Project title : Trees in Multi-Use Landscapes in Southeast Asia (TUL-SEA): A negotiation support toolbox for Integrates Natural Resource Management
Project contact : Dr. Agustin R. Mercado, Jr.
agustin9146@yahoo.com
Timeframe : July 2009 – January 2010
Funding : Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
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Location & Partners : Lantapan, Bukidnon, Claveria, Misamis Oriental and Kalahan, Nueva Viscaya
Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO)
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-Region X)
Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT)
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Main Activities:

Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) requires site-specific understanding of tradeoffs between and among the goods and services that trees in agro-ecosystems can provide. ICRAF in SEA has developed a negotiation support toolbox consisting of tools for rapid appraisal of landscape, tenure conflict, market, hydrology, agrobiodiversity and carbon stocks, and simulation models for tree and crop interaction at the plot level and landscape dynamics. Local resource managers in national institutions need access to cost-effective, replicable tools and approaches to appraise the likely impacts of new technologies and changes in market access and to support evidence-based negotiations of contentious issues. However, prior to wider applicability, there are needs for:
• Cost-effectiveness tests of the toolbox under a wide range of agroforestry contexts in SEA conducted by the local institutions,
• Capacity enhancement of national institutions to use these tools.

The project aims to:
• Bridge perception gaps between stakeholders (local, public/policy and scientific knowledge paradigms),
• Increase recognition and respect for these multiple knowledge systems,
• Provide quantification of trade-offs between economic and environmental impacts at landscape level, and
• Enable joint analysis of plausible scenarios based on available data and information.

In the Philippines, the following tools are currently being implemented:
• Rapid Hydrological Appraisal (RHA)
• Participatory Landscape Analysis (PaLA)
• Rapid Marketing Appraisal (RMA)
• Rapid Carbon Stock Appraisal (RaCSA)
• Rapid Agro-Biodiversity Appraisal (RABA)
• Rapid Land Tenure Assessment (RaTA)

 

World Agroforestry Centre
PHILIPPINES Country Office
Khush Hall, International Rice Research Institute
Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
PO Box 35024, UPLB, College, Laguna
4031, Philippines
Telephone: +63 2 845 0563/70/75
Telefax: +63 49 536 2925