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SCOPE and LIMITATIONS
This paper is about the Quezon City Biogas Emission Reduction Project, and not the whole Payatas Landfill Transformation Program. The group mentions the latter merely to provide a solid ground for the institutional framework and private sector involvement.
Some of the parts of this paper, i.e. terms in the memorandum of agreement and operational structure, are crafted by the group based on the secondary references and interviews conducted. Though the group exerted efforts to secure the documents needed, the following reasons made the group decide to improvise just to be able to provide a more comprehensive and informative report:
1. Confidentiality of the MOA. The group requested both parties, i.e. Payatas Operations Group and Pangea Green Energy, Inc., for the MOA but it seems that the agreement is confidential that both do not want it to be borrowed or photocopied. However, a POG representative let the group take a look at their copy of the MOA. This is where the data came from.
2. Unavailability of the Administrative Order creating POG. The group personally requested the said AO; however, as per the POG representative, their office has not secured a copy of the Order.
3. Unavailability of the Resource People. The group tried to set an appointment with the resource people (as provided by the Professor) but to no avail of the latter.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Limitations
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Table of Figures
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Quezon City: At A Glance
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Payatas: A Closer Look
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Payatas Then: A Glimpse from the Past
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The Payatas Landfill Transformation Program: A Component of the City’ Comprehensive Development Plan
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Methane Recovery in Payatas: The Biogas Emission Reduction Project
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Institutional Framework
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The Agreement
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The Operational Structure
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The Project Technical Description
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Project Benefits
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Payatas Project Magnified: The Public-Private Partnership
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Public Goods Defined
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Private Goods Defined
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Public Goods treated as Private Goods
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Comments and Suggestions
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Conclusion
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Appendix: Email Request addressed to Engr. Danilo Cruz
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References
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TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: Locational Map of Payatas
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Figure 2: Payatas “New Site” Profile
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Figure 3: Timeline of Payatas Events
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Figure 4: Zoning Map of Quezon City
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Figure 5: POG Operational Structure
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Figure 6: Process Flow Diagram of the Project
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Figure 7: Percentage of CER Donation to Quezon City
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Figure 8: Technologies Used by the Pangea Green Energy, Inc.
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Figure 9: UNFCCC Matrix of CER Issuances
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REFERENCES Cruz, Danilo. Pangea Green Energy, Inc. Philippines. (Personal Communication. June 29, 2010).
Dazo, Cristina Jean C. “THE PAYATAS DUMPSITE CONVERSION AND CLOSURE PROGRAM”, article in the 3cd Sound Practice Series of the Earthquake and Megacities Initiative webpage (http://emi.pdc.org/soundpractices/metro-manila/mm-sp14payatas%20dumpsite%20conversion.pdf) accessed July 5, 2010.
“EMISSION TRADING”, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading) accessed July 2, 2010.
“ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND: THE CONVENTION AND THE PROTOCOL”, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change webpage (http://unfccc.int/essential_background/items/2877.php) accessed July 15, 2010.
Ferrero, Daniele. (May 2010). QUEZON CITY CONTROLLED DISPOSAL FACILITY BIOGAS EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECT MONITORING PLAN. Pangea Green Energy Inc., Philippines.
Friedman, John. PLANNING IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1987.
“KYOTO PROTOCOL”, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change webpage (http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php) accessed July 16, 2010.
Lane, Jan-Erik. THE PUBLIC SECOTR, CONCEPTS, MODELS AND APPROACHES (3RD EDITION). London: Sage Publications. 2000.
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“QUEZON CITY CONTROLLED DISPOSAL FACILITY BIOGAS EMISSION REDUCTION”. Presenation of Pangea Green Energy, Inc. (http://www.pangeagreen.biz/services-en.html). accessed June 29, 2010.
Quezon City Comprehensive Land Use Plan
Quezon City Comprehensive Development Plan (February 2003)
Quezon City Zoning Map
Sabater, Luis. Payatas Operations Group. (Personal Communication. July 5, 2010).
“TRANSFORMING PAYATAS DUMPSITE”, article in Galing Pook 2008 (http://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&It emid=55) accessed July 5, 2010.
“WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTE TO ENERGY: Country Report - Philippines”. (May 23-June 12, 2010). Presentation in Korea of the Payatas Operations Group. accessed June 2010.
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