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To promote equitable access to safe,
adequate and sustainable water resources for all stakeholders in
the Laguna de Bay basin;
To establish 24 sub-watershed
management councils in the Laguna de Bay Basin to implement the
Sustainable and Integrated Lake Basin Management Program;
To optimize the environmental and
socio-economic value of the shoreland areas as buffer zone of
the lake through sound development initiatives and practices,
starting with the titling thereof in favor of the LLDA to reduce
its susceptibility to abuse and illegal exploitation;
To develop effective and
cost-efficient flood control programs and projects integrated
into a developmental process and adopting disaster risk
reduction and management approaches to climate-proof the Laguna
de Bay basin;
To rehabilitate and transform the
river systems flowing toward the lake into eco-parks in
partnership with the private sector to restore the intrinsic
beauty of the environment;
To actively engage LGUs and local
communities to scale up the implementation of solid waste
management program in the Laguna de Bay basin;
To establish a reliable and
affordable lake basin transport system to catalyze economic
growth and boost eco-tourism in the Laguna de Bay basin;
To instill awareness and appreciation
of the critical importance of Laguna de Bay among the
stakeholders and to make them responsible stewards of the lake
and its watershed;
To promote environmental-
developmental public-private alliance and stakeholders’
co-stewardship, employing the best possible approaches and
practices in the conservation of the lake basin resources and in
instilling inter-generational responsibility;
To improve the water quality of the
rivers and the lake to sustain life and to support multiple
beneficial uses;
To ensure sustainable and equitable
use of Lake Fishery resources and implement both short- and
long-term measures to restore its previous natural abundance in
multiple high-value fish species that thrived in Laguna de Bay;
To deepen the 2.5-meter shallow lake
to a more desirable depth through cost-effective and
environmentally sound dredging techniques to increase its
holding capacity for flood control and navigation as well
as to improve lake water quality for various beneficial uses;
and;
In partnership with the Department of
Energy and the private sector, to promote and develop the use of
renewable energy (RE) in the region such as hydroelectric and
solar power, wind, geothermal and biomass to lessen our
dependence on fossil fuels and as a strategic response to
climate change, thereby transforming the Laguna de Bay basin
into a model for RE development in the country. |
