKES MANAGED BY LGUs
Lake Bato
Lake Baao-Bula
Lake Buhi
AC Santos-Borja
„Main
„„M „I
„E
Crater Lake of „Taal„Volcano,„Batangas
„Earthquakes
Initiative
„Laguna
Lake Development Authority
and Megacities
„AC
Santos-Borja
Lake
Lanao
is
located in Lanao del
Sur,
Autonomous
Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM)
„Lanao
del Sur
„Map
sources: NAMRIA & Wikipedia
LAKE LANAO
WORKSHOP GROUP 1:
INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY
„Theme
1: Developing Efficient Organizations
„Theme
2: Policy Directions and Society’s Support
WORKSHOP GROUP 2:
KNOWLEDGE
PARTICIPATION AND
„Theme
3: Expanding the Circle of Involvement
„Theme
4: Pursuing the Sources of Knowledge and Wisdom
WORKSHOP GROUP 3:
TECHNOLOGIES AND FINANCING
„Theme
5: Technology Support
„Theme
6: Sustainable Financing
REQUIRED ACTIONS
„Short Term – one year
„Medium
„Long
Term – three years
Term – 3 years and beyond
The Six Pillars of ILBM
All maybe present but:
z
Some are weak, some are
strong
z
Some pillars are just
starting to be built
z
Some pillars are lacking
“Maraming Salamat Po!”
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
„Laguna
Lake Development Authority
„AC
Santos-Borja
Existing Water
Uses
Irrigation
Power Generation
Fisheries
Navigation
Habitat for various species
Industrial cooling
Drinking water supply
Recreation
…and many others
„
ILBM AND CLIMATE CHANGE
SECOND NATIONAL CONGRESS ON
PHILIPPINE LAKES
“ BUILDING ON THE PILLARS
OF INTEGRATED LAKE BASIN MANAGEMENT”
April 27-29, 2011
SEARCA AUDITORIUM
LOS BANOS, LAGUNA