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environmental sustainability: Majority of the urban centers had established partnerships with communityorganizations that manage natural resources 58 cities had formulated and passed their respective Environmental Codes, whichdefine their strategies for environmental protection All urban centers had the required capacities for preparing CLUPs and CDPs 66 cities had existing housing programs in place, and completing over 80% of thetargeted housing construction in 2004 42% of the urban centers had achieved the mandatory reduction of 25% of solidwastes through recycling and composting programs 30 cities had instituted stricter pollution control measures among its establishedindustries 80% of the urban centers had sufficient capability in formulating qualityenvironmental ordinances 72% of the cities had reached at least 70% of their barangays for their IECconservation campaigns 50 urban centers had started implementing mangrove conservation and rehabilitationprograms 95% of the cities had organized their SWMBs where 67 urban centers had preparedtheir 10-year SWMPs164 STRATEGIC LINK TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS