VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Visca, Baybay, Leyte

Upscaling Rainforestation as

Forest Restoration

Strategy in the Philipppines

Institute of Tropical Ecology

Maria Juliet C. Ceniza

Director

Rainforestation Initiatives

1990 – concept “ Close canopy and high diversity farming systems”

Milestones of Rainforestation:

1992 – “Rainforestation Farming”

• VSU RF demo site established

1995 – 10 pioneer farmer cooperators’ and demo sites were established, eg. Cienda, Marcos, Catmon, Mailhi, Pomponan and others

Map of Leyte showing the

Location of the RF sites

November 1991

VSU RF

September 2006

March 1996 March 2006

Cienda RF

Catmon, OrmocEstablished in 1997

2009

Milestones of Rainforestation:

1996 – to date

•monitoring and assessment of these pilot and demo sites

•Conduct of research on impacts of Rainforestation, silvicultural management and socioeconomic and marketing studies

•Start of cross visits and orientation trainings of interested clienteles

2002 – 2004

•MOA signing between VSU and HARIBON

•RF Orientation and Cross visit DENR staff from Manila

•DENR Issued MC 2004-06

•Adopting Rainforestation as reforestation strategy in denuded forest lands

•Signed by former DENR Sec. E. Gozun

2004

•Roundtable discussion on up-scaling Rainforestation

•VSU, HARIBON, DENR, FMB, ERDB, UPLB, SLSPU

•Founding of the RFRI (Rainforest Restoration Initiatives)

•“ROAD 2020”

2007

• RF Orientation and hands-on training and cross visits in several sites:

• Negros Islands in partnership with HARIBON

• Palawan and Mindoro in partnership with FPE

• Guinsagon, St Bernard, So. Leyte in partnership with EURONATUR and Daimler Chrysler and Landestiftung

2005

National Consultation on Rainforest Restoration defining Rainforestation typologies: organized by HARIBON

•Rainforestation evolved from farming to a strategy to fit various landscapes types, thus known as RF typologies

•Inputs from experts, adoptors and various stakeholders, GOs and NGOs

2009

Januay

MOA signing with ELTI

April, May and December

•VSU_ELTI 1st 2nd 3rd National RF Trainers’ Training (Visayas/Mindanao cluster and

Luzon/Palawan clusters, mix participants from different island groups, respectively)

2010 July

• Conference on “Mainstreaming native

species-based restoration” in Manila;

organized by , ELTI and RFRI members,

•Webcasted in UP Mindanao and UP

Cebu

•RFRI Launching of the Rainforestation

Website www.rainforestation.ph

• VSU demo farm = 5.44 has

• 20 RF adopters = 29.50 has

• Private adopters = 7.00 has

• TransCo = 10.00 has

• CBFM (Cienda) = 15.00 has

• NSTP = 2.70 has

TOTAL = 69.60 has

Baybay, Albuera ,Ormoc

& San Miguel, Leyte

• Diocese of Maasin = 5.00 has

• 6 PO’s in St. Bernard = 9.00 has

• GTZ supported = 340.00 has

• NatureLife Int’l. = 5.00 has

TOTAL = 359.00 has

Maasin, Macrohon, St.

Bernard & Silago, So. Leyte

• Private adopters = 9.00 has

• NIT-Biliran = 11.00 ha

TOTAL = 20.00 has

Biliran, Biliran

• CVSCAFT = 2.00 has

• SWCF = 1.00 has

Bohol Province

• CBCF site = 3.00 has

• Pilar LGU = 2.00 has

Cebu Province

• Haribon/JF Ledesma = 2.00 has

• Haribon/NEDF = 1.50 has

• BIND = 1.00 has

• NFEFI = 1.00 has

• NEDF/PTFCF = 15.00 has

Negros Occidental Province

• PNAGMANKI = 3.00 has

• Haribon/Ting Matiao = 0.70 ha

• LGU Valencia = 12.00 has

• LGU Bacong = 25.00 has

• ELTI = 25.00 has

Negros Oriental Province

• Haribon/PENRO = 10.00 has

TOTAL = 212.70 has

Sibalom, Antique

• Calbiga LGU = 5.00 has

• San Roque LGU = 100.00 has

• ESSU Salcedo Campus = 3.00 has

E. Samar, W. Samar & N. Samar

• NORMISIST = 2.00 has

Caraga Province

• FPE supported site = 1.50 ha

• Del Monte Philippines = 10.00 has

• CENRO Malaybalay = 20.00 has

Bukidnon Province

• Tribal Filipino Program = 3.00 has

TOTAL = 72.50 has

• Haribon/LGU = 3.00 has

• ICRAF = 3.00 has

• Landcare/PTFCF = 4.00 has

• MOSCAT = 1.00 ha

Misamis Oriental Province

• FPE-PO supported = 2.00 has

• Tribal Filipino Program = 1.00 has

• PTFCF/PAMAAS = 7.00 has

North Cotabato Province

Sultan Kudarat

• AVLADA/T’boli LGU = 5.00 has

South Cotabato Province

• HARIBON sites = 10.00 has

Surigao Provinces

• PROCESS/VSO = 1.00 ha

• Calayan LGU = 10.00 ha

• ISLA Biodiversity = 5.00 has

Cagayan Valley Province

• FPE/Barit Waterworks = 19.00 has

Camarines Sur Province

• HARIBON sites = 15.00 has

Mindoro Occidental

• FPE site = 1.00 ha

Mindoro Oriental

• WPU = 3.00 has

• FPE site = 5.00 has

Palawan Province

TOTAL = 87.00 has

• HARIBON sites = 2.00 has

• FPE sites = 5.00 has

Zambales Province

• gtz-Quezon = 2.00 has

• HARIBON sites = 2.00 has

• PTFCF/Polillo LGU = 2.00 has

Quezon Province

• HARIBON sites = 15.00 has

Pangasinan Province

Bilar, BoholEstablished in 1998

Bacong, Negros OrientalEstablished in 2002

Bacong, Negros Oriental

Valencia, Negros Oriental

Kidapawan, North CotabatoEstablished in 2002

National

Rainforestation

Trainers Training

Major Accomplishments

• After 16 years of Rainforestation

advocacy and implementation, a

830.80 total of hectares were

established

• Issuance of DENR MC 2004-06

• Rainforestation is used as a

strategy in establishing

biodiversity corridors in existing

national parks and certificates of

ancestral domain claim or title

• Rainforestation is used as a

strategy for the implementation

of ROAD 2020

• Therefore, Rainforestation

evolved in different typologies

Rainforestation Typologies

Trees-Fruit Trees-Abaca Coconut-Trees-Abaca

RF in Production Areas (Agroecosystems)

RF in Production Areas (Timber Production)

RF in Protected Areas (Habitat Restoration)

RF in Protected Areas (Watershed Rehabilitation)

RF in Protected Areas (Riverbank Stabilization)

RF in Protected Areas (Landslide Prone Areas)

RF in Protected/Production Areas (Bufferzone)

RF in Urban Areas (Eco-park)

RF in Urban Areas (Arboretum)

RF in Urban Areas (Highway Beautification)

• Development and publication of

Rainforestation guides and brochures

and the Rainforestation Training

Modules

Challenges • Intense Rainforestation orientation and

advocacy to decision makers (i.e., politicians)

and implementers (i.e., DENR)

• Frequent revision and conflicting DENR policies

even with other government policies (i.e.,IPRA

vs CARP vs NIPAS, etc.. UDP project); and

• Changes of government priorities (i.e., mining);

Challenges

• Limited financial resources to extend the

technology to other islands of the country;

• Restricted jurisdiction on massive country-

wide implementation (AFMA); and

• Limited knowledge on species-area

matching

Challenges • Basic researches:a.Proper identification and phenological observation on

the remaining indigenous mother trees (e.g.,

dipterocarps) between islands;

b.Species-species-area matching, country-wide or

further;

c. Perfection of the seedling recovery chamber; and

d.CO sequestration of indigenous species

....an URGENT CALL!!!

..let’s restore our RAINFORESTS!!!

....SAVE LIVES!!!

… the lives you save

maybe ours!!! please do your

part!!

Save the Environment

Save the ME!!

Thank you for listening ...

... may umaga pang darating!!!

Daghang Salamat!Maraming Salamat!

Thank you!