TroFCCA - Tropical Forests and Climate Change Adaptation – Philippines  

About the Project:

TroFCCA is a four-year project of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Tropical Agriculture Center for Research and Higher Education (CATIE).  The main objective is to contribute to national processes of adaptation to climate change, in particular, and create efforts to mainstream adaptation into development policies.

The specific objectives of the project are as follows:

• Identify regional development issues related to climate change impacts over forest that can increase the vulnerability of the society;
• Develop specific methodologies to assess vulnerability;
• Contribute to current national and regional adaptation processes;
• Develop criteria and indicators for adaptive forest management;
• Develop policy-oriented adaptation strategies; and
• Facilitate a science-policy dialogue on adaptation.

The project operates in three regions: Central America, Southeast Asia and West Africa.  All regions share the same project’s general framework but each will develop their own methods on the basis of their respective regional contexts and prioritized needs. In the Philippines, water resources and landslides are the chosen priority topics.

TroFCCA in the Philippines is the continuation of the project entitled: An Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts, Adaptations, and Vulnerability in Watershed Areas and Communities in Southeast Asia (AIACC) that ended in 2006. For TroFCCA’s third year in the Philippines, the main activities consist of the development of methodology for the vulnerability assessment of the water resources, policy and literature studies, development of national policy, and dissemination of information materials. The assessment of vulnerability methods is developed mainly through literature studies and participation in international, regional, and national workshops and seminars.

The Philippines is highly dependent on water resources for domestic and industrial use, irrigation, power generation, animal husbandry, fisheries and recreation activities. The country is becoming more prone and susceptible to water related disasters under weather extremes such as floods, droughts, and typhoons.

Since susceptibility to water related disasters will likely increase with climate change, TroFCCA in the Philippines focuses on water resources as the priority research area. TroFCCA in the Philippines is the continuation of the project entitled: An integrated assessment of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerability in watershed areas and communities in Southeast Asia (AIACC) which ended in 2006.

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