The first City Environmental Profile was prepared in 1999 through extensive stakeholder discussions, becoming the information baseline for awareness raising, analysis and clarification of the city’s most pressing environmental concerns, such as solid waste management, water and air quality management and costal resource management. The TEP was also instrumental during the negotiation of strategies amongst stakeholders, when they reviewed policy options and formulated area specific action plans to strengthen implementation Throughout its preparatory process the Project Team continuously identified and mobilized to further promote the sustainable development of Tagbilaran.
In 2006 the updated Tagbilaran City Environmental Profile was prepared, with revised data on population, agricultural production, infrastructure, tourism, air pollution level, etc., generated in coordination with the City departments. In the process a workshop for the stakeholders was held in May 2006, when the following six (6) issues were highlighted: 1) solid and liquid waste management; 2) coastal resource management; 3) air pollution; 4) green spaces and uptown development; 5) freshwater resource management; and 6) tourism and cultural heritage.
