LGIS of Completed Special Projects in Luzon 2016-2022

This report compiles the Lessons Learned, Good Practices, Innovations and Success Stories (LGIS) of 13 completed special projects from 2016 to 2022 in the Luzon region that were validated through the conduct of sustainability monitoring and assessment.
 
The following special projects were included: 

1. Economics, Policies and Institutions of Groundwater Use by Resorts in Los Baños and Calamba, Laguna, Philippines
2. Integrating Watershed Ecosystem Management Approach in Landscape Planning in Nayom Watershed and its Major Tributaries: A Pilot Study for DENR 
3. Bamboo Resources Inventory and Mapping Using New- Generation Satellite Remote Sensing Data and Geospatial Techniques in the Province of Pangasinan, Philippines
4. Development of Production and Silvicultural Technologies for Native Metallophytes in Restoration of Mined-out Areas in Zambales 
5. Parameters and Indicators for Measuring Successful Reforestation Projects in Luzon, Philippines
6. Technology Adoption on Proper Harvesting and Utilization of Philippine Cinnamon 
7. Diversification and Soil Conditioning in the Understorey of Pine Forest 
8. Green Livelihood Technologies for Watershed Rehabilitation for Poverty Alleviation 
9. Enhancing Sustainable Livelihood through Handicraft Making using Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) for Cabitangahan-Talaba CARP Beneficiaries Association (CTCBA) 
10. Bamboo Furniture and Handicraft Industry for Sustainable Community Development and Environmental Protection 
11. Conservation of Mangrove through Rice Hull-Fed Wine Distillery - Nipa Wine Production 
12. Livelihood Support for Mangrove Enhancement and Conservation in Brgy. Olo-olo, Lobo, Batangas 
13. Alien Species Crisis: Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Invasive Alien Species of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Philippines