Tinmakudo Ancestral Domain Dev Com

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Sabangan, Mountain Province


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In the study on IndigenousPeoples participation andresponse to developmentalprojects, the proposal for a mini-hydro project at Sabangan,Mountain Province, was verymuch timely.


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Hedcor Inc. Benguet senior vice president ChrisFaelnar said the company will be investing aminimum of P1 billion for the construction of a12.3-megawatt river run-off mini- hydro power

plant to be located in barangays Namatec andNapua. This, he said after they were given theconsent and the approval by the community,barangay, municipal and the provincialgovernments, giving the go signal for the start of

the project. The amount of investment, he said,will include the construction of a road leading tothe plant and the electro mechanical works neededin the operation. (Black and Hot, 2011)


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Environmental: Reduces emissions of greenhousegases to the atmosphere.Because operations do notemit harmful by-products in the air.Promotes reforestation and environmental

management. Responsible and sustainable hydrooperations also mean caring for watersheds.Promotes cleaner, less polluted rivers.Returning thewater to the rivers in a much cleaner state.

Benefits to host communities:Operations taxes are

sources of community revenue.Includes mandatedtaxes, voluntarily donation of gross revenues fromelectric generation to host communities


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Local employment.Renewable energy facilities arelabor intensive, giving us the opportunity to trainand employ people from its own communities.

Rural electrification.The benefits of electricity.

Supports education, public health, and overallcommunity development.We are empoweringour communities by supporting projects andcauses that improve lives.

National Economic Benefits: Reduces our

dependence on conventional energy fuels.Wateris a clean and renewable source that is locallyavailable.Saves our economy US dollar reserves.


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In the opening consultations held bythe NCIP together with the energy

company proponent, it wasexplained to the people how a mini-hydro works. The consultation also

aimed to forge agreements betweenthe company, the local governmentand the IPs, which will benefit the

affected areas.


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In a series of consultation initiated by theNCIP-SABATA, the people of Sabanganespecially from Napua and Namatec were

brought to face the Project Proponent, HedcorInc., and discuss issues related to the project.


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The waters from the town of Bauko whichflows to the town of Sabangan will be used togenerate electricity this mini-hydro, is neithermining nor a dam. And because the people ofSabangan resents the thought of beingexploited by big companies, they demandedsafeguards that will protect them and theirenvironment, they also put up conditions

roads and pathways on the outskirts of thetown, jobs that will prioritize i-Sabangans,shares for their LGUs: that is whatMemorandum of Agreement is all about.


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Water has always been respected and regarded asmythical in the province. The Inudey Falls near thearea even relates a myth or a story of a man whopaid the price for defecating in the water - his anal

orifice became the passageway of water. It made apoint of a culture that respects the water, or natureas a whole. In the series of consultation where Iattended, many elders expressed their concerns onthe process of the development. They fear that thewaters will stop itself from going to their farms if itis disturbed by wrong development, they fear theeffect of the cutting of some trees that will benecessary for the access road that is required bythe project.


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In 2011, Memorandum of Agreement was signed bythe three levels of government namely, the barangay,the municipal, and the provincial, with the projectproponent, Hedcor Inc., after series of consultations

that drew and outlined an understanding of what theproponent should do and not to do if they allow theproject, taking in consideration the environmental,social, economic, and other aspects that will be affectedby the project. Aside from taxes and royalties,

stakeholders will be rewarded with infrastructureprojects and even jobs, the project is expected to pavethe way for development, as they choose to and asoutlined in their agreement. (BusinessMirror, 2011)

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