Climate Change Adaptation Practices Towards Sustainable Watershed Management: The Case of Abuan Watershed in Ilagan City, Philippines

Autor: Orlando F. Balderama
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Interlocal Adaptations to Climate Change in East and Southeast Asia ISBN: 9783030812065
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81207-2_3
Popis: In the Philippines, it is the local government units (LGUs) who are at the forefront in implementing initiatives related to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in their respective jurisdictions. The legal framework governing DRRM and CCA devolves to the LGUs the responsibility to prepare and integrate local CCA and DRRM into locally mandated plans, particularly into the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Comprehensive Development Plans (CDP). The legal framework governing the country’s climate change and disaster risk reduction and management policies are as follows
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