a SANREM publication,
"Winning the water war: watersheds, water policies and water
institutions",  is recipient of the OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD for 2007
given by the Philippines' National Academy of Science and Technology
(NAST). Awarding ceremonies will be held on July 12, 2007 at the Manila
Hotel.

This book was published by the Philippine Institute for Development
Studies (PIDS) and  the PCARRD in 2004. In behalf of all authors and
editors of the book, I would like to thank the SANREM CRSP and the
USAID for the unwavering support in the publication and also in the
dissemination of the contents of the book.
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SANREM publication wins Outstanding Book award
TMPEGS (C) 2007
A SANREM publication, "Winning the water war: watersheds, water policies and water institutions",  is recipient
of the OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD for 2007 given by the Philippines' National Academy of Science and
Technology (NAST). Awarding ceremonies will be held on July 12, 2007 at the Manila Hotel.

With editors  Agnes C. Rola, Herminia A. Francisco, and Jennifer P.T. Ligutan, the book covers nine chapters.

  • Chapter 1 - Toward a win-win water management approach in the Philippines by Agnes Rola and
    Herminia A. Francisco;
  • Chapter 2 - Watershed-based water management strategy: why push for it by Herminia Francisco,
  • Chapter 3 - A model of water governance in the Philippines by Ben Malayang III;
  • Chapter 4 - Water resource governance: realities and challenges in the Philippines by Dulce Elazegui;
  • Chapter 5 - Competing uses of water: cases of Angat reservoir, Laguna lake and groundwater systems of
    Batangas City and Cebu City by Guillermo Q. Tabios III and Cristina C. David;
  • Chapter 6 - Water allocation mechanisms and environmental service payments by Herminia A. Francisco;
  • Chapter 7 - Interactions between economic policies and institutions in water allocation and use: theory
    and evidence from a Philippine watershed by Ian Coxhead;
  • Chapter 8 - Water resources mangement in a Bukidnon Subwatershed: what can a community-generated
    data offer? by Agnes C. Rola, William G. Deutsch, Jim L. Orpecio and Antonio T. Sumbalan;
  • Chapter 9 - Iloilo watershed management council: a local initiative in watershed management by Jessica
    C. Salas;
  • Epilogue: Where do we go from here in terms of the water policy agenda by Andres P. Contreras.

This book was published by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and  the Philippine Council
for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Develoment (PCARRD) in 2004. TMPEGS would like
to thank the SANREM CRSP and the USAID for the unwavering support in the publication and also in the
dissemination of the contents of the book.