Phil ICCAStrengthening National Systems to Improve Governance and Management of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (Philippine ICCA Project)

OBJECTIVE

COMPONENTS

CONTACT DETAILS:

Strengthen the conservation, protection and management of key biodiversity sites in the Philippines by institutionalizing ICCAs as a sustainable additional to the national PA estate

The project aims to strengthen the conservation, protection and management of key biodiversity sites in the Philippines by institutionalizing Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) as a sustainable addition to the national Protected Area (PA) estate through strengthening the legal and regulatory framework and administrative procedures that harmonizes the mandates, plans and activities amongst national government agencies involved. It will improve capacities of indigenous peoples (IPs) and key stakeholders for effective governance and management of ICCAs. The selected sites are Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) that overlap with ancestral domains, and represent a variety of governance models.

1. Harmonizing and implementing policy.2. Capacity building for effective governance and management of ICCAs.

GRANT US $ 1.89 M; GEF = US $ 1.75 M; UNDP = US $ 1 M

GOP US $ 3.37 M

FUND SOURCES Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

DURATION January 2016 - December 2020

IMPLEMENTING AGENCIESBiodiversity Management Bureau (BMB), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), (NCIP)

SECTORS Biodiversity, Forestry, Climate Change, REDD+

REGIONS II; III; IVB; X; XII; CARAGA; CAR

PROVINCESMountain Province; Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Aurora; Palawan; Bukidnon; North Cotabato; Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur; Kalinga

Philippine ICCA Project - PMUBiodiversity Management Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, Diliman, Quezon City Philippines(02) 92460 31, loc 232(02) 92460 35, loc 232

A Molbog performer (Sawadin D. Ahat). The Molbog is an indigenous

group inhabiting the island of Balabac, south of Palawan mainland.

Balabac is among the ten (10) sites for the Philippine ICCA Project.