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The Philippine Bird Festival: A Showcase of Vibrant CSO-Government Collaboration

29 June 2023
This article is shared by the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines through its President, Mr. Mike Lu. Mike’s presentation mostly focused on this successful event (“5th Philippine Bird Festival”), which highlights the importance of strong collaboration between government, CSOs, and the private sector…

Lessons Learned in Wetlands Management

29 June 2023
Similar to the challenges being faced by local governments all over the Philippines, the City of Balanga faces habitat degradation, solid wastes and sewage concerns, significant settlements along the boundary of the wetlands, low or few stakeholder engagement, and insufficient information on…

Nature Based Solutions: An Introduction and Case Studies

28 June 2023
Nature based solutions (NBS) are interventions inspired and supported by nature and benefit biodiversity while supporting the delivery of a range of ecosystem services. They are cost-effective, builds resilience, and provide environmental, social and economic benefits. NBS are effective in…

Conservation and Management of Wetlands in the Philippines

28 June 2023
The Philippines is host to some of the world’s richest and biodiverse wetlands ecosystems. It is blessed with about 796,000 hectares of coral reefs and 303,373 hectares of mangrove forests, among other significant wetlands sites. A signatory to numerous multilateral environmental agreements…

Carbon Biomass Estimates using Remote Sensing

28 June 2023
Climate change is significantly impacting and will continue to impact all nations of the world. With emerging technologies and tools now being made available, more in-depth analysis on the value of nature is increasingly supporting decision-making. One of the most important tools now readily…

RFI Site Selection Process in the Philippines

27 June 2023
The framework for priority site selection has equipped the team in developing a priority list with 147 sites (Phase 1), which will evolve into a short list of 50 sites (Phase 2). The site prioritization criteria are aligned with the existing and widely accepted criteria used in the definition of…

Wetlands and Ecosystem Services: Opportunities and Applications

27 June 2023
A deep dive session on wetland ecosystem services, this takes off from the importance of wetlands to examples of how interventions can benefit both society (human beings) and nature. Different approaches such as (i) natural infrastructure (nature-based solutions) and (ii) coastal blue carbon (…

Introduction to Ecosystem Services Assessment

27 June 2023
To guide policy- and decision-making, tools that allow economic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) are used to assess and measure ecosystem values in a way that will be useful and practical even to non-technical people. One of the tools being used to measure ES is TESSA, which is a practical step…

Introduction to the Preliminary Scoping Appraisal of the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA)

27 June 2023
TESSA typically involves six (6) steps. The Preliminary Scoping Appraisal (PSA) is the second stage and aims to derive an initial understanding of the dynamics of a site including the ecosystem services that it provides. To support the work of those who are participating in the workshop, the PSA…

Differences in Use and Application between Ecosystem Service Assessment Tools

27 June 2023
Ecosystem services are measured and valuated through different tools. Other tools (aside from TESSA) are also being used, allowing practitioners and site managers options that are suitable to their sites. Two of such tools are the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)…