UPA Package 3, Module 2

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UPA Package 3, Module 2

• DISPLACEMENT DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
  DEVELOPMENT THE CASE OF GREENFIELD AUTOMOTIVE
  PARK (GAP) SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (ECOZONE) IN
  SANTA ROSA, LAGUNA PHILIPPINES

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Objectives

• Understand the policy environment of special
  economic zone development
  
• Analyze special economic zone as an
  approach/strategy in enhancing industrial
  development and the effects on host community
  
• Examine how farmers were displaced because of the
  special economic zone
  
• Look into the key actors, beneficiaries and
  victims, processes involved and lessons learned
  in the development of the special economic zone

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Lesson Outline

• The policy environment
• Description of the study area
• Development of the Greenfield Automotive Park
• Actors involved and their roles
• How the farmers were displaced
• Lessons learned

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The Policy Environment

• Republic Act 7916 or the Special Economic Zone
  Act of 1995
  
• Republic Act 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian
  Reform Law
  
• Republic Act 7279 or Urban Housing and
  Development Act
  
• Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of
  1991

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The Study Area

• Greenfield Automotive Park Ecozone
• Located in barangay San Jose, Santa Rosa, Laguna,
  Philippines
  
• With a total land area of 50 hectares
• 90 of the area allocated for local automotive
  enterprises
  
• 10 for common areas, roads, utilities, open
  space
  

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Processes Involved / Stages of Development

• Pre-development Stage
• Land acquisition
• Conduct of feasibility study
• Acquisition for
• Development Stage
• Construction and development of the Greenfield
  Automotive Park
  
• Operating Stage
• Registration of locator companies with Philippine
  Economic Zone Authority in order to operate in
  the GAP Ecozone

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Actors Involved and Their Roles

• The Owner Developer
• Owner is Balibago Land Corporation - responsible
  for the development, operation and maintenance of
  the GAP Ecozone
  
• Concerned Government Offices
• Philippine Economic Zone Authority
• Department of Agrarian Reform
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
• Department of Agriculture

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Effects of the Development of Ecozone

• Beneficiaries of the Ecozone
• Locator enterprises
• Local government of barangay San Jose, Santa
  Rosa
  
• Local suppliers
• Former / displaced farmers lost their abode and
  means of livelihood

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• Adjacent Communities - suffered from
  environmental effects of the development of
  Ecozone and construction of factory buildings by
  locators
• The Santa Rosa Local Government - had to address
  more urban problems such as increased congestion,
  traffic, flooding, social services

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Problems Encountered

• Strong resistance from affected farmers
• Legal battle among tenants

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Lessons Learned

• Land reclassification and land use conversion
• Need to properly handle farmer occupants that
  will be affected by the project