It is our honor to share with you, our PARTNERS, the PCEEM Davao experiences in watershed management, as they are featured in this site.

The People Collaborating for Environmental and Economic Management in Davao (PCEEM-Davao) Foundation, as an offshoot of a collaboration between the governments of the Philippines and Canada, has gone a long way to have reached this point of being able to pride itself for having made significant contribution to the metropolis of Davao City by acting as one of the sentinels of the Talomo-Lipadas Watershed.

The Watershed, as a major source of water, is the lifeblood of over 1 million Davaoeños who depend on water for drinking and for economic activities. Next to air, water is a resource that man cannot live without. Sadly though, for the past decades, only a few have realized the critical role that our watershed plays in our survival. Many cling on the old hype that nature abounds with water and it will never cease to flow to satiate man’s needs. Hence, we destroy the watershed by incessantly cutting trees upstream, dumping garbage and wastes in rivers, lakes and seas; using destructive and non-ecologically friendly agricultural practices and excessively extracting groundwater.

It was only recently that we have learned our lessons when we started experiencing the wrath of nature. Flooding, erosion, lowering of groundwater, etc. are just few of these effects that affect our lives.

Taking a proactive stance, PCEEM Davao and its partners embarked on initiatives to help address the issues confronting the Talomo-Lipadas Watershed. In doing so, partnerships with multi-stakeholders were established, a mechanism, which we have proven to be an effective strategy to achieve sustainability in all efforts to protect, conserve, rehabilitate and manage the watershed.

Our last six years of providing development interventions in the TLW was an uphill climb but very rich with experiences that highlighted PCEEM’s significant contributions.  The same experiences have made us more zealous in our commitment to bring to fruition our vision of a sustainable and ecologically-balanced Talomo-Lipadas Watershed.

Mabuhay and enjoy browsing!