16 November - Macabebe, Pampanga
Site Visit Summary
The North Manila Bay Flood Protection Strategy team together with Wetlands International Philippines commenced the site visit in the municipality of Macabebe with the courtesy call with municipality Councilor for a brief meeting. The team explained the rational of project and site visit itinerary with them. The Councilor is supportive to our project and hopeful that their town will be the pilot location.
During the focus group discussion with stakeholders where conduction composing of 20 fisherfoks in 3 barangays namely; Consuelo, San Esteban and Dalayap. After presenting the options for Nature-based Solutions as flood protection measure. There was a contructive dialogue help one of the main points from stakeholders was the main issue is land subsidence. They understand that our solution is to prevent flood from coastal. They are open to our concepts and willing to mainting on it. Due to high attemdance the team was successful in raising awareness about the strategy and Nature-based Solutions.
In parallel with the focus discussion, the team did a survey type of visit in which they collected photos and drone video material. These can be used to gather and better understanding for the area especially to our team who have been on the site. They also had a random people were interviewed which resulted in household survey overview.
Site Visit Snapshots
Drone footage along Pampanga River with existing Mangrove and fish pond in Macabebe, Pampanga