FMB strengthens national forest monitoring system implementation with training from USFS
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Forest Management Bureau (DENR-FMB), supported by USAID/s Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) project, conducted a week-long capacity building training for its technical working group involved in the monitoring, reporting, and verification component of the National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). Four experts from the US Forest Service and the Mullion Group trained the participants on data analysis for Forest Resource Assessment, biomass estimation, and the measurement of carbon stock in forests through the use of the Full Lands Integration Tool (FLINT).
Response protocols to address observed threats to forests rolled out
Over 2,000 forest rangers, regional officers and staff, and enforcement and legal officers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) participated in a series of regional workshops on the procedures for responding to observed threats during and after regular Lawin patrols.
Bukidnon-Negros Occidental learning exchange focused on payment for ecosystem services
On April 26, indigenous people and local government unit (LGU) representatives from Bukidnon, who are also stakeholders of the Cagayan de Oro River Basin (CDORB), visited Bago City in Negros Occidental to learn best practices in implementing an LGU-led Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) system.
PES and Lawin discussed at the National Watershed Conference in Bacolod
Over 200 representatives from watershed councils, local government units (LGUs), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the academia, and civil society organizations, including people’s watershed groups and indigenous tribes, gathered at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod, Negros Occidental on April 23-25 for the 13th General Assembly and National Watershed Conference of the Philippine Watershed Management Coalition.
