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Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative and Rainforest Restoration David Neidel, Ph.D. ELTI Asia Training Program Coordinator Mindanao Rainforest Restoration Forum Malaybalay City, Bukidnon December 6–7, 2010

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Environmental Leadership & Training Initiativeand Rainforest Restoration

David Neidel, Ph.D.ELTI Asia Training Program Coordinator

Mindanao Rainforest Restoration ForumMalaybalay City, Bukidnon

December 6–7, 2010

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INTRODUCTION TO ELTI

• Joint program:• Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

• Capacity‐building and training program

• Audience: policy makers, government and non‐government, conservation professionals, community members, and private sector actors

• Two geographical foci:• Neotropics, based at STRI in Panama• Asia, based at the National University of Singapore

• To date, trainings held in the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand

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• National Conference and Training Needs Assessment on Forests and Climate Change, Manila ,with ICRAF

• 4‐day regional training programs  on Forest Carbon Project Development, Los Baños and Davao City, with ICRAF

• Two 2‐day Introductions to REDD for NCIP, Davao City and Quezon City, with CodeREDD

“FOREST CARBON” TRAINING PROGRAMS

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NATIVE SPECIES REFORESTATION

• Train the Trainers program on Rainforestationconducted with Visayas State University

• Leadership Program provides support to our most active trainers

• Taxonomy Training

• Monitoring Trips

• Other professional development opportunities

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RAINFOREST NETWORK FORUM

• Decided to work together as a united front to further promote forest restoration and the usage of native species in the Philippines

• Revitalized the Rain Forest Restoration Initiative (RFRI)

• Developed an action plan to promote Rainforestation in terms of advocacy and increasing technical capacity

• Current members include:ELTI, FPE, Haribon, NTFP‐TF, PEF, PNPCSI, PTFCF, UPLB‐CFNR, and VSU 

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www.rainforestation.ph

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• International conference: held July 15–16, 2010, at UP‐Dilimanwith simulcasts at UP‐Visayas‐Cebu and UP‐Mindanao

• Scientific basis for native species reforestation as well as the political, economic, and social obstacles and opportunities in the Philippines

MAINSTREAMING NATIVE SPECIES‐BASED FOREST RESTORATION

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• ELTI is currently developing trainings for forest restoration  in Indonesia and Malaysia

• One of our goals is to link innovate efforts throughoutthe region

• Training held from November 22–26, 2010 with FORRU in Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Participants from Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia

REGIONAL FOREST RESTORATION TRAINING

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Visit to Doi Inthanon National Park

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In the 1970s, Doi Inthanon National Park was heavily degraded from:

• Fire

• Inappropriate forms of agriculture

• Poppy cultivation for opium production

• Logging and forest degradation

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His Majesty the King gave suggestions about forest restoration

“…Do not plant exotic tree species.”

“Study native tree species, then plant these species…”

King Rama IX of Thailand(circa 1970s)

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Lessons from Doi Inthanon: 

1. Large landscape level rehabilitation is possible.

2. Native species are better than exotics.

3. Restoring ecosystem services through forest restoration is part and parcel of regional economic development

4. The goal for regional development should be to develop multiple income streams from sustainable land use management

5. To enact such a large‐scale landscape transformation begins with vision and leadership.

6. Landscape rehabilitation takes time and the efforts must be sustained. 

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Native Species Reforestation in the Philippines:

• Rainforestation as a scientifically‐based and proven technology for native species reforestation.

• DENR Endorsement of Rainforestation (MC 2004‐6) and increasing level of field implementation

• Increasing support from Academe, NGOs, Foundations and the Private Sector (RFRI)

• Compilation and wider dissemination of information about Rainforestation through the website (www.rainforestation.ph)

• Growing interest and involvement of LGUs

To date, however, native species reforestation in the Philippines has been relatively small‐scale. How do we scale‐up implementation? There is clearly an urgent need (biodiversity, watersheds, climate; people)!

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J. DAVID NEIDELAsia Training Program Coordinator

Environmental Leadership & Training InitiativeDepartment of Biological Sciences,National University of Singapore,14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543

telephone: +65 6516 5426e‐mail: [email protected]

website: http://www.elti.org

THANK YOU!