Binahaan, Daguitan-Marabong, and Palo Cluster 5 River Basin




Location



Area               : 1,256.27 sq. km.
Region           : Region VIII
Provinces      : Leyte
Towns/Cities : 3 Cities and 16 Municipalities
Barangays      : 380
Outlet             : Pacific Ocean
Est. Pop’n       : 505,701
RBO                 :
RDC Reso.       : RDC VII Resolution No. 57, Series of 2019
Forestland       : 276.22 sq. km.
A&D                  : 944.61 sq. km.
Proposed Investment (Total)         : PHP 9,664,287,602

Leyte is the biggest province in Region VIII. It shares around 27% of the total land area and 44% of the total population of the region. Cluster 5 River Basin encompasses three (3) cities and sixteen (16) municipalities of Leyte Province with a total land area of 125,627 hectares. Large portion of the river basin lies within Burauen (21.2%), Ormoc City (10.6%) and Dagami (9.9%). Meanwhile, Tacloban City covers only 26 hectares of the river basin or is equivalent to 0.02% of the total area (Table 3). Municipalities that are solely inside the PRB, with no areas within the minor watersheds are Alangalang, Baybay, Jaro, Palo, Pastrana, Sta. Fe and Tacloban City. Meanwhile, there are no parts of Tolosa and Mayorga that are within the PRBs.

VISION

“A healthy watershed that sustains all life-forms and well-managed by empowered, well informed, united and disaster-resilient stakeholders.”

MISSION

“To promote sustainable watershed management by capacitating local communities, increasing their awareness, improving their resiliency and reducing climate change impacts and risks.”

PROTECTED AREAS
  1. Lake Danao Natural Park
  2. Mahagnao Volcano Natural Park
ECOSYTEM SERVICES

  • Irrigation - 40,981 hectares
  • Dam - Patok Diversion Dam and Sta. Elena Diversion Dam

  • Rice – 130, 643 metric ton
  • Corn – 3921 metric ton
  • Livestock – Increasing Production
  • Poultry – Increasing Production
  • Fisheries – Increasing Production
  • Forestry – Log 5,692 cubic meter

  • Unified Leyte Geothermal Power Plant – 610.2 MW
  • Soleq Power Plant – 45 MW

  • Flora – 99 families and 330 species
  • Fauna – 50 families and 87 species

THEMATIC AREAS

  1. Water Resources Management

    • Water Pollution
    • Decrease Forest Cover
    • Silted Waterways
    • Landslide

    • Water Supply Development Program
    • Water Demand Management Program
    • Water Quality Program

    • PHP 8,587,100,000

  2. Forest Ecosystem and Biodiversity Management

    • Natural Disasters
    • Deforestation
    • Unsustainable Land Conversion

    • Adaptive Forest Ecosystem Restoration (A-FORESTORE) Program
    • Soil and Water Conservation
    • Forest Protection Project

    • PHP 602,915,000

  3. Wetland Management

    • Decreased Water Quality
    • Riverbanks Erosion
    • Conversion of Wetlands to other Land use

    • Strengthened protection of wetland ecosystems Program
    • Wetland Restoration Project
    • Integrated Coastal Resources Management Project

    • PHP 2,430,000,000

  4. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

    • Insufficient Climate Resilient Evacuation Centers and DRR Facilities
    • Poor Urban Planning
    • Weak Implementation of DRRM Plan
    • Decreased Forest Cover

    • Strengthen Relocation Project
    • Capacity Development Project
    • Flood Control Project
    • Slope Stabilization Project
    • Improvement of Key Government Infrastructures

    • PHP 6,462,300,000

  5. Economic Development

    • Population Growth
    • Low Agricultural Production
    • Low educational Level
    • Low Marketing Structure

    • Poverty Alleviation Program

    • PHP 735,000,000