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Ecosystem Accounts Provide Inputs for Decision-Making and Policy Analysis in Southern Palawan

 
This briefing contains findings of ecosystem accounts that use a "ride-to-reef" approach to assess the upland, lowland, and coastal zones of the Southern Palawan region, Pulot Watershed and the coastal areas of Sofronio Española.

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THE PHILIPPINES AUSTRALIA HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

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Networking, Environmental Management and Governance

This paper draws lessons from the experience of some countries in the development of marketlike arrangements in the delivery of water-related forest ecosystem services. It specifically identifies the various ecosystem services, watershed projects and activities that interested parties have either directly contracted with potential suppliers or have promoted through various financial mechanisms. It also highlights the role of national and local governments, private industries, individual landholders, associations of resource users, local and international non-governmental
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Philippine Environmental Governance 2 Project (EcoGov2): Urban Environmental Management Program Assessment and Activities (Final Report)

This report has been prepared by an international consultant consultant) providing technical assistance to the Philippine Environmental Governance Project (EcoGov) program. The intent of the report is to update and supplement a previous assessment report prepared by the consultant in April 2008. The original 2008
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Economic Analysis of Allocating Forests and Forest Lands: Total Economic Valuation Approach

This paper was written to look at the economics of forestry projects under alternative user right arrangements—also referred to as the allocation instruments in this paper. A sample of forestry projects under the following allocation instruments were analyzed: 7 projects under Community-based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA), 3 projects under Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), 2 sites with certificate of ancestral domain claim (CADC); and, 2 projects under Co-management arrangement between DENR, LGU, and Community’ and 1 site under
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Basis of Conflict in ARMM in Relation to Land and Resources

The total population projection for indigenous peoples (IPs) in the Philippines for the year 2000 is estimated at 13 million or 17 percent of the total Filipino population. The majority of the IP population is located in Mindanao (61%). The remaining 33% are in Luzon and 6% are in the Visayan Islands. The IPs comprise more than 110 different major and minor ethnolinguistic groups and are found in 63 provinces of fifteen regions including the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Indigenous peoples in Mindanao engage in economic activities that range from hunting,

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Ancestral Domain Delineation and Recognition: CADT of Aytas of Bataan

The objective of this report is to explain and understand the process of ancestral domain delineation and recognition through a case study of the Pastolan Aytas of Hermosa, Bataan Province. Because the issuance of a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) is a provision for the securing of rights to their ancestral domain by indigenous peoples in the Philippines, a community that goes through the issuance of a CADT will also interface with different government agencies, specifically the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and most
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A Model of Water Resource Governance in the Philippines

This paper presents a model of water resource governance based on how environment and natural resources are allocated and distributed as public goods, and how their protection, development and utilization are a result of a confluence of decisions and actions by public, private and civil society institutions in the Philippines. The model was earlier developed from out of Philippine experiences with forest management. It is presented here to explore how it may be also applicable to water.
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Aktang Organiko para sa Rehiyong Awtonomo sa Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Batas Republika Bilang 9054: Mga Tanong at Sagot sa Pamamahala ng Likas-Yaman at iba pang Mahaangang Probistion

This primer presents some important provisions of Republic Act No. 9054 in a question-and-answer form pertaining to the management of the Autonomous Region’s environment and natural resources.

Also included are a number of information regarding the powers, authority and responsibilities of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the Autonomous Regional Government.

This primer was written in Tagalog.

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Primer on the Proposed Regional Sustainable Forest Management Act: RLA Bill No. 91

The Regional Sustainable Forest Management Act (RSFMA) for the ARMM is an expression of the quest of the inhabitants of the Region for self-determination as manifested in the grant of autonomy. It is an answer to the inadequacy of applicable laws on forests and forest lands. It aims to broaden and expand the co-management scheme of forests and their resources among the government agencies and units, local communities and civil society organizations.

This primer is in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) format to provide the answers to the basic queries on RSFMA.

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