Environmental policy and administrative management

The project aims to assist the fishing community of Binosawan in the conservation of its watershed area to ensure the water supply for the MHP and enhance the resource conditions for Rapu-Rapu. The project also aims to help the community in the sustainable utilization of their natural resources and increase the income of the community with the installation of the 20 kW ice production plant to be provided by the MHP. The project site will be at Brgy. Binosawan which is a coastal and one among the 31 off-grid barangays of Rapu-Rapu. It is located at the northeast part of the Rapu-Rapu island and is about an hour ride from the port of Rapu-Rapu. The project site`s primary source of income is fishing. Farming involving abaca, rice and copra production are planted on 139.2 hectares out of the total 240 has. area of the Binosawan. The rest are combinations of tropical forest, cogonal scrubs, buri and mangroves. Being a coastal barangay and a rich marine ground, another project objective is to produce block ice to preserve fresh fish for marketing. The present block ice supply of the barangay comes from Legazpi, although in limited quantity due to high cost.

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