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HYDROLOGY in
WATER
RESOURCES
PLANNING
and
To define problems on watershed and mitigation in the Philippines.
To cite current problems in watershed management and watershed
protection in our country.
To cite and identify the agencies involved in the collection of hydrologic
data in the Philippines.
To collect and process hydrology data for current and future water
resources development and management
To access hydrology data for water resources and to ensure available
information to execute the development and management plan
To prepare hydrology services (flood and drought) for major river basin.
Water Resources Management and Hydrology is responsible to help and
support the department in executing successfully it's main functions
towards a nation free from flood through coastal engineering,
rehabilitation and river management, urban drainage engineering and
flood mitigation through the functions of these sections:- - Information
and Hydrology Management Section - Hydrology Instrumentation Section
- Flood Forecast Section - Water Resources and Hydrology Section
• Estimating the Impacts of
Climate Change
• Impacts on Water
Resources and Hazards
Watershed
A complex idea can be
conveyed with just a single
MANAGEMENT
still image, namely making
it possible to absorb large
And Watershed
amounts of data quickly.
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Watershed?
A watershed is a natural system
whose boundary is determined on
the ground by the highest points
or ridgelines near or around a
water body
At least one billion
cubic meters of prime
The Philippines is facing unprecedented
topsoil are eroded
destruction and pollution of its natural
every year. 30% of the
environment. Less than a MILLION
MILLION rivers have died.
hectares of tropical rain forests in the
Philippines remain, compared to
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units (LGUs), settlements, and
natural ecosystems, which make
the decision-making process a
problem.
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WATERSHED
WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT IN
IN
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CHANGE
Want big impact?
Use big image.
Thus, to have effective watershed management strategies, an
integrated watershed management framework must be
developed. The framework needs to consider the trans-
boundary nature of physical and human systems within a
watershed, thus the legal and institutional arrangements should
go beyond the traditional geopolitical boundaries.
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Ecological Sustainability