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Baguio's LGU have started to envision the city to be a "SMART City" ever since the pandemic started, wherein digital technology will be utilized in order to manage the city and its resources. This contactless technology aims to provide services to the people more efficiently, respond to incidents faster, and improve peace and safety for its citizens.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) themselves recognized and praised Baguio's transition into a smart, data-driven, and technological city. While it is true that this is a great feat of technological innovation, one may see this as another form of overdevelopment where environmental issues are disregarded or given little importance for the sake of progress.

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One of the projects that Baguio City have started in order to combat both urban and environmental related issues is by shifting to energy efficient lighting technology. Spearheaded by Congressman Bernardo Vergara, this project aims to utilize New GE led lighting technology starting with Burnham Park. These decorative lights brought about even more vibrancy and brightness out of the park while being energy efficient at the same time, being only 90 watts per post which saves the city up to about 60% of energy costs. These lights also is sufficient, lasting as long as 50,000 hours (equivalent to about 11 years).

This is may be a small and subtle attempt, but it does promote the use of environment-friendly technology that can be translated and used against the other issues plaguing the city.

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The eleventh SDG aims to develop urban areas to be safe, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable, make housing and transportation adequate and accessible, preserve a country's cultural heritage, and the like.

Baguio is a growing and developing city that will only progress further over time. However, that very development has already brought about negative consequences that affects the city. Mayor Magalong himself said the Baguio City currently cannot support its communities sustainably. For one, traffic has become quite a major problem for Baguio due to the fact that the city accepts about 600,000 tourists per year. This may seem like a boon for its economy but it only congests the city more since Baguio has long since exceed its population capacity, and with limited parking space paired with Baguio's narrow and steep roads, this only seems to add to the local resident's ire. Additionally, pollution  of any kind seems to be at an all time high within Baguio City.  The massive influx of vehicles that come and go have worsened air pollution, and two of Baguio's rivers have been classified as two of the most polluted not just in the region, but in the country as a whole.

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The fifteenth sustainable development goal focuses on the protection, restoration, and preservation of natural ecosystems on land by managing forests, stopping the degradation of natural habitats, combating desertification and deforestation, and the like.

In Baguio City's case, Baguio faces a rapid decrease in forest covers that seemed to get worse as the years went by. From 2001 up to a year as recent as 2021, the city has lost about 40 hectares of tree cover. This is a consequence brought about by the city's overdevelopment and expansion of infrastructures. In fact, According to DENR'S inventory of trees, only 28% of the city's land cover remains with only 14% of them being pine trees. The ideal percentage of forest cover should at least be 30%-40% than what it currently is.

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SDG #11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

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SDG #11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURES

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Make cities safe and sustainable.

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Protect and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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The origin of city's name came from the Ibaloi term "bagiw", which means moss. American soldiers then  hispanicized it into "baguio", hence the name.

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Baguio is a city of diversity, it is where the cultures of different ethnic groups from all over region come together and thrive. Being the "summer capital", the main cornerstone of Baguio City's economy comes from the city's trade and tourism sector. However, Baguio City also boasts a wide variety of artistic creativity that can catch the eye of any person. It can range from the folk art expressions, woodcarvings, traditional weavings, and many more that showcase the talent of various ethnic demographics.

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In 2020, Baguio city registered about 366,358 people, showing that the population of Baguio has shown an increase of about 280,000 people since 1970, which numbered only around 84,000 back then. Ilocano is the most prevalent ethnicity within Baguio, with almost half of the population of the city classified themselves as Ilocano. However, there’s still a good amount of other ethnicities living in the city, with 20% classifying as Tagalog, 11% being Kankanai/Kankaney, 4.8% being Pangasinan/Pangalatok, and 3.9% being Ibaloi.

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Baguio City, otherwise known as “the summer capital of the Philippines”, is located within the Benguet Province up in the Cordillera Central Mountain Range. It is a first-class city that is highly-urbanized and is famous for its cool climate. The city serves as the economic center for the entire Cordillera region and is bordered by the municipalities of La Trinidad (north), Tuba (southwest), and Itogon (east). Baguio City is at an elevation of 1,400-1,500 meters above sea level with a land area of 57.51 square kilometers, and sits within a tropical pine forest ecoregion, making the location a suitable environment to grow pine trees, orchids, moss, and other similar flora.