DAVAO CITY, June 27 (PIA): The Project Monitoring and Coordination Center National Task Force Diwalwal (PMCC-NTFD) recently passed a resolution adopting the Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area (DMRA) Development Plan for 2012 to 2032.
The DMRA Development Plan 2012 to 2032 will then be endorsed to the Regional Development Council.
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Regional Director Ma. Lourdes Lim presented the draft DMRA Development Plan to focal person of member agencies in a meeting last Tuesday at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI conference room.
She bared efforts of NEDA XI to come up with the plan as a m ember agency of the Socio-Economic and Safety Nets Task Group of the PMCC-NTFD “in response to the directive of the Office of the President to formulate plans that are resource-based and focused at sub-regional/sub-provincial level in order to prioritize interventions leading to the attainment of goals and objectives under the Regional Development Plan (RDP), 2011-2016.”
The “most prominent issues and concerns” that the plan seeks to address are heavy siltation and contamination of Naboc River and its tributaries due to mining activities; flooding and landslides, problem on solid waste management, illegal mining activities, conflict of mining rights, partial collection of government share from mining activities and poor infrastructure.
Still subject for revision at the RDC level, the plan’s primary objective is to provide stakeholders in the mineral-rich area with long-term development framework that would encompass social, economic, environment, governance and infrastructure, “that would ensure a more comprehensive and sustainable approach to the area’s development.”
The plan sets five development goals which are increasing access to social services and productive employment opportunities; increasing the productivity of mining, agriculture and tourism; achieving clean, safe, healthy and sustainable-managed environment; improving governance; and achieving physical integration with quality and well-planned infrastructure facilities and rationalized land use.
Lim pointed out the need to pursue the goals “to ultimately lead to the envisioned state of DMRA by 2032.”
The proposed vision says that “by 2032, Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area (DMRA), shall have been economically productive and sustainably managed by a politically mature government collaborating harmoniously with all stakeholders…”
The draft plan has six chapters with chapter 1 stating the introduction, Chapter 2 on Development Potentials and Challenges, Chapter 3 on Development Goals and Objectives, Chapter 4 on Development Strategies; Chapter 5 Plan Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms, Chapter Major Program, Activities and Projects and Policy Agenda. (piaxi/ jeanevive duron-abangan)
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