{"id":95057,"date":"2017-03-22T18:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95057"},"modified":"2017-03-22T18:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:51:30","slug":"world-water-day-lady-solon-calls-for-protection-conservation-of-watersheds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/22\/world-water-day-lady-solon-calls-for-protection-conservation-of-watersheds\/","title":{"rendered":"World Water Day: Lady solon calls for protection, conservation of watersheds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95058\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-100.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95058\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-100.png\" alt=\"World Water Day is a global event celebrated on March 22 every year to create awareness on water resources management. (Photo: Simon Fraser University\/ Flickr)\" width=\"588\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-100.png 588w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-100-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Water Day is a global event celebrated on March 22 every year to create awareness on water resources management. (Photo: Simon Fraser University\/ Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Ramirez-Sato is calling for the protection and conservation of the country\u2019s watersheds in celebration of the World Water Day 2017.<\/p>\n<p>World Water Day is a global event celebrated on March 22 every year to create awareness on water resources management.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Sato urged various stakeholders to ensure sustainable management of freshwater resources, stressing the need to protect and make good use of this important resource amid its abundance in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater is a very important economic resource and the key to human survival and sustainable growth and development,\u201d Sato said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should protect and conserve our water source to secure the future of our children and children\u2019s children,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Sato said critical watersheds in the Philippines are fragile and need protection against various threats, just like the watersheds in Mindoro.<\/p>\n<p>Sato has filed House Bill 4617, known as the \u201cMindoro Watershed Reservation Act\u201d, seeking to declare as watershed reservations the critical watersheds in Occidental and Oriental Mindoro.<\/p>\n<p>The nine Mindoro watersheds covered under the bill are Amnay, Busuanga, Caguray, Calawagan, Lumintao, Mamburao, Mongpong, Pagbahan, and Patrict.<\/p>\n<p>The bill mandates the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the provincial governments of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro to have joint administrative jurisdiction, supervision and control of the watersheds in Mindoro Island.<\/p>\n<p>A Multi-Sectoral Management Council will be established as an oversight and policy-making body over the watersheds.<\/p>\n<p>The said council shall prepare, an integrated watershed management and development plan to include among others intensive restoration, rehabilitation, water quality, monitoring and delineation of buffer zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting and conserving watersheds, Sato said, is also the best way to protect and conserve the island\u2019s unique biodiversity. Watersheds are also home to threatened animal and plant wildlife,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013Occidental Mindoro Rep. 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