Lanao del Sur forms watershed council

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Lanao del Sur provincial government has created a watershed management council to ensure careful planning and implementation of the Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) activities for Lake Lanao River Basin.

The Lanao Basin Management Council - shed Management Councils during a workshop held in this city on January 9 and 10 with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

- for INREMP activities.

The INREMP is intended to protect, manage and develop the watershed of Lanao del Sur, which has a coverage area of 138,834 hectares, apart from three other

covers the Upper Bukidnon River Basin with 446,620 hectares, the Upper Chico River Basin with 405,894 hectares and the Upper

together to draw up an effective manage-

Gov. Soraya Adiong said “Lake Lanao economic, recreational, aesthetic, cultural,

She added that “failure to protect [the] lake will have a negative impact not only

of six Agus hydro-power plants that supply 60 percent of the electricity in Mindanao,

The provincial government and the DENR had signed a Memorandum of water requirements needed for hydro pow

The agreement stipulates implementation parts of the INREMP, the funds for which Development Bank amounting to $100 mil from the International Fund for Agriculture Development.