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APO
NATURAL PARK, NORTH COTABATO,
REGION XII
OCTOBER 2014
Chapter I
INTRODUCTION
Davao city, Digos City, the town of Bansalan and Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur
and Makilala, Magpet and Kidapawan city in North Cotabato.
The management of protected areas (PAs) in the Philippines is governed
by a number of enabling national laws. Republic Act (RA) 7586 or the National
Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 provided for the
establishment and management of a comprehensive integrated system of
protected areas to maintain essential ecological processes and life-support
systems to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure sustainable use of resources
therein, and to maintain their natural conditions to the greater extent possible
for present and future generation of Filipinos ( Opportunities and Challenges in
Managing Protected Areas Of The Philippines, June 2013, Benjamin C. Bagadion,
Ph.D. And Ma. Edna A. Soriano) . Mt. Apo Natural Park is one of the 83 terrestrial
Protected Area (PA) with a specific law which is the Mt. Apo protected Area act
(RA 9237). This law have been formally included the building partnership
between central and local government, NGOs, communities, indigenous people
and private sector that working together in sustainability of the natural
resources and promote ecotourism livelihood project for commercial viable. The
continued expansion of ecotourism has created opportunities for income
generation and employment, at both the national and local levels. Additionally,
ecotourism has provided greater incentives for natural resource conservation in
the form of state-protected areas and private lands (The Impacts of Ecotourism
in Costa Rica by Sujata Narayan).
Null Hypothesis:
The 71,796 hectares of Mt. Apo Natural Park comprises the two (2) region
in Mindanao. Region 11(Davao del Sur) and Region 12 (North Cotabato)
straddles Davao city, Digos City, the town of Bansalan and Sta. Cruz in Davao
del Sur and Makilala, Magpet and Kidapawan city in North Cotabato. On
September 2007 Declaration of Understanding was formulate and fascilitated
by the 3 mayor covered by the protected area. Kidapawan city, Magpet and
Makilala (KMM) Eco-triangle, a platform unity and cooperation among the
three (3) local governments units toward unified and responsible development
interventions for Mt. Apo Natural Park.
In 2008-2009 initiated the conceptualization and provided assistance in
technical formulation of North cotabato Sub-PAMB, as a new structure within
the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB).
pursuant to Republic Act (RA) 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas
System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 of Mt.
Apo Natural Park, North Cotabato Sub-PAMB likewise serve as the the policymaking body of the park in particular at North Cotabato side. They review,
approve and adopt the management plans and development programs in their
respective implementing rules and regulations. Through the effort of SUBPAMB resulted in organizational efficiency in administrative coordination and
decision making process of Mt. Apo Natural-PAMB. The three (3) Municipality