An Analysis on the Legal Implications of the Proposed
DavaoRiver Rehabilitation, Conversion and Development

By:

Edgar B. Pascua II
Judee Uy
Grace Salesa
Rogeliza Verallo
Rucel Cayetano
Hannah Examen
Dave Vergara
Thea Malcampo
Charles Concon

Chapter One I - Introduction In the most recent years, there has been a noted expansion and growth of the economic and industrial sphere of Davao City.  Such has become truly a haven of so much opportunity for all.  This fact has been coupled with the rise of population and that of the influx of people to the region.   As a result, so much exhaustion of the local natural resources becomes inevitable.

 A mute proof and witness to this is the Davao River.

 The River has been a resource of so much wealth, exploited abused and violently choked of its life through the years until the present.   From fisheries, sand and gravel, aquatic greens, water for domestic and industrial use, as well as agricultural, to a waterway for transportation, such river has, from then until now, been an indispensable part of each productive day for Davao City.

The emergence of the industries however, plus the rise in the city's populace and the advancement of the urban life in the region have contributed to the exacerbation of the then prevailing complexity.
The river has now become a dumping area for many large-scale industrial plants.  It has been done both covertly and overtly, legally and otherwise.

Moreover, due to the massive logging activities, the water of the river has become mudded.  Erosion now continues to take its toll.  In all these, a concerted effort to rehabilitate the river is at hand. The reclamation of the river's natural bounty has now been a concern put forward.

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