The Ecosystem Management and Enterprise Development of the Local Public Policy in the Philippines

Abstract

The study dealt on environmental and economic governance to showcaseits relevance, responsiveness and commitment of the Philippine government totake its share in providing scientific support through the complementation of the local public policy relevant to multidisciplinary researches that contribute to the country’s positive image as “the Rising Tiger Economy in Asia.” The studyutilized the descriptive and documentary analysis primarily through e-report ofthe Local Government Performance Monitoring System on Environmental andEconomic Governance in the Philippines. It provided the generated knowledgeas applied in the by-product of science research within the inclusion of economicand environmental governance on the Philippine government. The study onlocal public policy in the implementation of Republic Act No. 7160 (LocalGovernment Code of 1991) showed the importance in the Local GovernmentUnits (LGU) to respond particularly to economic and environmental governance. This is in support with the scientific complementation along the areas of enterprisedevelopment, environment, solid waste management, and eco-system developmenton agriculture, fishery and forestry, as a result of the public policy implementationof the Local Government Units in the Philippines.Keywords: Social Science, development administration, public policy, ecosystem,enterprise development, local governance, descriptive design, Philippines