Assessing the Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) Program in Philippines through Stocktaking and Forest Fragmentation Analysis

Assessing the Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) Program in Philippines through Stocktaking and Forest Fragmentation Analysis
the project aims to come up with an up-to-date assessment of the CBFM Program supported by empirical evidences to guide the government in crafting its future direction, particularly in ensuring sustainable forest management as well as elevate its achievements and importance at the regional level
Program Title Assessing the Community-based Forest Management (CBFM) Program in Philippines
through Stocktaking and Forest Fragmentation Analysis
Project Leaders Juan M. Pulhin
Implementing Agency Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management (IDSC-INREM), University of the Philippines Los Baños
Project Duration October 2019 – April 2021 (extended to September 2021)
Funding Agency Forest Foundation Philippines
Project Site All Philippine Regions (except NCR and ARMM)
Project Grant PhP 11,596,794.00
Methodology Stocktaking and Forest Fragmentation
Objective To come up with an up-to-date assessment of the CBFM Program supported by empirical evidences to guide the government in crafting its future direction, particularly in ensuring sustainable forest management as well as elevate its achievements and importance at the regional level

 

Context and Problem

  • The Philippines’ CBFM gained earlier popularity in Asia as a pioneering and radical effort in
    forest tenure reform. It is the government’s centerpiece in addressing poverty, environmental
    degradation and social inequity/injustice in forest lands
  • The CBFM Program has left several gaps and weaknesses that need to be reviewed and
    addressed while opportunities for enhanced impacts also exist especially its potential for
    achieving “triple benefits”.
  • Impacts of the CBFM Program based on case studies show positive results in terms of forest
    rehabilitation; however, data shows that forest cover continue to decline. With such a
    predicament, empirical information on forest fragmentation to assess changes in forest condition
    through time can provide the necessary explanation.
  • As some CBFMAs will be expiring in a few years, there is a need to assess the current CBFM
    program by delving into current pressing issues, reviewing recent studies and synthesizing
    lessons learned from other ASEAN countries as basis for enhancing relevant policies and
    programs. The outputs from the assessment will also be the basis for incorporating new and
    emerging challenges within and outside the forestry sector and in setting the direction of the
    program for the next 25 years.

 

Specific Objectives

  • doing a stocktaking of literature from 2001 to 2019; and
  • conducting forest fragmentation analysis of selected CBFM sites to scientifically establish
    the reason for the increase or decline in forest cover in these areas

 

For more information about the project, you can visit this website.

 

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Project Leader

Pulhin
JUAN M. PULHIN, PhD
Director, UPLB-INREM
Professor, CFNR

Project Staff

Dr. Josephine E. Garcia
JOSEPHINE E. GARCIA, PhD
University Extension Specialist III
IAS, College of Agriculture and Food Science
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MARK M. RAMIREZ
Magpantay
ANGELICA T. MAGPANTAY
DOST-CIP Fellow
ITMoB

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