Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Community-led watershed-based water resources management: The case of Balian, Pangil, Laguna

Abstract: In Balian, the presence of indigenous institutions borne by a well entrenched and historically rooted and highly developed sociopolitical arrangement has enabled the local community […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): A. Contreras
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Building global citizen capacity for watershed management

This presentation reviews community based water monitoring programs, which have been successful in several provinces in the Philippines and have spread both in South East Asia […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): B. Deutsch; S. Ruiz-Cordova
  • Type of Document: Media

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Institutions and water – the vital connections

Excerpt: Water governance encompasses economic, administrative and even political authority over water resources and services. There are various institutions at play at different levels – national, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): D. Elazegui
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

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Realities of the watershed management approach: The Magat Watershed experience

Abstract: This paper aims to showcase the experience of the Magat watershed in the implementation of the watershed management approach. Magat watershed was declared as a […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): D. Elazegui; E. Combalicer
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Enhancing the role of local government units in environmental regulation

Abstract: This paper reviews the implementation of one major environmental regulation in the Philippines, i.e., the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) system. This deals with the process […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): D. Elazegui; M. Espaldon; A. Sumbalan
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Realities of watershed management in the Philippines: The case of the Iloilo-Maasin Watershed management

Abstract: The paper analyzed the presence or absence of elements needed to have an effective system of watershed management in the Maasin Watershed, Iloilo Province. IT […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): H. Francisco; J. Salas
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Interactions between economic policies and institutions in water allocation and use: Theory and evidence from a Philippine watershed

This chapter begins by presenting such a highly simplified model (section 1) wherein what is distinguished are only the decisions of two agents, in upstream and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Policies or projects? Land use incentives and soil conservation in a Philippine watershed

This presentation refutes the assumption that upland farmers are beyond the influence of market forces, suggesting that market interventions can be an effective tool for encouraging […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Media

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Economic incentives for land use change: evidence from Lantapan

Optimal land use and farm area choices depend on crop prices, input prices, family labor, household characteristics, and agro-ecological characteristics. Location in the watershed (e.g. altitude) […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; B. Demeke
  • Type of Document: Media

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Panel data evidence on upland agricultural land use in the Philippines: Can economic policy reforms reduce environmental damage?

In this paper we investigate determinants of land use decisions made by farmers in an upland area of the Philippines. Our Goal is to quantify land […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; B. Demeke
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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