1. Cagayan de Oro City Environmental Profile The process of developing the City Environmental Profile (CEP) was instrumental to enhance and update the city’s data base, which included information provided by different city stakeholders. The CEP became a fundamental tool to enhance stakeholder understanding and appreciation on interactions between development activities and natural resources, which highlighted the cross-cutting nature of environmental issues and the need for joint cros-sectoral efforts to improve the city’s socio-economic development. Over the years the design of the CEP as a data base expanded as an important source of data when preparing Environmental Impact Assessments for major project proposals. Preparation of the CEP also helped identify the main environmental problems, such as solid waste management, coastal pollution, and the opportunities to use waste as compost for agricultural productivity, etc.
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