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Region-VI Profile
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Kalibo Aklan and Pandan Community Based Ecotourism
CBET or Community-Based Ecotourism is a participatory ecotourism initiative implemented by the local government units of Kalibo, Aklan and Pandan, Antique. The project aims to build and enhance the two town’s tourism potentials towards addressing poverty while ensuring the protection of the environment through multi-sectoral partnership.
Sigma Capiz ecological solid waste management (ESWM) program
“Kabalikat sa Maunlad na Kalikasan” or KASAMA KA! is an award-winning ecological solid waste management (ESWM) program being implemented by the municipal government of Sigma, Capiz, in partnership with the Sigmahanon Development Foundation, Inc. (SDFI), a non-government organization and other stakeholders.Piloted in the municipality’s poblacion consisting of its two biggest urban barangays, Poblacion Norte and Poblacion Sur, the program has successfully
reduced the volume of solid waste in these pilot barangays by more than 50%, and has improved Sigma’s ranking in the annual nationwide Clean and Green contest.
