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Over the years, the Laguna de Bay has been subjected to both natural
and anthropogenic pressures. As a result, the ecological
integrity of the lake has suffered and has affected its ability to
bounce back to its original condition.
This reality has prompted the government and other sectors of society
to give attention to how the lake is being managed. Aside from
efforts coming from the authorities, many groups have recognized their
stake on the lake and thus have initiated various efforts contributing
to its conservation and management. However, these efforts have
been fragmented and uncoordinated thus, missing out on a great
opportunity for synergism.
Cognizant to this, the CLEAR partnership launched a series of fora
that brings together the different stakeholders to discuss common
concerns and to have the opportunity to learn what each one is doing
as far as lake conservation and management is concerned. It is
envisioned that the activity will generate local best practices that
can be shared and replicated.
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objectives
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To
provide a venue for discussion of issues and concerns for
consensus building among stakeholders; |
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provide a mechanism for generating information that can be
shared among stakeholders; |
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To
be one of the means of connecting people to expand, strengthen
and sustain partnership among Laguna de Bay stakeholders; |
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To
have an alternative mechanism fro inputting to the review and
formulation of policies concerning the conservation and
management of Laguna de Bay. |
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organization
of a steering committee
To
ensure the success of the Lake Forum Series, a core group of
stakeholders was organized into a Steering Committee to provide policy
direction to the activity. The Committee, which was organized on
18 March 2004, is composed of Mr. Joey Cariño of the Laguna Lake
Development Authority, Engr. Wilfrido Nava of the Federation of
River Basin Councils, Director Celso Diaz of the Ecosystems
Research and Development Bureau, Dr. Ben Eusebio of the Lasallian
Institute for the Environment, Ms. Lina Tanjuatco of the Tanay
Environment Foundation, and the CLEAR Partners.
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