NEWS & EVENTS
Experts Exchange on REDD+ and Forest Landscape and Restoration
By: Forester Sarah Mae E. Cabilitazan
Date Published: November 6, 2017

The Experts Exchange on REDD+ and Forest Landscape Restoration was held on October 17-19, 2017 at Compass Skyview Hotel, 12 Sukhumvit 24, Bangkok, Thailand. The event was attended by fifty (50) representatives from different Asia-Pacific countries including the GIZ organizing team from Germany and Resource speakers from REDD+ funding agencies such as Green Climate Fund (GCF) and FPCF (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility), academe and UN-REDD.

Prior to the Experts Exchange in Thailand, GIZ together with UNIQUE forest and land use GmbH have organized an international ...

DENR Pushes for Nationwide Forest Conservation to Reduce Climate Change Impacts
Date Published: March 30, 2017

Following the concurrence of the Senate of the Philippines to the ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change on March 14, the Forest Management Bureau (FMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in cooperation with the German Government’s Environment Ministry, is pushing for the nationwide implementation of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) strategy to help reduce impacts of climate change by protecting and sustainably managing the country’s forests.

The DENR-FMB and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German government’s international development cooperation agency, have been working together for the sustainable management of forests through the joint project ...

The Philippine Eagle: Soaring the Philippine Skies Once More
By: April Lepardo
Date Published: October 30, 2016
Partners to save the Philippine Eagle. The National REDD+ Project went for a site visit at one of the Philippine Eagle’s natural habitat located at Brgy. Sibulan, Davao City, led by the Philippine Eagle Foundation, Inc. and members of the indigenous peoples deputized by DENR as grounds keeper and forest guards.

Conservation and protection efforts for the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) were emphasized during the recent visit of the National REDD+ Project in Davao City on October 11, 2016. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, with support from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) have been working together for the conservation of the natural habitat of the Philippine Eagle, a critically endangered forest raptor endemic to the Philippines and considered to be one of the three largest and most powerful eagles in the world.

The conservation of the country’s rich biological diversity is also embodied in the forest and land use plan (FLUP) ...

First Philippine REDD+ Congress approved Joint Declaration on REDD+
Date Published: September 19, 2016

MACROHON, Southern Leyte – The “Declaration of Support for the National Implementation of REDD+” has been signed on September 14, 2016, after various stakeholders reached agreements on forest protection and rehabilitation during the National REDD+ Congress: A Platform for Learning Exchange, organized by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and REDD+ stakeholders with funding from the International Climate Initiative of Germany’s Ministry for the Environment. The Congress combined the sharing of knowledge on the implementation of REDD+ as a strategy for addressing climate change, achieving sustainable forest management, and enhancement of livelihoods in the Philippines. The 4-day conference was held on 12–15 September 2016 at Kuting Reef Resort and Hotel in Macrohon.

Dr. Bernd-Markus Liss, GIZ’s Director for the Climate Program, and Ricardo Tomol, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer of Southern Leyte, officially opened the National REDD+ Congress and welcomed the participants by cutting the ribbon during the “Tianggehan” (marketplace) session.