Moving Forward with the Rain Forest Restoration Initiative

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1 Moving Forward with the Rain Forest Restoration Initiative Godofredo T. Villapando, Jr. Program Development Unit Manager Foundation for the Philippine Environment Creation of FPE through partnership: Philippine Government Philippine NGOs and POs U.S. Government U.S. NGOs Cooperative Agreement between USAID and WWF US Interim Board Regional Consultations Cooperative Agreement between WWF US and PBSP Birth of FPE Registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 1992, FPE is considered the largest Philippine grant making institution outside of government to support environment and sustainable development work among NGOs and POs in the Philippines. 1

2 Characteristics as an Environmental Fund ENDOWMENT: The initial financial base of FPE is an endowment fund worth US$ 22 Million (or PhP 569 in 1994) established through debt for nature swap*. * A debt for nature swap is an arrangement by which an indebted developing country undertakes, in exchange for cancellation of a portion of its foreign debt, to establish local currency funds to be used to finance a conservation program FOCUSED ON THE ENVIRONMENT: FPE aims to reverse the rapid destruction of the Philippines natural resources by initiating programs and activities that strengthen the role of NGOs, POs and local communities in the responsible management of the ecosystem. Why Biodiversity? Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro (1992) MOU establishing the FPE Environmental Endowment (1993) 2

3 The Philippines figures prominently in the biodiversity map... is among the 17 megadiversity countries biologically wealthiest nations: a home to an inordinately large share of the world s biodiversity, COMMUNITY BASED BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Resource Institutions NGOs/POs/ IPOs PARTNERSHIP Local Government Units/ Government Agencies Bulusan 2. Banahaw & San Cristobal 3. Matutum 4. Talinis 5. Twin Lakes Biak na Bato 7. Buasao & Poswey 8. Dinagat 9. Malindang Palawan 11. Zambales 12. Bolos 13. Banao Malanas 14. Pulangi 15. Tawi tawi 16. Lake Mainit 17. Arakan 18. Pantaron 19. Paranas 20. Guiuan 21. Palapag 22. NW Panay 23. North Negros 24. Bohol SITE FOCUSED PROJECTS 3

4 Rainforestation Technical Assistance Nursery Establishment 4

5 Outplanting Arkan Forest Corridor Reference Material Manual on Nursery Establishment and Outplanting In Tagalog & in Bisaya 5

6 PARTNERSHIPS FPE PTFCF Partnership on Site/Nursery 1. Ikalahan (Nueva Vizcaya) 2. Marikina Watershed 3. Ilog Hilabangan Watershed Forest Reserve (Negros Occidental) 4. Pulangi Watershed (Bukidnon) 5. Arakan Forest Corridor (Cotabato) PARTNERSHIPS FPE VSU ELTI Capability Building for Partners 1. LAKAS (Zambales) 2. Biak na Bato (Bulacan) 3. Antipolo (Rizal) 4. Barit Watershed (Albay) 5. Bulusan (Sorsogon) 6. St. Paul (Palawan) 7. Paranas (Samar) 8. Bacolod (Negros Occidental) 9. Malindang (Mis. Occidentatal) Training on Nursery and Rainforestation Establishment 1. Buhid Mangyan (Oriental Mindoro) 2. Palaw an (Palawan) 3. Higaonon (Bukidnon/Misamis Oriental) 4. Subanen (Zambonga del Sur) 5. Manobo Matigsalog (Cotabato/Bukidnon) 6. Maguindanaoan (Maguindanao) 6

7 Sites with Existing Nurseries of Indigenous Forest Trees Species 1. Ikalahan (Nueva Vizcaya) 2. Antipolo (Rizal) 3. Barit (Albay) 4. Batangan & Bansud (Oriental Mindoro) 5. Brooke s Point (Palawan) 6. Kabankalan (Negros Occidental) 7. Gingoog (Misamis Oriental) 8. Arakan (Cotabato) 9. Ligawasan (Maguindanao) 10. Upper Pulangi (Bukidnon) 11. Lison Valley (Zamboanga del Sur) Angat Water Level: 30 Oct 2008 Angat Water Level: 13 May

8 F la shba ck! Typhoon Ondoy (26 September 2009) 8

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15 Marikina Watershed Swidden Farming 2 nd Level of Cutting 15

16 3 rd Level of Cutting Charcoal Making 16

17 PARTNERSHIP FOR RAIN FOREST RESTORATION Resource Institutions TO SAVE LIVES Non Government Organizations, People s Organizations, Indigenous People s Organizations Local Government Units/ Government Agencies Opportunity for Partnership Capability Building Advocacy Research Resource Mobilization Environmental Defense (Endefense) Sites Types of Grant Site Focused projects that are implemented in priority or environmentally critical sites. Proactive projects that aim for a broader, more strategic impact on the major environmental actors and issues in the country. Competitive open to organizations that are not implementing site focused projects and the proposed interventions are consistent with FPE s thrusts on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. 17

18 Funding Level Small Grant Level Up to PhP 200,000 Medium Grant Level More than PhP 200,000 up to PhP 800,000 Large Grant Level More than PhP 800,000 up to PhP 2.0 M Thank You! 18

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