Objectives

The main aim of the project is to integrate climate change in biodiversity planning and management in the Philippines. Specifically, the objectives of the project are to:

• Support the DENR in the preparation of a national action plan for climate change adaptation for biodiversity conservation;
• Facilitate developing mechanisms and measures to integrate climate change considerations in biodiversity project planning and implementation at Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) and Forest ManagementBureau (FMB) of DENR and its partners;
• Assist in assessing the potential impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems in the Philippines including identification of the most vulnerable ecosystems;

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• Support assessing the likely human responses to climate change in the proximity of protected areas and the resulting threats to conservation, and develop appropriate adaptation strategies that mitigate these threats;
• Support the formulation of climate change adaptation strategies and measures to enhance biodiversity conservation;
• Showcase how climate change can be integrated in biodiversity conservation projects in four pilot sites; and
• Assist in building capacity of the DENR, other government agencies, and NGOs in mainstreaming climate change in biodiversity conservation.

Components

Component 1. Support National Action Planning and Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation in Biodiversity

Component 2. Conduct Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Options of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Climate Change

Component 3. Demonstrate Climate Change Adaptation in Biodiversity Conservation Areas

3A. Mt Apo Natural Park: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation in Protected Area Planning and Management
3B. Mt Kitanglad Range National Park: Buffer Zone Management
3C. Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation in Protected Area Planning and Management in an Upland Area
3D. Ikalahan Ancestral Domain: Ecosystembased Adaptation

Component 4. Provide Capacity Building

Project Title: Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Planning and Conservation in the Philippines

Project Contact: Dr. Rodel D. Lasco (rlasco@cgiar.org);
Dr. Florencia B. Pulhin (f.pulhin@irri.org)

Timeframe: January 2011 - December 2012

Funding Partner: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Budget: USD 992 229

Partners: International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society of The Earth Institute at Columbia University;
Cagayan Valley Programme on Environment and Development (CVPED);
Centre for International Cooperation (CIS) of the VU University Amsterdam;
Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of Leiden University;
Kalahan Educational Foundation (KEF);
Mabuwaya Foundation;
Landcare Foundation

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Location

Ikalahan Ancestral Domain, Nueva Viscaya; Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, Isabela; Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, Bukidnon; Mt. Apo Natural Park, Davao del Sur

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Project Highlights

• Training for Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Conservation and Planning Held
  
• Mainstreaming Climate Change in Biodiversity Planning and Conservation in the Philippines: Project Collaborators Conduct 3rd Team Meeting
  
• Watershed Management Training Conducted
  
• ICRAF conducts series of focus group discussions in Mindanao
  
• ICRAF-Philippines joins in the celebration of 21st Annual Philippine Biodiversity Symposium
  
• Consultation Meeting in Selected Barangays of Mt. Apo Conducted
  
• Training in Agroforestry
  
• ICRAF participates in the 5th National Agroforestry Congress
  
• ICRAF releases georeferenced database of threatened forest tree species in the Philippines
  
• SRUP for Kalahan has been CRAFTED!
  
• ICRAF and KEF in ACTION!
  
• USAID, ICRAF et al. project mainstreams biodiversity planning under changing climate