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PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON FOREST/REDD+ LEGISLATION

PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON FOREST/REDD+ LEGISLATION. GENERAL PROFILE OF THE PHILIPPINES. Pacific Ring of Fire, Pacific Typhoon Belt Tropical country with rainforests. Photo by Yeb Sano. A slide on Yolanda. FOREST COVER. World’s Forest Cover (FRA 2010). 31% (4 B ha).

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PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON FOREST/REDD+ LEGISLATION

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  1. PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINES ON FOREST/REDD+ LEGISLATION

  2. GENERAL PROFILE OF THE PHILIPPINES • Pacific Ring of Fire, Pacific Typhoon Belt • Tropical country with rainforests

  3. Photo by Yeb Sano

  4. A slide on Yolanda

  5. FOREST COVER World’s Forest Cover (FRA 2010) 31% (4 B ha) Philippines’ Forest Cover (2010) 23% (6.84 M ha)

  6. CURRENT STATE OF THE FOREST Forest Cover change of the Philippines • Forest cover decreased by 328,682 ha i.e. from 7,168,400 ha in 2003 to 6,839,718 ha in 2010 or an ANNUAL FOREST COVER LOSS of 46,954 ha.

  7. By 2015, the Philippines could lose >8% of its carbon storage potential due to deforestation. • Thus, the improved management of already degraded forests is important to long-term carbon sequestration, particularly in the Philippines. • Reforestation can significantly increase carbon sequestration.

  8. NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM Background • Executive Order No. 26 signed on February 24, 2011 • Guidelines issued on March 8, 2011 • Launched on May 13, 2011

  9. NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM Section 1. Declaration of Policy It is the policy of the State to pursue sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

  10. EXPECTED PROGRAM OUTCOME Economic Return of Investment • 1.5 billion seedlings • 10% survival • is equal to 150,000,000 trees • After 10 years, sold as fuelwood at Ᵽ2,000.00 per tree • is equal to Ᵽ300 Billion in 10 years vs. Ᵽ30 Billion investment

  11. EXPECTED PROGRAM OUTCOME Environmental Stability • 8% increase in carbon sequestration from 36M tons/year to 38.9M tons/year

  12. Philippine National Legislature in Action • Climate Change Act of the Philippines • Executive Order No. 881: Authorizing the Climate Change Commission to Coordinate Existing Climate Change Initiatives, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – Plus, and other Similar Mechanisms

  13. Philippine Action on REDD-Plus • National Framework Strategy on Climate Change • Program on Climate Change • Philippine National REDD-Plus Strategy

  14. National Framework Strategy on Climate Change • NFSCC objective on REDD+: Reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through sustainable managementof forests and the protection and enhancement of carbon stocks in watersheds, forests and other terrestrial ecosystems

  15. The Philippine National REDD-Plus Strategy Core Values

  16. REDD+ in the Philippine Context Enabling environment: • A strong research community and national capacity to engage in forestry projects • Relatively decentralized natural resource management capable of instituting local-level REDD+ projects • A Robust Civil Society capable of supporting REDD+ development

  17. PHILIPPINES in the 2ND GLOBE Forest Legislation Study Initially, we want to look into: The Philippine legal framework with respect to Philippine commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emission and its participation in REDD+. Identification of principal laws relevant to REDD+ in the Philippines. Showing how Philippines’ legal framework deals or could deal with a number of relevant issues having implications for REDD+.

  18. MOVING FORWARD ON FOREST LEGISLATION • Forestry Limit Act • Sustainable Forest Management Act • Mangrove Forest Protection and Preservation Act

  19. Committee on Climate Change

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