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Philippines: The need to preserve, protect Metro Manila's watersheds

Source(s): Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
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'The strategy to rehabilitate the Marikina Watershed is anchored on the setting up of effective human settlement plans among communities living along the river banks' reports the Manila Bulletin further to the World Bank's recently approved $1.5-million grant for Metro Manila’s Flood Control Master Plan to strengthen the region’s resilience to natural disasters.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Environment and ecosystems Private sector Urban risk and planning Governance Water Disaster risk management
Country and region Philippines
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