2. Quarterly Report Card Suro and Basnig stopped in 2006, tawilis conservation requiired Jaguar fish fast increasing, measures needed for control High levels post typhoons, fast drop in El Ni ño Dr. McGregor Reid says 9 of 10 shore weeds are invasive Need to be established, meetings with feed millers next week All others, no baseline data so far
3. Chapter 2 Water Quality Monitoring Summit Water quality monitoring Volunteer Involvement Reduction of Pollution from Land
4. Chapter 2 Water Quality Pansipit River Sustainability of Clean Water Monitoring Runoff and Effluents Surface water charges
5. Chapter 3 Aquatic Life Aquatic Biodiversity Summit Stock Assessment Cage Regulation/ Moratorium Trigger URR Implementation Invasive Species
6. Chapter 4 Watersheds Establishment of Reserves Establishment of Municipal Watersheds Tree planting, maintenance and monitoring Nursery Establishment Biodiversity
7. Chapter 5 Tourism Basic Environmental Tourism Course and Master Planning Rules and Fees Establishment Information and Training Center Accreditation Tourism Impact Monitoring System
10. Chapter 8 Research Establishment of Knowledge Center and Research Council
11. Chapter 9 Institutional Plan Implementation Law Enforcement Pasu Office Dev’t TVPL Act Water Quality Management Area (Clean Water Act) Donor Development Reporting
12. Chapter 10 Zones Forest SubzoneAgro-tourism Subzone Multiple Use Zones, WATER Strict Protection Zone, WATER Strict Protection zone, LAND
Editor's Notes
BFAR doing water quality testing but information not with PASu and not all parameters are tested. Will be merged with convening of research council which is part of Tanggol’s current project.
Dr. Gordon McGregor Reid, former Global Chair of the Freshwater Ecosystems Specialist group of the IUCN visited on February 18th and expressed alarm over invasive fish and weed species. Suggests that seeding be stopped and biodiversity inventory be conducted as soon as possible.
Proposals written. 1a. Land Evaluation Party will be mapping Laurel and Talisay after Holy Week.
Basic Environmental Tourism Course undertaken in partnership with Tanggol Kalikasan and the Provincial Tourism Office. Tourism Master Planning started with Heritage Mapping but is expected to be finished only at the end of the year, to be contracted after elections.
PASu Office will secure from EMB all the solid waste management plans.
A meeting of academics interested in Taal Lake was initiated by Evangeline Enriquez and will be held at Trinity College, Manila on March 24 at 4pm. Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation is also interested to participate in conducted biodiversity research. A proposal has been filed by Pusod to UPS for the Knowledge Center.
Requesting the personnel from each municipality. Partial law enforcement training undertaken by the Task Force. Coordination with the EMB re establishment as a WQMA and to start collecting wastewater discharge fees from establishments based on pollution loading.