PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL REDD STRATEGY ON PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

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PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PHILIPPINES NATIONAL REDD
STRATEGY ON PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT
3rd Meeting of the REDD Development Dividend Task
Force 02 05 April 2012, Nairobi, Kenya
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OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

• Background information about the Philippines
• The Philippine National REDD-Plus Strategy
  (PNRPS)
• Process
• Vision
• Components
• Opportunities of the Private Sector under the
  PNRPS
• Challenges ahead

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PHILIPPINES - Basic statistics

• Land area 30 million ha
• Forestland area 15.8 million ha
• Forest cover 7.2 million ha
• Population more than 80 million

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Extent of Natural Forest Cover Loss in the last
100 years
70
60
40
34
23.7
18.3
Source Environmental Science for Social Change,
1999
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Forest Management

• All forestlands and natural resources are owned
  by the government (Regalian doctrine)
• Mode of access production sharing, joint
  venture and co-management
• Issuance of tenure instrument valid for 25 years
  and renewable for another 25 years

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Management Arrangements Inside Forestlands
No. LTI Type No. Area (has.)
1 Timber License Agreements (TLA) 4 252,510
2 Integrated Forest Management Agreements (IFMA) 145 1,017,655
3 Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreements (SIFMA) 1822 36,941
4 Agroforestry Farm lease Agreements (AFFLA) 17 4,776
5 Tree Farm Lease Agreement (TFLA) 88 9,742
6 Forestland Grazing Management Agreements (FLGMA FLGA) 364 97,019
7 Special Land-use Permit (SLP) 198 2,063
8 Special Land Use Lease Agreement (SPLULA) 18 99
9 Forest Land Use Agreements for Tourisim Purposes (FLAGt) 31 968
10 Special Forest Land Use Agreement (FLAg) 11 2,580
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Management Arrangements Inside Forestlands
No. LTI Type No. Area (has.)
11 Community-Based Forest Management Program (CBFMP)    
11.1 CBFM Agreement 1790 1,633,892
11.2 Other CBFM Tenure (CSC,FLMA,CFSA,CFP etc) 3314 3,200,024
12 Approved CADT and CALT 414 4,276,639
13 PACBRMA 58 22,240
14 Areas under other Management Arrangements    
14.1 Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC)   266,326
14.2 National Power Corporation (NPC)   337,721
14.3 National Irrigation Administration (NIA)   22,243
14.4 Co- Management Agreements with LGUs 153 485,537
  TOTAL 8,427 11,668,975
  Total forestland 15,805,325
  Tenured   11,668,975
  Untenured   4,136,350
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The Philippine National REDD Strategy (PNRPS)
Process
National Regional Consultations April Aug 2009
Workshop 1- Nov 2009 principles,
results,components
Component workshop groups Dec-March 2009
Workshop 2 March 2010 Writeshop
Draft written up by an integrator April 2010
National presentation April 2010
Critique and review by experts, regional and
sectoral consultations
NRPS Action Planning Budgeting August 2010
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The PNRPS

• is a strategy that articulates the common vision
  and direction that the Philippines would want to
  pursue in relation to REDD-Plus development and
  implementation.
• presents a broad range of strategies and
  corresponding activities over a 10-year time
  horizon (2010-2020).
• defines the need to prepare forestland managers
  throughout the country to assume responsibility
  in implementing REDD-Plus programs, research,
  projects and activities with the support of the
  international, national and local agencies, NGOs
  and other support groups.

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The PNRPS envisions

• Empowered forest  managers and support groups
  sustainably and equitably managing forestlands
  and ancestral domains with enhanced carbon stock
  and reduced greenhouse gases emission. Within
  the vision framework, the impact areas include
• Reduced forest degradation and deforestation
• Poverty reduction
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Improved governance
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Components of the PNRPS

• 4 Major Components
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• Enabling Policies to support and promote
  REDD-Plus
• Forest Sector Governance
• Forest Resource Use, Allocation and Management
• Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV)
  Conditions
• 3 Cross-Cutting Components
• Capacity Building and Communication
• Research and Development
• Sustainable Financing
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The Philippine National REDD Strategy
Seven Major Components
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Opportunities of the Private Sector in REDD
under the PNRPS

• Under Forest Resource Use, Allocation
  Management Component
• As REDD projects implementers
• Under Sustainable Financing Component
• As REDD projects funders (CSR)
• Under Governance Component
• As member of the national and subnational REDD
  coordinating agencies National
  Multi-Stakeholder REDD Council (NRMC)

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Proposed NMRC composition

• Government agencies involved with forest
  management and/or REDD
• Non-Government representatives from the
  indigenous peoples, CBFM POs, NGOs,
  academe/university and private sector groups
  involved in forest management

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Proposed NMRC functions and responsibilities

• Primarily to serve as the coordinating and
  governing body for the implementation of the
  PNRPS
• Coordinate with national agencies and local
  government units in the implementation of PNRPS
  in their respective sectors and areas
• Recommend policy and other measures to ensure the
  effective implementation of PNRPS
• Ensure meaningful representation and active
  participation of the indigenous communities,
  forest communities and other affected basic
  sectors

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• Oversee, monitor and recommend measures to ensure
  the effective formulation, implementation and
  evaluation of policies, programs and resource
  allocation and management of the PNRPS
• Oversee and monitor the implementation of MRV
• Advocate for the mobilization of funds by the
  national and local governments to support
  REDD-Plus projects.

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Opportunities of the Private Sector in REDD
under the PNRPS

• Under Forest Resource Use, Allocation
  Management Component
• As REDD projects developers and implementers
• Under Sustainable Financing Component
• As REDD projects funders (CSR)
• Under Governance Component
• As member of the national and subnational REDD
  coordinating agencies National
  Multi-Stakeholder REDD Council (NRMC)
• Under Policy Component thru consultation
  process
• Under R D Component thru their project area
  as research site

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Challenges ahead

• For the government to issue a national policy or
  legislation on REDD-Plus clarifying, among
  others, carbon rights/ownerships or benefit
  sharing and private sector engagement
• For the government to establish and
  operationalize the National Multi-stakeholder
  REDD-Plus Council (NRMC)
• For the private sector to be more involved in
  forest management

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Maraming Salamat Po!THANK YOU!
For any queries, you may contact
Mayumi Quintos-Natividad Chief Forest Management
Specialist Forest Management Bureau Department of
Environment Natural Resources PHILIPPINES Email
mayquin_at_mozcom.com
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The Philippine National REDD Strategy
Seven Major Components
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