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

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    In Balian, Philippines, the presence of indigenous institutions borne by a well entrenched and historically rooted and highly developed sociopolitical arrangement has enabled the local community to effectively link their governance and production activities to the watershed resource, despite opposition from some local political interests.
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    Realities of the watershed management approach: the Magat watershed experience

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    This paper aims to showcase the experience of the Magat (Philippines) watershed in the implementation of the watershed management approach. Magat watershed was declared as a forest-reservation area through Proclamation No. 573 on June 26, 1969 because of its great importance to human survival and environmental balance in the region.
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    Realities of watershed management in the Philippines: the case of the Iloilo-Maasin watershed

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004
    This paper analyses the presence or absence of elements needed to have an effective system of watershed management in the Maasin Watershed, Iloilo Province, Philippines. It concludes that:
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    Energy efficiency improvement and new and renewable energy development strategies for Ukraine

    Korea Development Institute, 2010
    MOSF and KDI launched the first KSP project on Mid-term Economic Development Strategies for Ukraine in January 2008. The four topics dealt with in the first KSP project were:
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    No Man’s Lands? Extractive activity, territory, and scial unrest in the Peruvian Amazon: the Cenepa river

    International Land Coalition, 2012
    This case study shows how the activities of a large foreign-invested mining company on land held by the Awajun community in the northern forests of Peru have led to a characteristic cycle of state permissiveness in granting mining concessions, thus leading to social conflict.
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    Indigenous peoples’ rights and climate policies in Guyana: a special report

    Forest Peoples Programme, 2014
    Guyana is a high forest cover and low deforestation country with tropical forests covering up to 85% of the national land area. The vast majority of Guyana’s forests are found on lands traditionally used and occupied by Amerindian families and communities.
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    Watering down the water problem: an institutional perspective

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2001
    This policy note outlines the current set-up, policies and issues on water management in the Philippines and extracts the key concerns affecting institutional matters that need to be addressed to help craft an efficient and effective water resource management system. 
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    Why watershed-based water management makes sense

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2002
    Due to the alarming increase in the scarcity of water in various parts of the world, there is a growing recognition from the supply side that efforts to manage water resources should not only focus on the infrastructure that provides water but also on the ecosystems, in particular, the watersheds, that support said infrastructure.
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    Banning commercial foresting: what are the costs?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000
    The Philippines' forest cover has suffered from massive denudation through the years due to uncontrolled and indiscriminate commercial logging. Because of this, calls for a total logging ban had been raised in various fora, including in the legislature where bills that consider the possibility of a ban are being studied.
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    Korea’s river basin management policy

    Korea Development Institute, 2013
    The goal of this research is to present a basic direction and recommendation for water resource policy in preparation for the 21st century by reviewing the history of water resource policy, as well as noting the experience gained from past errors and evaluating the currently pursued policies.

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