The
province also produces timber, woodcraft and furniture and processed meat. Two new
dams in Ilagan and San Mariano are planned to be implemented. At present, Isabela
is home to the Magat Dam, the biggest in the country.
There are three top investors in the province namely: SN/Aboitiz Power group
with its 360-megawatt Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant; Green Future Innovations
Inc. with its 54-million-liter ethanol plant (a joint venture between Japanese,
Taiwanese and Filipino firms); and the Mindanao Grains Processing Co. with its P500million Reina Mercedes Corn Processing Center. In the province are multinational oil
firms
Chevron,
Petron
and
Shell,
with
the
new
players
following
suit;
FUNCTIONS
The Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) of the Province of Isabela is
mandated under the Local Government Code of 1991 to share the responsibility in the
conservation, management, development and wise utilization of natural resources and
maintenance of ecological balance within its territorial jurisdiction.
II.
1.
OBJECTIVES
To provide the basic services that would benefit & promote the well-being
of the Isabeleos especially the upland poor through sustainable development of forest
resources, optimal utilization of lands & minerals, social equity & efficiency in the use of
forest resources & effective environmental management system.
2.
III.
1.
PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES
Implementing of community-based projects like Integrated Social Forestry
(ISEF) establishment of new reforestation projects, Forest Land Management (FLMA)
and Community Forest Projects (CFP) subject to concurrence of financing institution;
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Issuance of permit of guano collection and extracted sand and gravel and
other quarry resources;
9.
Collection of fees and charges for the extraction of sand and gravel,
boulders, including small scale mining such as guano, chromite and other mineral
resources;
10.
11.
12.
Rehabilitation and protection of river banks and flood prone areas; and
13.
1.
1.
Tree Seeds & Seedlings & Grafted Fruit Tree Seedlings &
Indigenous Tree Species
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
2.
1.
2.
Permit Applications
3.
Settlement of Disputes
3.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
River/Creek Clean-up
10.
11.
12.