Lake Sebu

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lake_name = Lake Sebu
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location = South Cotabato
basin_countries = Philippines
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Lake Sebu is a natural lake located in the municipality of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato and within the Alah Valley regioncite news|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2004/08/09/feat/postscripts.from.lake.sebu.html|title=Postscripts from Lake Sebu|last=Bagnol|first=Raquel C. |date=2004-08-09|publisher=Sunstar|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-10] . The Philippine government has recognized it as one of the country's most important watershedscite news|url=http://www.mindanews.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=5222|title=SouthCot moves to save Lake Sebu|last=Estabillo|first=Allen V. |date=2008-09-26|publisher=MindaNews|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-10] . Lake Sebu is one of the many bodies of water supplying important irrigation to the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato.

The villages around the lake have been turned into an independent municipality called Lake Sebu after being a former village of Surallah.

Ancestral Domain

The T'boli and Ubo tribes have been the traditional dwellers of the lake. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources have recognized, through Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2, Series of 1993, the claim of these tribes that the lake and its surroundings are under their ancestral domaincite web|url=http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6898E/x6898e06c.htm#Note1|title=Experiences and Challenges of the Indigenous People in Co-managing Forest Resources: The Lake Sebu Ancestral Domain Community Association|last=Logong|first=Datu Ontog |publisher=FAO|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-10] .

Tourism

The Department of Tourism and the local government unit of Lake Sebu has promoted the lake as one of the prime eco-tourism destination in the municipalitycite news|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/44902/|title=SunStar: DOT pushes eco-tourism projects in Lake Sebu|date=2007-06-03|publisher=GMA 7|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-10] cite news|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/gen/2007/06/03/bus/dot.pushes.eco.tourism.projects.in.lake.sebu.html|title=DOT pushes eco-tourism projects in Lake Sebu|date=2007-06-03|publisher=Sunstar|language=English|accessdate=2008-10-10] .

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