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ue No. 3 Series of 2013 February 2013 - June 2013
INSIDE!MARIBOJOC REVISITED
KNOWLEDGE SHARINGSCALED UP
LAKE MAINIT MERITSCONSERVATION SUPPORT
EMPOWEREDCOMMUNITIESSAFEGUARD MT. BULUSANVOLCANO NATURAL PARK
UNDERSTANDING LIFE INTHE PHILIPPINE REEF
VOICE OF VULNERABLE TRIBEHEARD
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESGREENINGTHE FORESTS INABRA
FPE SPORTS AN UPDATEDLOGO
TRIBUNIMALS
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Nestor R. CarboneraCHAIRPERSON AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Godofredo T. Villapando Jr.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Fernando M. RamirezLUZON REGIONAL UNIT MANAGER
Myrissa L. TabaoVISAYAS REGIONAL UNIT MANAGER
Armando C. PacudanMINDANAO REGIONAL UNIT MANAGER
Liza M. VidaOIC, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT UNIT
Jay Carmela C. CiriacoFINANCE UNIT MANAGER
MANAGING EDITOR
Mary Ann B. Leones
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION UNITMANAGER
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Pilar B. SaldajenoINFORMATION OFFICER
DESIGN AND LAYOUT
DIRECTOR
Earl Paulo Diaz
CONTRIBUTORS
Armando C. PacudanEdel S. Garingan
Dominic S. AgsawayFernando M. Ramirez
Florence C. BaulaMaria Felda S. DomingoMarjorie A. Marasigan
Mark Anthony L. BagsitMyrissa L. Tabao
ABOUT THE COVER PHOTO
ABOUT SARIHAY
Sarihayis a bi-annual newsletter o the Foundation or the Philippine
Environment (FPE). The word Sarihaywas coined rom samut saring
buhay to describe the diversity o lie or biodiversity.
In its continuing eort to promote biodiversity conservation and
sustainable development, FPE shares through Sarihay someproject updates as well as strategies, experiences and lessons o
practitioners, partners and networks o the Foundation.
Email your request or newsletter subscription, inquiries, or article
contributions at [email protected]. An online version o Sarihay is also
available at www.pe.ph.
Copyright 2013 Foundation or the Philippine Environment.
All rights reserved.
Swimming and sheltering through the corals in Caramoan,
Camarines Sur are a small group o ve-line cardinal sh. They
inhabit coastal lagoon and ree fats to a depth o about 40m or more.
This underwater shot was taken by the Diliman Science Research
Foundation (DSRF) or the FPE-supported project entitled Need toQuantiy and Understand Ree Biodiversity in the Philippines or the
Benet o Filipinos.
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Ater 16 years, the Foundation or the Philippine
Environment (FPE) has returned to Maribojoc Bay!
Last April 3, 2013, a new project was orged through a
partnership agreement signing between FPE and the
Participatory Research Organization o Communities
and Education towards Struggle or Sel-Reliance or
PROCESS-Bohol, Inc., a non-government organization
based in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. This project entitled
Re-assessment o Community-Managed Mangrove
Forest Ecosystems in Maribojoc Bay has the purposes
o (1) reassessing the current biophysical resources andconduct social and services mapping o the Maribojoc
Bay covering the municipalities o Cortes and Maribojoc
MARIBOJOCREVISITED
Myrissa L. Tabao, FPE Visayas Regional Unit Manager
on southwestern Bohol and comparing this with 1997
baseline data; (2) establishing a local research and
monitoring team and institutionalizing a multisectoral
community-based monitoring system or the mangroves;
and (3) producing a 5-year climate resilient management
plan or Maribojoc Bay.
Maribojoc Bay is the biggest bay in Bohol province
covering an area o 145 km2. In a 2005 study conducted
by JBJ Consulting, Inc., it was determined that its 573-ha
coral ree and 84-ha mangrove orest respectively provides
PhP 43.1 million and PhP 33.7 million worth o benetsannually to the surrounding municipalities.
Summer cool-down. Children frolicking
in the waters of Maribojoc Bay in
Barangay San Vicente, Maribojoc.
(Photo by FPE-VRU)
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Back in 1997, PROCESS-Bohol received a grant rom
FPE to conduct a baseline study o Maribojoc Bay. The
study, which was conducted by
the Silliman University Marine
Laboratory, ound the Bay to have
one o the richest mangroves in
the Philippines with 25 species
in 13 amilies. Various endemic
species o plants and animals
were also listed. This baseline
inormation became the basis orvarious conservation programs
in the Bay that eventually led
to its management by the local
governments o Maribojoc-Cortes-
Tagbi laran City-Panglao-Dauis (MACOTAPADA) through
the Maribojoc Bay Executive Management Oce.
A simple signing ceremony with the community was
held along the mangrove-ringed shore o Barangay San
Vicente, Maribojoc. This was witnessed by the respective
presidents and members o three Peoples Organizations
who will be the local partners or this project, namely: the
San Vicente Mangroves Association (SAVIMA), Dipatlong
Mangrove Planters Association (DIMAPA), and Upper de
la Paz Biodiversity Conservation Association (UBCA). It is
worthy to mention that SAVIMA was organized during the
rst FPE project with PROCESS-Bohol back in 1997 and
has never wavered in restoring lush mangrove orests in themunicipality o Maribojoc.
Indeed, FPE is now seeing the results o its work even as it
continues to oster partnerships and support communities
or the environment in southwestern Bohol.
On hand for the signing were (right and left): Ms. Emilia Roslinda,
Executive Director and Mr. Mario Limocon, Director for
Operations and Project Supervisor of PROCESS-Bohol, and
Myrissa Lepiten-Tabao(center)and Raymunda Debuayan(standing,second row, rst from right) from the Visayas Regional Unit of FPE.
}Maribojoc Bay
has one of the
richest mangroves
in the Philippines
with 25 species in13 families.}
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KNOWLEDGESHARING SCALED UP
Maria Felda S. Domingo, National Coordinator, USAID-FPE Up-Scaling Project
In support o this years Earth Day celebration, with the theme Earth Day Everyday, Everywhere, or Everyone, FPE
launched the second batch o its KALIKASAN (Kaalamang Likas Yaman: Knowledge o Natural Resources) BiodiversityConservation and Sustainable Development Knowledge Series eaturing the case studies o eight partners under
the USAID-FPE Up-Scaling Forest Restoration Eorts in Key Biodiversity Areas Project. These cases showcase best
practices on orest restoration o FPE partners rom Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
This activity, which orms part o the Knowledge Management component o the USAID-FPE Upscaling Project, was
held on April 17, 2013 at the UP Institute or Small-Scale Industries, Diliman, Quezon City. Nearly 100 participants
graced the event rom government agencies (DENR and DOT), USAID sub-grantees, FPE civil society partners,
business sector and the media.
With cases that revolve around convergence and partnership building as well as encouraging peoples organizations and
communities participation in orest restoration, the partners shared valuable learnings, strategies and recommendations
worth replicating in other conservation sites.
Here are some insights rom our partners about the case studies:
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development As They See
It: Community-based Conservation with the Manobo-Tinananon of
Arakan, North Cotabato
The indigenous planning framework or village-wide planning approach
attempts to look at how indigenous peoples see their world: not
a material thing to be consumed, but a sacred place for spirits that
regulate use of natural resources. - Jayson Ibaez
Research and Conservation Director
Philippine Eagle Foundation, Inc. (PEFI)
Convergence Building Towards Sustainable Management of
Watersheds: Case Study of Panigan-Tamugan and Talomo-Lipadas
Watersheds in Davao City
The case underscores the importance of sustaining the engagement
of policy makers so they could take part in the implementation of the
initiative.
- Mary Ann Fuertes
Executive Director
Interface Development Initiatives, Inc. (IDIS)
Pagsugod sa Pagbulig Para sa Lasang: Encouraging Participation of
Peoples Organizations in Forest Resource Management
If there is no sustainable livelihood, park occupants will go back again
to unsustainable livelihood or forest extraction.
- Reynic Alo
Executive Director
Multi-sectoral Alliance for Development (MUAD)-Negros
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The 4Cs Cycle Model: Making Partnerships in Biodiversity
Conservation Work in Ilog-Hilabangan Watershed Forest Reserve
In all levels of implementation, the involvement of the local people is
important so they feel an ownership of the project.
- Roseo Depra
Executive Director
Negros Economic Development Foundation (NEDF)
Rebirthing Philippine Forests: Best Practices and Lessons in 22
Years of VSUs Rainforestation Implementation
Memorandum of agreements and partnership with various organizations
played an important role in promoting rainforestation on a wider scale.
- Ma. Juliet Ceniza
Director
National Coconut Research Center Visayas/Visayas State University
Phases of Stewardship in Cebus Terrestrial KBAs: The Case of
Tabunan, Alcoy and Dalaguete
Forest wardens must transition to stewards by providing them with
livelihood support and training; and by instilling them the value that
forest stewardship is a responsibility and a privilege rather than a mere
job.
- Estela Rodriguez
Executive Director
Cebu Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (CBCFI)
The Banahaw-San Cristobal Social Fence: Linking Organized
Communities in Quezon and Laguna
Ang social fence ay mahaba at masalimuot na paglalakbay, maraming
issues ang kailangang tugunan. Building a social fence begins when
stakeholders realize they need to have a common vision for the
protection of the park.
- Eugenio Roxas
Executive DirectorLuntiang Alyansa Para sa Bundok Banahaw (LABB)
Scaling-up Local Conservation Initiatives: Stories to Tell from Polillo
Islands
One of our many lessons in Polillio: conservation actions should not be
driven by funding availability, but by a conservation agenda.
- Errol Gatumbato
Technical Consultant/Case Study Writer
Polillo Islands Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PIBCFI)
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M
t. Bulusan Volcano Natural Park (BVNP) is a
signicant protected area under the National
Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS). It is
an active volcano and one o the last intact orests in the
Bicol Region. Mt. Bulusans earliest recorded eruption was
in 1852, ollowed by several others until 1916, emitting
mud and ashes that caused landslides. The volcano
rested or almost 50 years rom 1933, then it erupted
again in 1983 and in 2006. In 2007, small ash emissions
and lahar fow have been constantly monitored.
The Park is also known or its hot and cold springs,
geothermal elds, and a small crater lake Bulusan silently
shimmering in the midst o a thick dipterocarp orest that
teems with vines, wild orchids and threatened giant erns.BVNP is an important watershed that supplies water
or Sorsogon. It is home to some near-threatened and
vulnerable birds such as the Luzon-bleeding heart
pigeon (Gallicolumba luzonica) and the Philippine Hawk-
Eagle (Spizaetus philippinensis); and two Bulusan-
endemic fora an aquatic plant, Schefera bulusanicum
and a ern, Prenephrium bulusanicum. The most recent
resource and socio-economic assessment o the park
validated the presence o a small Rafesia species.
The greatest threat to BVNP aside rom natural calamities
is the perception that the orest is a communal property.
EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES
SAFEGUARDMT. BULUSAN VOLCANONATURAL PARK
Fernando M. Ramirez, FPE Luzon Regional Unit Manager
LOCATION
Province: Sorsogon
Municipalities: Casiguran, Irosin, Bulusan,
Juban,
Barcelona
Barangays: Inlagadian, Mabini, Monbon, Mapaso,
Cogon, San Roque, San Francisco, San Jose, San
Isidro, Puting Sapa
Area: 3,600 hectares
ECOSYSTEMS
Sub-montane Forest and Lake Ecosystem
CONSERVATION STATUS
(PBCPP) Bulusan National Park - Very High
(VH); Current Key Biodiversity Area (KBA)
Mt. Bulusan scarred
by several eruptions.
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This means unregulated resource extract ion wil l
continue to pose risks or the park.
In 1996, Lingap para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan
(LIKAS, Inc.) started an FPE-unded Community-
based Resource Management Project (CBRMP) in
BVNP. Initially 10 barangays were covered by the
project; out o these, 9 barangays in 5 municipalities
surrounding the park were successully organized
into a strong ederation o upland armers and orest
stakeholders called Pederasyon ng Nagkakaisang
Samahan ng Bundok Bulusan or PNAGSAMA. In
2002, ater a turnover ceremony involving LIKAS,
as well as the Department o Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)-Region V, provincial
ederation members and local government unit
(LGU) representatives, PNAGSAMA accepted the
challenge o managing the BVNP conservation
project.
The ederat ion had organized the other surrounding
barangays and developed second-liner leaders to
sustain biodiversity conservation activities. Thus,
more PO ormations emerged such as AGAP-
Bulusan and others.
Bulusan lake, part of the BVNP, as
pristine as ever, since the FPE CBRMP
project started in mid 1990s.
Patrolling and biodiversity
monitoring in BVNP.
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While there were deputation issues with the DENR,other protection activities such as patrolling and
biodiversity monitoring system (BMS) were continued,
park violators were apprehended and court cases were
iled accordingly. A total o 10 years o intervention
was completed with an investment o about PhP12
million rom FPE, excluding the counterpart unds
rom LIKAS, PNAGSAMA and the DENR.
Up to this day, the ederation is still actively involved
in orest monitoring and patrolling, and advocacy
initiatives such as lobbying or the congressional
enactment o the BVNP protected area bill.
PNAGSAMA remains a potent PO ederation operating
FPE project investment
goes a long way
PNAGSAMA has become a strongcommunity organization bound
by a common goal of protecting
BVNP.
The federation now participates in
park strategic planning, decision
making and management.
PNAGSAMA has been
acknowledged widely by different
sectors, further encouraging
the Federation to sustain park
protection.
During the last year of the project
implementation, Likas and the
federation tested a systematic
phase out mechanism and led
a protected area bill for BVNP
and several local resolutions/
ordinances to effectively manage
the park.Partners Forumat Shangrila.
PNAGSAMA Strategic
Planning, 2006.
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around BVNP. Nurtured by LIKAS, they have become
a strong partner in the management o the park.
PNAGSAMA has relentlessly pushed or the passage
o the protected area bill despite inaction rom the
previous and the present government administrations.
Now aced with yet another huge challenge -- the
geothermal plant application in Irosin and the perennial
volcanic hazards o pyroclastic and lava lows, ashall
and lahar -- the empowered communities and POs
will again step up their eorts; but, they strongly eel
government agencies concerned must really live upto their mandate o protecting the precious Bulusan.
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From a distance, they look like a group o young
people having an exciting summer adventure or a
sweet voyage to a remote island in Northern Samar.
They are traversing the calm morning waves through a
relatively large shing vessel that oers enough space
or their baggage, ood crates and diving paraphernalia.
The group scans a perect spot in the ocean. Ater the
anchor was set in its most steady location, they beginthe real order o the day -- to determine the condition
o lie and ecosystem beneath the ocean.
One by one, the ve-person research team dives into
the water; that is the starting point o one o the most
extensive researches on the state o the Philippine
ree biodiversity. The team, as part o their study, will
provide realistic recommendations on ocean resources
management, especially on the ree and sheries
current conditions and threats.
The research on Phil ippine ree biodiversity wasconceptualized by the Diliman Science Research
UNDERSTANDINGLIFE IN THEPHILIPPINE
REEF
Foundation (DSRF) with Jonathan Anticamara,
associate proessor in the University o the Philippines
Institute o Biology as the lead researcher or the
project. They recognized the need to assess more sites
as a viable contribution to science and conservation
action on Philippine ree biodiversity. And so in 2012,
DSRF submitted a proposal to FPE on the said ree
study. FPE supported this project that will cover 14representative sites in the country including Palawan,
Tawi-tawi and Northern Samar.
Jonathan, with his research associate Justine Ramos,
partners with an academic institution that can work
with them in specic representative sites. They
coordinate with the local government agencies such
as the Municipal Environmental and Natural Resources
Oce (MENRO) and the Bureau o Fisheries, and
secure the inormed consent rom the municipal mayor.
When all prerequisites had been completed and those
who will join the actual eld survey in the ree havebeen oriented, the group then banters the waves and
Edel S. Garingan, FPE Project Officer
A researcher in action.
(Photo by DSRF)
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plunges themselves into a couple eet under the ocean.
Cabadiangan Experience
On the second week o April 2013, the group conducted
the eld survey in two municipalities in Northern Samar,
their th site since they started the research last March
2013. The rst site they visited in Samar was the coral
ree area o Cabadiangan in an old town o Laoang.
With the big shing boat provided by the local governmentunit, the team o Jonathan, Justin and two other research
associates, Kevin and Daisy, including Saula Gabona, an
associate proessor in the University o Eastern Philippines
(UEP) plus two local sheries technicians, navigated the
sea very smoothly. For about three hours, they were
surging under the water, taking pictures o corals, shes
and other lieorms.
Unortunately, many sections o the Cabadiangan ree
have vast coral rubbles demonstrating the site had been
blasted by dynamite. Moreover, the team did not notice
any big shes inhabiting the ree; they only saw sh
species o about 30 cm long.
With the shes criss-crossing, circling and swimming
around them, the dive became extremely exciting.
However even certied proessional divers cannot
always trust the waves. At a certain point in the dive
in Cabadiangan, Jonathan had to cut short the survey
because the current gained so much strength that made
the dive dangerously risky.
Lemon damselsh (DSRF)
Clarks anemone sh (DSRF)
The underwater scene (DSRF)
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The good shot
Unlike in Laoang, the team ound more sh and coral
species in Barangay Barobaybay in Lavesares, which is a
Marine Protected Area (MPA). Jonathan is very delighted
to discover that many coral species and coral ree shes
ound in other sites in the country are actually present in
this MPA. Among the sh species are anemone, lemon
sh, chevron, damsel and beaked lesh. The team also
saw a school o striped catsh willully wandering on the
coral ree and that is exactly what they would like to
see, a thriving ree ecosystem!
Although, some patches o the ree were blasted in
the past by dynamite, there are, however, existing
mechanisms that will ensure threats, such as this, are
being addressed.
Crown of thorns
Although dierent in many ways, the sites in Laoang and
Lavesares share one common weakness: the presence
o crown o thorns -- species o starsh that are eatingthe corals to death. Jonathan recommended to LGUs to
periodically strip o these starshes rom the ree as they
can really kill a lot o corals.
More life to discover
Ater each survey, the team relaxes a bit in a nearby
community, under the shade o a tree, inside a local
house or just by the bay sharing stories with the locals.
They munch home-cooked meals or sip coee to warm
their bodies. Then the team cleans up their diving gear
and research equipment. Although tired, they happily
head back to Manila thinking about rest or the weekend.Just a ew days ater that, they will be diving again to
understand lie and ecosystem balance in a place still
largely unknown and unexplored.
Tomato Anemonesh (DSRF)
Bleaked lesh (DSRF)
The researchers in Lavasares.
Striped catsh (DSRF)
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Why conserve biodiversity in Lake Mainit?
Lake Mainit, a wetland ecosystem, bisects
the two provinces o Agusan del Norte and
Surigao del Norte in the Caraga region. Considered as
the ourth largest reshwater lake in the Philippines, and
Mindanaos second, Lake Mainit is the deepest lake with
a maximum depth o 223 meters. It has an area o 17,340
hectares, an altitude o 27 meters above sea level and a
shoreline o about 62.10 km.
Lake Mainit supports an important shery, which is a
major source o livelihood o communities surrounding
the lake. The economy o the municipalities around
Lake Mainit is also heavily dependent on the agricultural
production around the perimeter o the lake.
Biodiversity and watershed importance
Lake Mainit is categorized in the Philippine Biodiversity
Conservation Priority-Setting Program (PBCPP) as very
high in biodiversity value. Likewise, Conservation
International, Haribon Foundation and the Department
o Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), among
others, have considered Lake Mainit to be a candidate
key biodiversity area (KBA), making it a priority or
conservation and management. In act, it belongs to
the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor (EMBC),
composed o eight KBAs. Being part o the watershed
areas (87,072 has.), it is also proposed by the DENR to
become a protected area under the National Integrated
Protected Areas System Act (RA 7586).
Lake Mainit is a habitat o rich fora and auna includingmigratory and non-migratory species most prominent
species are pedianga (Glossogobius giurus), buguan
Armando C. Pacudan, FPE Mindanao Regional Unit Manager
LAKE MAINITMERITSCONSERVATIONSUPPORT
Major strategies of theLake Mainit Year 3 BCSD Program
Ecosystem-based Management. Establishment
of additional areas for rainforestation and additional
community-managed protected area/sh sanctuary;
reactivation of Barangay Fishery Aquatic Resource
Management Council (BFARMC); adoption
of barangay sanctuary shery ordinance; and,
rehabilitation and maintenance of the existing sh
sanctuaries.
Organizational Development and Tribal
Empowerment. Continuous coaching and
mentoring to POs; and, creation of PO federation.
Socio-Economic Enhancement. Through
complementation with other donors, there willbe small capital infusion/micronance assistance;
livelihood projects; and training on community-based
ecotourism.
Linkaging and Networking. The project will
strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders in the
area.
Research and Information Management.There
will be sh catch monitoring using biodiversity
monitoring and evaluation (BIOME) system, and
production of IEC materials.
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(Hypselelotris agilis) and other rare sh species like
puyo or climbing perch and gabot. Its orest lands are
dominated by secondary growth with indigenous species
like Batuan (Garcina garciae), rattan (Calamus merrillii),
palm (Caryota rumphiana philippinensis). Narra, yakal,
red and white lauan, balete, bugawak and molave can
also be ound in the orest.
Presence of mineral resources and indigenous
people
The Caraga region, the so-called mining capital o the
Philippines, also boasts o rich mineral resources like
gold, limestone, marble, copper, silver and coal that sit
within the Lake Mainit environs. Owing to this richness,
mining explorations and operations abound in the vicinity
o Lake Mainit. Mining, being an extractive activity, is
considered a major threat to biodiversity.
Most importantly, the uplands o Lake Mainit are home to
the Mamanwa tribe, a diminishing and/or nearly vanishing
indigenous peoples (IP) group in the Caraga region.
What strategies will be employed in the current
project?
Considering the biodiversity importance and socio-
cultural signicance o Lake Mainit, FPE approved
the Year 3 Integrated Biodiversity Conservation and
Sustainable Development (BCSD) program o Green
Mindanao Association, Inc. The current years site-
ocused intervention o FPE continues to respond to
some environmental and social issues and challenges
conronting the Lake Mainit ecosystems; hence, the
project employs advocacy on mining, promotes IP
empowerment and enhances tribal governance.
The main objective o the program is to strengthen and
sustain the conservation gains o previous interventions,
as well as to bridge some gaps in the rst two years o
program implementation. Following the road map based
on the ve-year strategic plan or the site, the projects
year 3 aims to scale up and consolidate BCSD eorts
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Expected outcomes of Year 3BCSD Program
Empowered IPs and PO organizations as
indicated by increased representation in
the council and consideration in projects
environmental impact assessments;
Fostered partnerships among
stakeholders who will sustain what havebeen started by the assisting NGOs;
POs/IPOs have promoted environment
friendly economic activities;
Addressed immediate socio-economic
needs of communities;
Promoted PO self-reliance;
Increased number of BCSD advocates;
Drew nancial, technical and material
resources from the other organizations to
sustain conservation initiatives/ advocacy;
Baseline data gathered;
Measured immediate impact of
established sh sanctuaries; and,
Increased awareness of the community
on lake protection.
among partner non-government organizations (NGO)
and people organization (PO), emphasizing NGO-POmanagement, or deeper hand-holding and empowerment
process o the PO partners.
Green Mindanao Association, Inc. works with and
nurtures eight POs located in selected barangays
surrounding the lake and administratively under the
jurisdiction o our lake-shore municipalit ies o Jabonga
and Kitcharao in the province o Agusan del Norte
and Alegria; and Mainit in the province o Surigao del
Norte. Green Mindanao also collaborates with the local
government units (LGUs), the Lake Mainit Development
All iance, the academe, government l ine agencies, donoragencies and other stakeholders in the area.
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TIPON is among the 14 CSO partners of FPE
that have successfully signed a MOA with their
respective PENRO and CENRO pursuant to the
NGP partnership among FPE, DENR and PTFCF
aiming to raise one million seedlings in 2012 for
3,475 hectares of forestland nationwide.
For 2013, around 68 CSOs were endorsed to the DENR
for NGP with expected seedling production of more
than two million.
TIPON (Tipon ti Umili para iti Panagsalwad ti
Nakaparswaan, Inc.) is an Indigenous Peoples
Organization (IPO) partner o FPE engaged
in the National Greening Program (NGP) in Tubo,
Abra. TIPON is also a partner under the EU-Fundeso
Mainstreaming Indigenous Peoples Participation in
Environmental Governance (MIPPEG) project. The IPO
remarkably mobilized nine o its ten barangays in the
seedlings production or NGP, establishing 28 nurseries
all over the municipality. More than 600,000 seedlings
o endemic orest tree species and ruit-bearing tree
species were produced by the organization and now
ready or planting.
Despite the unavorable rainy season or seed
collection and tree planting activities in June 2013 plus
the pressure o having to complete the project within
six months or by December, and other organizations
opting to procure seedlings rom other provinces and
nearby municipalities, TIPON is determined to raise
INDIGENOUSCOMMUNITIES
GREENINGTHE FORESTS
IN ABRAMarjorie A. Marasigan, FPE NGP Coordinator
and plant their own seedlings in their ancestral domain.
They believe that by doing this, they can cult ivate
environmental stewardship in the community, protect
the natural resources or the younger generation and
provide more than just additional source o income or
the indigenous people. While TIPON has continuing
discourse with the Provincial Environment and Natural
Resources Oce (PENRO) o Abra and the Community
Environment and Natural Resources Oce (CENRO)
o Bangued concerning the NGP, the support o the
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
and the local government unit o Tubo had boosted
cooperation among the organizations involved.
Recently, TIPON represented by its chairman Mariano
Dangatan signed a memorandum o agreement (MOA)
with PENRO and CENRO or site preparation to
eventually commence their tree planting in June 2013in 1,295 hectares o ancestral land or about 70 percent
o the NGP target o CENRO-Bangued.
MOA signing (from left NCIP representative Elsa Dioayan, PENRO Er-
nesto Aton, TIPON president Mariano Dangatan, and TIPON member
Anthony Ladawan.)
Nursery located at Brgy. Tiempo, Tubo, Abra.
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