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Micro-mini Dams

Hedcor, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation is the leading developer of run- off-river hydropower plants in the Philippines for 37 years. It develops energy sources that are locally available, can be constantly replenished, and have little adverse effects to the environment. The Run-off River Scheme is a type of hydropower generation that uses the natural flow and elevation drop of a river to generate electricity.

The company has developed and built several hydro power facilities across the country. The host communities where these hydropower plants are constructed benefit from the paid taxes, social and infrastructure projects, reforestation activities, adoption of rivers and collection of waste, as well as employment.

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Green Economic Development: Driver for Competitiveness and Innovation of the Industry and Services in the Philippines

The Green Growth Program of DTI

Climate Smart Industries and Services is one of the desired outcomes in the 2010 National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). Climate change and green growth is one of the future-oriented themes in the 2011 – 2016 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Plan.

Similarly, in Chapter 3 of the Competitive Industry and Service Sectors of the 2011
– 2016 Philippine Development Plan (PDP), “greening” was introduced by the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI). The DTI works together with a number of Development Partners such as USAID, EU, Canada and Global Green Growth Institute, on “Green Economic Development”. In 2013, DTI and GIZ started a joint project called Promotion of Green Economic Development (ProGED) in Cebu and Bohol with the value chain of tourism. Since March 2014, the ProGED approach was replicated in 17 more provinces in 7 Regions spread over Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The project covers the priority sectors in these provinces like food processing, handicrafts, and coffee in addition to tourism. It works along three lines of intervention: (1) Information and awareness on GED;
(2) Green service facilitation and matchmaking; (3) and Green framework conditions.

About 99.6% of all companies registered in the Philippines are micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). MSMEs should consider seven environmental hotspots to green their processes, products and services: 1) Energy efficiency and renewable energy;
2) Water and wastewater; 3) Solid and toxic waste management; 4) Transport management; 5) Local supplies; 6) Raw materials; and 7) Natural resources management. The DTI has already “greenstreamed” environment-friendly and climate smart business strategies into its major MSME promotion instruments: SMERA, SSF, industry cluster development, product design, Negosyo Centers. The DTI will actively promote the shift of the Philippine economy towards a low carbon, innovative, competitive and climate smart business sector.

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Wind Energy

Renewable Energy (RE) has a net benefit to electricity consumers. As of the end of 2015, there are already 393 megawatt wind farms and 144 megawatt solar power plants operating in the country. Based on the Energy Regulatory Commission’s approved Feed- in Tariff (FIT), rates for solar (P9.68/kWh) and wind (P8.53/kWh) have already gone down by 10% and 13% respectively. The few run-of-river hydro projects have come in due to permitting problems. Similarly biomass is beset with feedstock risks. The RE projects, usually located in the countryside, will bring financial benefits to its host communities, mitigate carbon emissions and create jobs.

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Community-based Renewable Energy Systems (CBRES) Model

Community-based Renewable Energy Systems (CBRES) is a model for renewable energy development that has been promoted by SIBAT since 1995. It provides need- based energy, and in the rural context of the country, these are household and community lighting, community services, livelihood, and non-power needs. It can provide reliable, affordable and adequate energy access to communities. Aside from SIBAT’s CBRES, there are 61 community-based renewable energy micro hydro power systems in the Cordillera Administrative Region.

A CBRES is managed by the community. The organization formulates the policies that govern tariff payments, utilization, technical and financial management, protection of the watershed with local support from LGU, provincial agencies, local parish. The CBRES is said to be ecological because micro hydro can help reduce emission by 4 tons carbon dioxide per kilowatt per year when operating for 24 hours per day and it requires the conservation of watershed catchment.

The Community-based Micro hydro Power (MHP) in Kili, Tubo, Abra is an example of CBRES. It supplies power to an off-grid upland community of Maeng Tribe in Cordillera Administrative Region, a community that lives on terraced rice farming. The 16-killowatt MHP was built in 2010 and serves 60 households by tapping the headwaters of Desay

Falls. The CBRES organization leads in the development of policies on tariff, usage, maintenance and care of the system.

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Community-based approaches: Private-community partnership

REGINA PAZ L. LOPEZ is the chairperson of one of the Philippines’ biggest non- government organizations, the ABS- CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. She initiated Bantay Bata163, the country’s first media-based hotline, which in 1997 became the United Nations Grand Awardee for Excellence besting 187countries. She spearheaded Bantay Kalikasan, for which she received the 1997 International Public Relations Award of Excellence for the Environment and Outstanding Manilans Award for the Environment, 2009. For the environment,
Ms. Lopez also initiated the rehabilitation of the highly polluted
and toxic Pasig River and its tributaries, which led to her appointment in 2010 by President Benigno S. Aquino as the Chairperson of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission. She

also co-launched the “Save Palawan Movement” to protect the key biodiversity area from being ravaged by mining. Ms. Lopez has a Master’s Degree in Development Management and two honorary doctorate degrees.
The community-based tourism projects in partnership with ABS-CBN according to Ms. Gina Lopez, started to select and finance the projects based on their set criteria. It supports projects that will promote healthy environment through environmental protection, conservation and preservation of the remaining natural resources. Her team provides capacity development training to local community to run the projects and ensure the project sustainability.

Community-based tourism projects in various areas in the country were initiated with an aim to help the marginalized community in establishing their own community- based projects. One of the champion/pillar projects of ABS CBN is the Ugong Rock Community-Based Ecotourism Project that has raised the community’s level of awareness and skills in managing and protecting the environment. They now considered the rock formation as their natural investment that will generate income for them and thus they are protecting it.

With an aim to alleviate poverty by generating jobs and increased revenues for the entire barangay, the project started with as initial investment of PhP250,000.00 and was followed by another PhP800,000.00 as investment for a zipline. This was complemented by various livelihood activities such as sari-sari store, conferences/training venues, and spa, among others. Labor is the shared equity of the community.

Private-community partnership initiated by ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. therefore, in various regions of the country is a virtuous manifestation and a clear statement that many communities are getting out of poverty by taking care of the environment and working together for this country endowed with rich natural resources and beautiful and good hearted people.

Here is the presentation of Ms. Regina Paz Lopez:

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Recycled Products: HMR

CECILIA BANICOD, is the pollution control officer at the HMR Envirocycle Phils. Their environmental commitment recognizes that nature’s resources are finite. Thus, HMR Envirocycle Phils. Inc., the de-manufacturing branch of HMR group, is committed to undertake maximum recovery of useable commodities from end-of-Iife and by-products for reuse through the application of appropriate methods and technologies promoting gradual zero disposal to landfill.

Electric or electronic equipment is composed of 20 percent recyclable MV, 50 percent recyclable HV, 22 percent toxic material but recyclable and 0.5 percent toxic material. HMR Envirocycle Philippines, Inc. is the first and only full-service environmental processor of electronic and electrical equipment wastes in the country. The company provides services on waste management, e-waste and physical destruction, data destruction and refurbishing. Its client industries include banking, business and processing outsourcing (BPOs), electronic, institutions, automotive and consumer goods.

Extending product life through remarketing and remanufacturing reduces energy and raw material consumption more effectively than recycling. Only when these options are no longer feasible and economical, demanufacturing, material recovery and recycling are employed.

Here is the powerpoint presentation of Ms. Cecilia Banicod:

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Non-burn Technologies

ENGR. JULITO POGOY is the President of Pollution Abatement Systems Specialists, Inc. (PASS, Inc.). It is organized by a group of mechanical engineers and is engaged in the transport, storage and disposal of infectious wastes using autoclave treatment process. The founding of the company was a response to the issue of the lack of a proper transport, storage and disposal facility for hazardous and infectious wastes.

Management of wastes in our country is covered by different laws such as RA 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, and the Joint Administrative Order No. 02 series of 2005 by the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the solid wastes. Septage management is covered by the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, Sanitation Code of the Philippines, Water District Law, and Local Government Code of the Philippines.

Just like toxic wastes, healthcare or infectious wastes need special treatment or management. Autoclave, hydroclave, pyroclave and microwave are the available technologies for healthcare waste treatment. Autoclave compared to the other waste treatment technologies is more sustainable and completely compliant with the Clean Air Act as a non-incineration technology.

The following is the presentation of Engr. Julito Pogoy:

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System of Rice Intensification: Climate Tolerant Endemic Crop

JESUS LAS MARIAS is an advocate of System of Rice Intensification (SRI), a method of planting and growing rice that reduces costs, increases yields, and avoids the use of agrochemicals. It has been successfully tested in more than 40 countries, and in almost all regions of the Philippines. SRI-Pilipinas is the network that actively promotes SRI trials among Philippine farmers. The network, System of Rice Intensification Philippines, includes farmers, NGO workers, academes and government officials.

The ideal organic rice production technology is easy to follow. It costs less to apply and eliminates the use of chemicals. It makes the rice plant more prolific and more resistant to pests and diseases, and stronger to withstand calamities. The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a climatesmart, agro-ecological methodology for increasing the productivity of rice by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients. It follows the principles of early, quick and healthy plant establishment; reduced plant density; improved soil conditions through enrichment with organic matter; reduced and controlled water application; and preference for heirloom rice varieties, not genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or hybrid.

Rice production is constrained by climate change, growing population, declining land area, high cost of inputs and poor drainage and irrigation. The challenge of climate change is to produce more rice with less water and no chemicals. According to the Rice Sufficiency Master Plan of 2009 to 2013, to attain rice sufficiency, there must be improved and efficient irrigation; use of high-quality hybrid and inbred seeds; integrated and sustainable management; soft loans for STW and surface water pumps. There must also be delivery of extension support services; rice seed subsidy; and financing for farm and postharvest machinery.

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The ECHO-store Concept

Every consumer needs to know the source of their food to make sure that the food they eat is safe and nutritious. Better yet is for us to produce our own food. Adherent to the principles of slow food movement, which is to promote the production and eating of good food – food that is tasty; clean food which is free from pesticides and other harmful chemicals; and fair food both for the producer and the consumer. She presented the concept of ECHO- store (Environment, Community, Hope, Organization), a model of small scale organic farming that can provide a supply of safe and nutritious food for domestic and local consumption while promoting healthy diet and ecological integrity. A social enterprise, ECHO-Store is run by an organization within the community thus its focus is more on the capability-building and not on the economic gains.

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Organic Agriculture

Organic agriculture promotes an ecologically sound, socially acceptable and economically viable and technically feasible production of food. This is through the reduction of external inputs by avoiding the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, while enhancing productivity without destroying the soil and harming farmers, consumers and the environment.

The elements of organic crop production include soil management, crop management or multiple cropping, seeds and planting materials and pest management. Soil management involves composting, application of organic matter and preventing soil erosion. Pest management involves crop rotation, mixed cropping, trap cropping, selective weeding, sanitation, net bagging, net tunnels and use of flowers.

Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per- billion of pesticide residues.

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