USAID PROTECT WILDLIFE
PROTECT WILDLIFE ACTIVITY WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4
September 2019
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC.
Activity Title: Protect Wildlife Activity Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/Philippines Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-14-00014/AID-492-TO-16-00002 Contractor: DAI Global, LLC Date of Publication: September 2019 Author: DAI Global, LLC
CONTENTS
PROTECT WILDLIFE 1
YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES 9
MANAGEMENT PLAN 84
ANNEXES 103
ABBREVIATIONS
AWTTF Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Task Force BARMM Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BCC behavior change communication BIOFIN Biodiversity Finance Initiative BRAIN Biodiversity Resources Access Information Network BSAP Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan C4C Campaigning for Conservation CAVCS Carbon Accounting, Verification and Certification System CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resources Office CEPA communication, education and public awareness CFLET Composite Fisheries Law Enforcement Team CLAFI Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation, Inc. CLUP comprehensive land use plan CSO civil society organization CWT combating wildlife trafficking DA-BFAR Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR-BMB DENR Biodiversity Management Bureau DENR-FASPS DENR Foreign Assisted and Special Projects Service DENR-FMB DENR Forest Management Bureau DOJ Department of Justice ECLOF Ecumenical Church Loan Fund ELP Environmental Law and Protection ENIPAS Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System FLUP forest land use plan FREL forest resources emission level FSSI Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. GenSan General Santos City IPAF Integrated Protected Area Fund IRR implementing rules and regulations IUU illegal, unreported and unregulated
KAP knowledge, attitudes and practices LGU local government unit LOE level of effort LOP life of project METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool NALECC-SCENR National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee-Sub-Committee on Environment and Natural Resources NCIP National Commission on Indigenous Peoples NGO non-government organization NGP National Greening Program OCENR Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources PalaWEN Palawan Wildlife Enforcement Network PAMB Protected Area Management Board PAMO Protected Area Management Office PBC III Partnership for Biodiversity Conservation Phase III PBSAP Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan PCSD Palawan Council for Sustainable Development PCSDS Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff PENRO Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office PES payment for ecosystem services PhilFIDA Philippine Fiber Development Authority PSCCJP Philippine Society of Criminologists and Criminal Justice Professionals SA Strategic Approach TWG technical working group USAID United States Agency for International Development US DOI ITAP United States Department of the Interior-International Technical Assistance Program USFS United States Forest Service USG United States Government WEO wildlife enforcement officer W-GDP Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative WildLEAP Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan ZCWD Zamboanga City Water District
PROTECT WILDLIFE
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
The Protect Wildlife activity supports initiatives to align conservation policy with on-the-ground wildlife management actions and enforcement. The activity works in target landscapes to reduce threats to biodiversity, reduce poaching and use of illegally harvested wildlife and wildlife products, and improve ecosystem goods and services for human well-being.
Protect Wildlife fits within the USAID Biodiversity Policy (USAID 2014) that “builds upon the Agency’s long history of conserving a global biological heritage for current and future generations and reflects a deep understanding of the role that healthy natural systems play in achieving the Agency’s human- development goals.” The activity is the first USAID/Philippines initiative to combat wildlife trafficking and directly implement the U.S. Government’s Eliminate, Neutralize and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016. Protect Wildlife supports the Philippines’ current policies and programs on biodiversity conservation and reduction of wildlife trafficking under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act and the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act.
Protect Wildlife’s principal counterpart is the DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) in coordination with the DENR-Forest Management Bureau (DENR-FMB), Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and various national level law enforcement agencies. At the local level, Protect Wildlife works directly with DENR Regional Offices; Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROs and CENROs); and provincial, city and municipal local government units (LGUs), as well as local offices of DA-BFAR and NCIP. In Palawan, the activity coordinates with the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS). At various levels, the activity works with non- government and civil society organizations (NGOs and CSOs); colleges and universities; and land and resource managers, such as ancestral domain and tenure holders and fisherfolk and coastal community organizations.
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW
As a megadiverse country, the Philippines claims to be the “center of the center” of nearshore marine diversity, including corals and reef fishes. It is home to approximately 1,100 terrestrial vertebrates and five percent of the world’s flora, a significant proportion of which is endemic. However, much of these biodiversity assets continue to face risks and pressures from both natural and human interventions, such as land conversion for agriculture and settlements; illegal, unregulated and unreported harvesting; and destructive mining and quarrying. The value of biodiversity and the ecosystem goods and services they provide are not effectively communicated to local stakeholders. Capacities are limited with unrealized economic incentives and inadequate financial support to manage wildlife habitats and regulate uses in highly diverse areas.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 1 TECHNICAL APPROACH
Protect Wildlife strives to target wildlife trafficking hotspots and work with local stakeholders with initiatives to improve local capacities; incentivize communities and LGUs; leverage financing support; and deepen knowledge, attitudes and behaviors for the effective management, regulation and enforcement of wildlife habitats and wildlife trafficking transshipment points such as ports. The activity works across geographies in the Philippines to address wildlife trafficking transshipment, but implements a more comprehensive ecosystem-based approach in biologically significant areas presented below:
• Palawan: From the activity’s Puerto Princesa City office, Protect Wildlife implements technical activities in threatened terrestrial, marine and coastal areas; wildlife habitats in forest lands and protected areas, such as the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary, Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat, El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. • Zamboanga City-Sulu Archipelago: From offices in Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi, Protect Wildlife implements activities in forest lands, including foreshore and mangrove areas; and protected areas, such as Pasonanca Natural Park and Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape. • General Santos City (GenSan), Sarangani and South Cotabato in Region 12: From its office in General Santos City, Protect Wildlife implements activities in forest lands and protected areas, such as Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape and Allah Valley Protected Landscape. Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area in Sarangani and South Cotabato is also one of the target sites in Region 12. • Region 3 or Central Luzon, with selected sites in Aurora, Nueva Ecija and Bataan: From its Manila office, Protect Wildlife started planning the implementation of region-wide and site-specific activities in Aurora Memorial National Park, Mount Mingan and the Bataan side of Manila Bay. The activity opened its site office in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija in May 2019.
The Manila office maintains the national advisors and specialists who lead the development of the activity and Strategic Approach (SA) work plans; provide technical support to field activities; and work with national-level agencies, Manila-based private and non-government organizations, and relevant donor- funded projects.
Protect Wildlife customizes technical support and regulatory and enforcement measures based on the needs of each conservation area and target wildlife trafficking transshipment point. Addressing the threats to wildlife habitats and species and arresting the drivers of biodiversity loss in target sites requires collaboration across agencies in implementing the following mutually reinforcing Strategic Approaches (SAs):
Strategic Approach 1: Improve attitudes and behavior toward biodiversity and its conservation in target areas at a statistically significant level;
Strategic Approach 2: Intensify financing from private and public sectors and internally generated revenues for biodiversity conservation;
2 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Strategic Approach 3: Improve biodiversity conservation competencies of local government units, governance bodies, civil society organizations, and land and resource management units;
Strategic Approach 4: Enhance capacities of universities to advance biodiversity conservation education, research, monitoring and innovation; and
Strategic Approach 5: Enhance competencies of national government agencies in enforcing biodiversity conservation-related laws and policies.
THEORY OF CHANGE AND YEAR 4 WORK PLAN
The USAID/Office of Forestry and Biodiversity’s Measuring Impact activity and USAID/Philippines supported Protect Wildlife’s Year 4 work planning by leading a “Pause and Reflect” workshop to review the status of Year 3 implementation by strategic approach in light of the activity’s Theory of Change results chains and target outputs and outcomes.
The Pause and Reflect workshop focused on the following: • Application of learning to update Protect Wildlife Theory of Change results chains; • Progress in implementation based on results of monitoring and achievement of outcomes; • Identification and strategy to address information needs to facilitate future learning and implementation effectiveness; and • Identification of key learnings and findings to guide the Protect Wildlife team in preparing the Year 3 Annual Report; Year 4 Work Plan; and updated Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan.
As discussed in the Annual Report for Year 3, Protect Wildlife has addressed all 24 intermediate results in its overall Theory of Change results chain (Figure 1). However, three higher-level intermediate results have only been partly addressed and will need further documentation. These are: (1) illegal and destructive practices reduced, (2) incidents of wildlife trafficking reduced inside the Philippines, and (3) incidents of wildlife trafficking reduced outside the Philippines. Increased enforcement actions are expected to have reduced destructive practices in selected protected areas, such as Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands in Zamboanga City, and to some extent in Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape in southern Palawan. However, the activity has yet to intensify support for target field-level enforcement units to improve their system for compiling, documenting and analyzing trends of wildlife crimes for integration at the local, provincial, regional and national levels.
Building on Year 3 accomplishments, Protect Wildlife in Year 4 will intensify its assistance to local and national partners to address the higher-level of intermediate results that are closer to addressing direct threats and achieving final outcomes. Major learnings in Year 3, based on the findings of studies related to Learning Questions (LQs), are summarized below:
1. Following USAID’s Generalized Theory of Change for Conservation Enterprise, the focus group discussion and key informant interview results in southern Palawan revealed that support for livelihood and enterprises to community groups in a conservation area landscape (from protected areas to forest lands, lowlands and coastal and marine areas) enables access to
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 3 physical and financial assets, technology support and social linkages that can jumpstart, broaden, diversify and improve their production and marketing practices and yield economic benefits to households.
The guide questions for the focus group discussions and key informant interviews were based on the SA 2 Learning Question: “What are the motivations of potential beneficiaries of individual and community enterprise investments to adopt conservation practices”?
Three major motivations emerged from the discussions. These are the (1) households’ access to microfinancing, such as the credit assistance from the partnership of Protect Wildlife, Lutheran World Relief and Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF) for seaweeds farmers; (2) technology support, such as the training and extension services provided to upland farmers and the seaweed dryers provided to seaweeds farmers; and (3) assistance in marketing and networking to support the community’s livelihoods and enterprises, such as the planned marketing agreements for ube or purple yam production of upland farmers.
Indirectly, the assistance increased their level of conservation awareness and highlighted the need for the communities to modify their attitudes toward biodiversity. In some way, the assistance has gradually addressed issues on financing and marketing as barriers to adopting desired behaviors with respect to conservation practices. However, there are remaining challenges. These include the need to focus livelihood and enterprise assistance to indigenous peoples and upland farmers in “hotspots” as they directly threaten biodiversity. Strategic support to indigenous peoples and migrant upland farmers will enable them to diversify and stabilize their income from production activities. Another challenge is the strengthening of tenure rights, especially of occupants in forest lands. Discussions with the DENR and LGUs are needed to align their support to marginal upland communities and indigenous peoples to help reduce their dependence on poaching and destructive practices in farming or fishing and help them shift toward more sustainable livelihood systems.
2. The SA 3 Learning Question is: “If LGUs have increased technical capacity to incorporate biodiversity principles in resource planning and management, will they leverage, invest, develop and implement science-based policies and plans for the conservation of wildlife habitats and species?”
The focus group discussion and key informant interview results revealed that the current process in landscape-based forest land use planning (FLUP) and protected area management planning helps LGU participants understand biodiversity principles better, especially the cross analysis of biophysical features, policies, demography, economic activities, infrastructure and social services within an LGU. The process also deepens their understanding and knowledge of programs that will improve biodiversity conservation, improve local economy, reduce risks from hazards and disaster, and make forestlands and protected areas more productive.
The participatory approach used and the adoption of policy-consistent validated land uses in forest lands and protected areas in Zamboanga City and in the five LGUs that cover Mount
4 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Mantalingahan Protected Landscape are providing them guidance in integrating and harmonizing conservation land uses across the landscape. The adoption of FLUPs and protected area management plans are showing the LGUs and the DENR how they can align funding and staff resources for conservation, development, regulation, enforcement, and hazard reduction from disasters.
3. The SA 5 Learning Question states that, “If there is increased enforcement capacity, will there be more enforcement actions by enforcement agencies and groups? What are the minimum requirements (policies, skills and tools) to improve law enforcement capacity?”
Based on interviews with trained Wildlife Enforcement Officers (WEOs) and focus group discussions with different enforcement units in Zamboanga City and Palawan, the results reveal that Protect Wildlife’s capacity building assistance has improved on-site and off-site capacities for wildlife enforcement. The local multi-sectoral and inter-sectoral enforcement coordination groups, such as the Composite Fisheries Law Enforcement Team, PCSDS and CENROs, revealed that despite limitations, their overall capacity has improved.
The ratings and indices derived from self-assessment exercises—using a toolkit that considers seven capacity elements—showed that most of the enforcement units are in need of financing and logistics support and enforcement system and tools. Of the four enforcement units who went through the exercise, only Pasonanca Natural Park obtained a good capacity rating, although it still needs improvement in enforcement operations planning. Two protected areas, Mount Mantalingahan and Santa Cruz Islands, indicated a high need for personnel training, protocols and standards, systems and tools, and logistics. The same needs were echoed by the Palawan-wide enforcement unit.
Protect Wildlife support for enforcement is expected to improve practices because of improved policy environment, updated management and land use plans, awareness campaigns, newly created protocols, and improved skills on intelligence gathering, documentation, and filing cases. There have also been reports of increasing activities and apprehensions, which can be related to Protect Wildlife training activities. The self-assessment results imply that the improvement of law enforcement capacities in most conservation areas has not been the government’s priority, despite the rhetoric that is reported in the media.
Protect Wildlife provided an opportunity for the enforcement units and staff to better understand the necessary skills, knowledge and policies for a more holistic and coordinated approach to enforcement planning and execution. The activity’s trainings supported the overall improvement in the levels of awareness, skills and knowledge where they can draw guidance for their enforcement planning and operations.
There are remaining challenges that the different enforcement units face. There is a need to improve database management, sharing information, analysis and integration, coordination and collaboration, especially in planning, execution and funding. Institutional support for continuing skills and knowledge updating also needs to be looked into.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 5 CHANGES IN THEORY OF CHANGE RESULTS CHAINS PER STRATEGIC APPROACH
There is no change in the overall Theory of Change results chain of Protect Wildlife. Only the SA 4 results chain underwent refinement based on the Pause and Reflect workshop. However, reflections on Year 3 operations highlighted the need to re-direct and prioritize SA activities in Manila and in the field to ensure that these will continue to contribute to the higher intermediate results that will redound to reduced threats to biodiversity conservation and address the activity’s outcomes.
The modifications to the SA 4 results chain reflects the realities on the ground. The conduct of research to generate information for science-based management decision is not solely the function of universities. Engaging both universities and other research organizations to advance biodiversity conservation in protected areas is a more appropriate approach to generate new knowledge, tools and capacities; and to catalyze enhancement of science-based policy development, conservation management, enforcement and overall governance of protected areas, forest lands, ancestral domains, and marine and coastal areas.
The modification also recognizes the limited flexibility of universities in realigning their research, development and extension agenda once these are approved and funded by the university leadership. They may be encouraged, however, to integrate conservation-oriented studies into their research agenda as they gain more exposure and involvement in conservation research through mentoring or joint research with other institutions, and as they participate more actively as board members in protected area management.
Protect Wildlife in Year 4 will continue to be guided by its overall Theory of Change and its results chain. The overall results chain can be found in Figure 1, while its Theory of Change is described below:
IF national and local stakeholders understand the economic value and sociocultural significance of habitats and wildlife species, including the ecosystem goods and services that they provide in conservation areas, as a combined result of:
• Improved and positively changed communities’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward wildlife and biodiversity conservation; • Increased public and private sector investments and increased revenues from environment- and natural resources-related enterprises to finance conservation, support to biodiversity-friendly and sustainable livelihoods and enterprises for local communities in priority sites; • Improved conservation competencies of governance bodies; local government units; civil society organizations; and landowners, tenure and domain holders in managing and regulating land and resource uses in landscapes of habitats and wildlife species; • Improved capacities of higher education institutions to generate scientifically rigorous evidence and knowledge essential for conservation and for enriching curricula and outreach programs; and • Enhanced capacities of national and local enforcement entities to identify, capture, prosecute and adjudicate wildlife crimes and habitat losses,
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THEN, Protect Wildlife can significantly contribute to the reduction of threats to habitats and to wildlife species,
THEREBY, directly and indirectly enhancing capacities of various threatened habitats of wildlife species, as part of larger ecosystems and landscapes-seascapes, to supply and provide ecosystem goods and services that benefit human well-being.
The complete set of SA results chains, including the refined SA 4 diagram, is in Annex A.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 7 FIGURE 1: OVERALL PROTECT WILDLIFE THEORY OF CHANGE RESULTS CHAIN HIGHLIGHTING INTERMEDIATE RESULTS BEING ACHIEVED FROM SA-SPECIFIC AND INTER-SA ACTIVITIES
8 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES
Building on the lessons and challenges in Year 3, the Protect Wildlife Year 4 Work Plan will continue the major activities in Manila and in field sites—Palawan; Zamboanga City-Sulu Archipelago; GenSan- Sarangani-South Cotabato; and Region 3, especially in the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija and partly in Bataan—to meet Theory of Change-consistent deliverables, outputs and outcomes. The Year 4 work plan, however, will shift activity strategies toward a more intentional process in laying down the foundation for the sustainable mainstreaming of various enhancements and innovations that were developed and carried out since Year 1 of implementation. The Year 4 work plan covers the period of July 2019 to December 11, 2020. Protect Wildlife will start gradual close-out activities in late August 2020. Field activities are expected to stop by the end of September 2020.
In Manila, the leadership and coordination support of the DENR-led Project Steering Committee and co-implementation arrangements between Protect Wildlife and DENR-BMB and DENR-FMB will facilitate the implementation of integrated SA activities in the following areas: • Policy analysis and development; • Knowledge products development; • Conferences and workshops for sharing Protect Wildlife’s lessons, emerging practices and research results; and for advocating policy and operational recommendations; and • Training of trainers on Protect Wildlife’s knowledge products to strengthen the core staff of DENR bureaus and partner national agencies, such as DA-BFAR, Department of Justice (DOJ), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group, so they can support, mentor and coach their respective field units and LGUs to do the following: ▪ Facilitate the delineation, harmonization, adoption and implementation of land and resource use plans in protected areas, locally approved conservation areas in forest lands, coastal and marine areas, and ancestral domains; ▪ Facilitate the localization of the Philippine Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (PBSAP) in several provinces in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme- managed Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN); ▪ Formulate biodiversity-related policies for improving conservation, regulation and enforcement at species, habitat, resource management unit and LGU levels; ▪ Design behavior change communication (BCC) campaigns for implementation; ▪ Develop and carry out payment for ecosystems services (PES) schemes; ▪ Develop and implement enforcement protocols and plans for protected areas with LGUs, DENR field units, and relevant partner enforcement agencies; and ▪ Train LGU staff and community members on wildlife law enforcement.
Protect Wildlife activities in Manila will focus on how emerging best practices may be adopted, replicated, scaled up and sustained within the DENR, DA-BFAR, LGUs, communities and other partners. The activity’s intentional efforts to put in place policies, resource management and enforcement plans, knowledge products, trained core staff, and learning sites are expected to contribute toward mainstreaming and institutionalization.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 9 The Year 4 work plans in the regions intend to achieve field-level deliverables and outputs. The team will continue working closely with DENR field units, partner LGUs, NGOs, private sector, colleges and universities, and field units of other national government agencies. The Manila SA teams will continue to collaborate and support the field teams, especially in the testing and replication of innovative or enhanced approaches to biodiversity conservation and enforcement.
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN YEAR 4
The Year 4 work plan is prescriptive and highly focused on technical initiatives designed to meet target deliverables, outputs and outcomes, and knowledge management activities to mainstream the activity’s best practices and promote sustainability. Protect Wildlife will nevertheless continue to practice adaptive management—programming budget resources to address national and local government’s shifting priorities as relevant to Protect Wildlife goals. There might be opportunities, for instance, to do the following: • Further support the implementation of the Expanded National Integrated Protected Area Systems (ENIPAS) Act and the Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan (WildLEAP); or • Respond to potential requests for technical assistance in the transfer of DENR’s protected area management tasks—including the management of the Turtle Island Wildlife Sanctuary —to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Protect Wildlife has sufficient flexibility in its budget to fund discreet new activities and labor expenses to meet unanticipated biodiversity conservation and/or wildlife law enforcement priorities, such as the initiatives mentioned above. Protect Wildlife will closely vet new proposals from partners to ensure that they are aligned to activity objectives, will not inhibit the activity from meeting its own target deliverables and outcomes, and will make decisions on what to support in close consultation with USAID.
SUMMARY OF TARGETS
Protect Wildlife presents in Table 1 a summary of Year 4 target deliverables and outcomes. These represent the targets for the remaining period of the activity.
Within the sections—for Manila, Palawan, Zamboanga City-Sulu Archipelago, GenSan-Sarangani-South Cotabato, and Region 3—Protect Wildlife presents an overview of Year 4 focal activities and summary of its legacies, activities organized by SA and the corresponding Theory of Change result, and a Gantt chart that outlines activities sequentially.
Integrated into the Manila section are planned activities for implementing the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative, with US$500,000 (₱25 million) allotted for community livelihoods and enterprises that are to include indigenous people’s groups. The W-GDP Initiative will roll out assistance toward the “Journey to Self-Reliance through Women’s Economic Empowerment” in Protect Wildlife sites. The Manila team will manage the implementation of the W-GDP Initiative. The funding assistance is expected to contribute toward the activity’s deliverables, outputs and outcomes.
10 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 TABLE 1: CONTRACT DELIVERABLES AND YEAR 4 TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
Years 1, 2 Years 4 Years 1, Adjusted LOP and 3 and 5 INDICATORS 2 and 3 Difference Year 4 Target Targets Targets Actual Target1 (per MEL) (per MEL) SA 1 People trained to lead LOP target 1.1 100 100 101 - behavior change campaigns achieved Behavior change campaigns 1.2 25 15 16 1 10 9 implemented People reached by behavior 1.3 300,000 74,000 125,764 51,764 226,000 174,236 change campaigns SA 2 Revenue generated from the US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ 2.1 sale of ecosystem services in 500,000 162,500 204,110 41,610 337,500 295,890 target sites Payment for ecosystem services or tourism 2.2 100 38 53 15 62 47 initiatives supported in target sites Public-private partnership LOP target US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ investments in Protect achieved; with 2.3 5.0 1.45 7.21 5.76 3.55 Wildlife anti-poaching and additional million million million million million trafficking efforts targets SA 3 LGU staff trained in participatory planning for 3.1 200 100 100 - 100 100 integrated conservation and development Community members trained in planning and 3.2 implementation of integrated 2,500 950 513 (437) 1,550 1,987 conservation and development LGU staff trained, certified and formally deputized as 3.3 Wildlife Enforcement 200 100 77 (23) 100 123 Officers (WEOs) by government agencies Community members trained and certified as 3.4 500 225 217 (8) 275 283 WEOs by government agencies
1 Total Year 4 and 5 targets adjusted to consider shortfalls or excess accomplishments as of end of Year 3.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 11 Years 1, 2 Years 4 Years 1, Adjusted LOP and 3 and 5 INDICATORS 2 and 3 Difference Year 4 Target Targets Targets Actual Target1 (per MEL) (per MEL) SA 4 University-supported 4.1 research initiatives 25 14 20 6 11 5 implemented at target sites Universities developing conservation curricula with 4.2 10 6 8 2 4 2 support from Protect Wildlife SA 5 LOP target Government staff trained in achieved; with 5.1 combating wildlife and 1,000 500 1,293 793 500 additional environmental crime target New or revised laws and 5.2 regulations adopted to 50 22 20 (2) 28 30 combat wildlife crimes Confiscations, seizures and arrests resulting from 5.3 1,000 300 349 49 700 651 capacity building provided by Protect Wildlife
TABLE 2: ECONOMIC GROWTH INDICATORS AND YEAR 4 TARGETS
Year 4 Years 1, Years 1, Adjusted LOP Target INDICATORS 2 and 3 2 and 3 Difference Year 4 Target (per Targets Actual Target2 MEL) Outcomes Number of hectares of biologically significant areas under improved natural EG.10.2-2 500,000 290,000 372,912 82,912 210,000 127,088 resource management as a result of United States Government (USG) assistance Number of people with improved economic benefits derived from sustainable EG.10.2-3 natural resource management 100,000 50,000 20,620 (29,380) 55,000 84,380 and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of USG assistance
2 Year 4 target plus shortfalls in Year 3
12 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Year 4 Years 1, Years 1, Adjusted LOP Target INDICATORS 2 and 3 2 and 3 Difference Year 4 Target (per Targets Actual Target2 MEL) Number of people that apply improved conservation law EG.10.2-6 1,200 400 684 284 800 516 enforcement practices as a result of USG assistance Amount of investment LOP target mobilized (in US$) for US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ achieved; sustainable landscapes, natural EG.10.3-4 5.0 1.45 7.86 6.41 3.55 with resource management and million million million million million additional biodiversity conservation as target supported by USG assistance Greenhouse gas GHG) emission, estimated in metric tons of CO2 equivalent, EG.13-6 reduced, sequestered or 703,930 138,335 72,041 (66,294) 565,595 631,889 avoided through sustainable landscape activities supported by USG assistance Outputs Number of people trained in sustainable natural resources EG.10.2-4 management and/or 4,500 1,775 2,616 841 2,725 1,884 biodiversity conservation as a result of USG assistance Number of laws, policies, or regulations that address biodiversity conservation EG.10.2-5 and/or other environmental 50 22 28 6 28 22 themes officially proposed, adopted, or implemented as a result of USG assistance
YEAR 4 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN MANILA
In Year 4, the activity will capitalize on the support for coordination and integration of the DENR-led Protect Wildlife Project Steering Committee under the DENR Office of the Assistant Secretary for Staff Bureaus and on established working relationships with key counterparts from DENR-BMB, DENR-FMB, DA-BFAR, National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee-Sub-Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (NALECC-SCENR), enforcement law agencies, CSOs, private sector and other donor-funded projects. Protect Wildlife will seize opportunities for partnership and collaboration to promote policies, combating wildlife trafficking (CWT) efforts, diversification of conservation financing, behavior change communication (BCC) campaigns, research and development, and enforcement of both land and resource uses in target sites. It will also be on the lookout for emerging opportunities to replicate, scale up and mainstream practices and tools outside its sites, especially conservation-related land use planning, payment for ecosystem services (PES), leveraging private sector support, and curriculum development.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 13 The Manila team will increasingly support the field sites in linking and integrating their activities to improve on-site conservation-based development and to strengthen enforcement units. This means that conservation plans, including land use plans, local biodiversity action plans and enforcement plans, will incorporate strategies and activities on BCC campaigns; financing; regulation and enforcement; research, development and extension; and participation of private sector, civil society and LGUs in planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. The SA 5 team will lead efforts to strengthen off-site enforcement units, especially their capacity to collaborate, coordinate, set up a database, analyze and jointly act toward effective apprehensions and prosecution.
In Year 4, the assigned SA leads will facilitate the formulation, consultations, drafting or refinement and finalization of 11 policies that will be contained in technical bulletins, DENR administrative orders, memorandum circulars and policy memos. These are the following: • DENR-BMB Technical Bulletin for Biodiversity Strategic Action Plans at regional or provincial levels (new); • DENR-BMB Technical Bulletin for enhanced protected area planning processes (refinement of an existing technical bulletin); • DENR-FMB Technical Bulletin for payment for ecosystem services (new); • Joint DENR-FMB and DENR-BMB Technical Bulletin for harmonizing land and resource uses in forest lands, unclassified public forest land, protected areas and ancestral domains (new); • Joint DENR-FMB and DENR-BMB Technical Bulletin for enhanced FLUP as part of comprehensive land use plan (CLUP) (refinement of an existing technical bulletin); • DENR Administrative Order on integrating biodiversity conservation agenda in existing and future large-scale mining areas (new); • DENR Administrative Order on carbon accounting, verification and certification system (finalization of a draft Administrative Order); • DENR Memorandum Order on the selection and conservation of candidate flagship species (amendment of Memorandum Order No. 07); • Memorandum Circular on carbon offsetting for environmentally critical projects that will address the Environmental Compliance Certificate requirements for carbon offsetting using off- site projects and on-site projects and use of combined technologies to top off carbon sink values from the activity site (finalization of a draft circular); • Policy paper on wildlife forensics to support an amendment to the Wildlife Act; and • Policy recommendations on almaciga tapping and management of almaciga stands.
The inter-SA teams in Manila will spearhead the integration of field-tested assessment tools and training and mentoring modules and materials to produce the following knowledge products, in collaboration with DENR central and field units: • Training guide for FLUP processes and the integration of land uses in forest lands, protected areas, ancestral domains, and marine and coastal areas into CLUPs; • Training guide for an enhanced and holistic approach to protected area planning and implementation; • Spatial mapping guide for FLUP and protected area planning;
14 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Training guide for a landscape-based approach to establishing PES systems with water utilities, commercial farms and ecotourism enterprises; • Integrated manual for environmental law enforcement; • Training designs of course offerings for enforcers: basic and specialized training programs; • Guide for participatory assessment of violations of biodiversity and other environmental laws for provinces and protected areas; • Template of ordinances and action plans for conserving flagship species that are linked with identified habitats and ecosystems within an LGU or cluster of LGUs; • Template of enforcement protocols and operations plans for protected and conservation areas; • User’s Manual for the Biodiversity Resources Access Information Network (BRAIN) System of PCSDS; • User’s manual for WildALERT; and • User’s manual for the Lawin National Greening Program (NGP) module.
In collaboration with the DENR Human Resources Development Service, the relevant knowledge products will be rolled out in the DENR-proposed Protected Area Academy.
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will have more activities with DENR-FMB as shown in Annex B.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
SA 1: Behavior Change Communication
Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved
• Prepare the design of and complete a Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) strategic planning workshop for DENR-BMB and other relevant DENR offices. This will allow DENR-BMB to refine its communications manual and integrate year-round communication activities into its CEPA program. One target of the workshop is to discuss additional materials needed for the Dalaw Turo (teaching caravan) campaign, which SA 1 started to develop with DENR-BMB in Year 3. • Develop a series of case studies that show how various communication strategies were applied on the ground and what campaign tools were generated. The goal of the case studies is to outline how campaigns under Protect Wildlife were developed, highlight results and provide recommendations for improved implementation. The case studies will include results of the use of locally-initiated digital campaigns, such as the Makmak (blue-naped parrot mascot of Brooke’s Point, Palawan) Facebook page and the social media strategy of the Tubbataha Reef Natural Park, in increasing reach and engagement. • Organize a symposium where Campaigning for Conservation (C4C) graduates can present their campaign results, exhibit their campaign materials, hear presentations from social marketing practitioners, and learn behavior change insights from invited experts. Graduates who are currently monitoring their campaigns’ reach will execute an end-of-campaign Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) survey or alternative analyses, such as social proofs—proxies for
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 15 behavior change such as commitment walls, where campaign targets signal their intent to adopt a behavior change. • Coordinate with the Communications and to facilitate the Zoohackathon activity targeting groups of young coders and developers (November 2019) to develop technology-based solutions to raise awareness about highly trafficked and endangered species in the Philippines and report wildlife crimes to DENR; and to help rangers receive alerts linked to wildlife poaching and trafficking threats. Protect Wildlife will work with winning Zoohackathon teams to further develop their outputs that will contribute to improved public awareness and actions on CWT.
Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation
• Continuing the initiative with Cebu Pacific Air’s Smile magazine, release the targeted advertising banners in e-ticket itineraries. This material is a media value associated with paid placements in the in-flight magazine. • Continue to develop local Wild and Alive campaigns in Protect Wildlife field sites in partnership with SA 5 and DENR-BMB, and PCSDS in Palawan. • Launch the “Connected to the Wild” traveling exhibit with The Mind Museum and coordinate the prioritization of exhibit schedules in Protect Wildlife sites. The Mind Museum is committed to continue the traveling exhibit even after the close of the activity. • Initiate the development of a suite of marketing materials that courier businesses can display as part of their commitment to CWT. Exploratory meetings with businesses including LBC and Entrego, are lined up for the year. The activity team will also explore the interest of other courier businesses. In addition to the display of CWT collaterals, Protect Wildlife and DENR will provide orientation on the illegal wildlife trade to the management of these businesses and, as needed, the appropriate training to their staff on the identification of illegally traded products. • Explore opportunities, through purchasing advertising space or other means, to raise awareness about trafficked and endangered species while also deterring wildlife crime. • Explore collaboration with Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, a retail coffee brand that champions environmental sustainability as part of its corporate social responsibility. SA 1 and SA 2 are working to create in-store, digital and on-site activations with the brand in time for World Wildlife Day in 2020.
Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation
• Develop and implement designs for the post-assessment of at least three campaigns to assess changes in conservation awareness and knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, and explore other proxies for social proof. Potential campaign sites for assessment are southern Palawan (with a KAP baseline), Santa Cruz Islands (with a KAP baseline) and Sarangani Bay. For the latter, baseline data can possibly be extracted from a KAP survey of the Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management Program of DENR. SA 1 will also do a supplementary KAP in select barangays where campaigning will be heaviest.
16 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 SA 2: Conservation Financing
Theory of Change Result: Available financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation
• Collaborate with League of Corporate Foundations in identifying member foundations that provide support, through their corporate social responsibility funds, to biodiversity conservation, environmental education and BCC campaigns, conservation research, community enterprise development, forest and mangrove rehabilitation, environmental law enforcement, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. The Manila team will reach out to these foundations and secure agreements to support on-site and broader conservation activities. • Pursue partnership with Smart Communications for their School in a Bag project, Smart’s mobile educational modules designed to help improve literacy among students. The integration of biodiversity conservation topics and learning tools in the modules and mobile applications will be explored. • Collaborate with ACDI/VOCA’s Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise (PhilCAFE) Project under the United States Department of Agriculture to integrate conservation-related topics into the coffee production manual that is being developed. Protect Wildlife can also provide advice to PhilCAFE on potential coffee expansion areas in multiple-use zones of protected areas and production forest lands as determined through protected area planning and forest land use planning processes. • Collaborate with the Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) in enhancing its farmers’ field school training modules on abaca production with conservation- and enterprise-related topics. Protect Wildlife and PhilFIDA will pilot the enhanced modules in the training of assisted abaca farmers in Region 12. The activity is assisting a farmers’ cooperative to secure funding from Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. (FSSI) for the rehabilitation and development of abaca areas in defined production areas within the proposed Mount Busa conservation area.
Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners
• Help DENR-FMB, DENR-BMB and PCSDS formulate PES policies at the landscape level. The Manila team will work with DENR bureaus and PCSDS in drafting policies and holding consultations with key stakeholders and partners before the draft policies are endorsed to become DENR technical bulletins or PCSD policy issuances. • Based on initial implementation experience in Region 12, refine the PES training modules so these can be used for non-water business enterprises, such as resorts, ecotourism sites, agricultural industries and industrial plantations. • Develop PES case studies based on the experience and lessons learned from Brooke’s Point, Palawan, Zamboanga City and Region 12. The case studies will highlight strategies used at the initial phases (Years 1 and 2) of PES establishment that resulted in the current modular process that the activity is testing, from assessment, orientation, resource valuation, cost and revenue analysis, PES rate negotiation and signing agreements to the re-investment of PES revenues into
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 17 conservation. The case studies will also show the funding that have been and can potentially be generated by PES schemes that are in place in different sites and how these contribute to conservation activities. • Package the tested PES training modules into a knowledge product that will be disseminated to partners. The knowledge product will consist of the following: ▪ PES training guidebook, containing training modules, instructions and materials; ▪ Handbook or toolkit (a how-to guide) for carrying out resource valuation and cost and revenue analysis; ▪ Case studies to highlight successes of PES as conservation funding mechanism; and ▪ Templates of agreements between the DENR and LGU (i.e., sellers) and enterprise-users of ecosystem services. • Organize a PES sharing and learning forum where established and functional PES systems can be presented. This can also be a venue for training a select set of potential PES trainers from partner agencies on the use of the knowledge product. • As part of the assistance to DENR-FMB, help inventory the marketable commodities from NGP plantations located in its field sites and recommend value chain improvement strategies. Guidelines will be drafted on how communities or tenure holders can use the sales revenue from the commodities as start-up capital and capability building support for social enterprises.
Theory of Change Result: Government and CSOs initiate and implement financing arrangements
• Coordinate with the Manila offices of FSSI, Lutheran World Relief, Abraham Holdings, Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation, Inc. (CLAFI), and Sunlight Foods Corporation on matters concerning the implementation of joint work plans. • Work with field teams to pursue opportunities to improve value chains in the production, processing and marketing of major agricultural products—such as cassava, abaca, coffee and seaweeds—produced in production zones of protected areas, forest lands and coastal areas. The team will meet with the DA-BFAR, PhilFIDA, Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines, Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization of the Department of Agriculture, Fiber Industry Development Authority, Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center, Department of Trade and Industry, coffee producers associations, and cassava buyers to identify specific value chain improvements that can be jointly developed with them or supported by them. Protect Wildlife will pursue agreements and joint activities with these agencies and groups to support enterprise development in its target sites. • Develop and test a tool for the systematic documentation and assessment of improvement in the capacities and financial health of people’s organizations that are provided with livelihood and community enterprise assistance by Protect Wildlife. This tool will also be used to establish the baseline for organizations being targeted for assistance under the W-GDP Initiative and other financing schemes, and identify their capability building needs and readiness to participate in the program. It will also be used for end-of-activity assessments to determine capacity improvements as a result of Protect Wildlife assistance. • For the implementation of the W-GDP Initiative, assist target organizations to identify their livelihood assistance and skills training needs, undertake simple commodity supply and market
18 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 studies, and develop guidelines and policies for the operation and management of their social enterprises (See Annex C for the W-GDP work plan). It will also leverage financial assistance that can be provided by partner financing institutions, such as FSSI and Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF).
SA 3: Conservation and Governance
Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, protected area management boards and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management
• Continue to support field teams in consultations, orientation and training on zoning, land use planning, management strategy formulation and investment planning for protected areas and forest lands. The target protected areas and LGU forest lands for Year 4 are summarized in Table 3.
TABLE 3: PROTECT WILDLIFE TARGET SITES FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS3
BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS PROTECT IMPROVED (Hectares) WILDLIFE TARGET PROTECTED AREA / LGU Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 SITES (Actual) (Actual) (Actual) (Estimates) Protection and Conservation Area Planning 141,296 3,111 14,140 400,014 Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape 120,457 Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary 2,349 Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary 762 Palawan Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat 38,693 El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected 89,135 Area Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected 3,425 Landscape and Seascape Zamboanga Pasonanca Natural Park 17,414 City- Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area Sulu Archipelago 193 (Bongao, Tawi-Tawi) Malum Watershed (Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi) 1,642
3 Protect Wildlife adopted the integrated management of ecosystems in a landscape as an approach to conserve biodiversity and sustain supply of ecosystems services. Under this approach, the activity considers forest lands, protected areas, local conservation areas and ancestral domains to be biologically significant. Alienable and disposable areas are excluded as Protect Wildlife assistance only supports conservation-oriented land use planning in protected areas, forest lands and ancestral domain. Land use planning in a landscape links wildlife habitat protection and biodiversity conservation with local and regional development. The concept is consistent with CBD 2001 (ecosystems approach) Fu, B. and Chen, L. 1996 (landscape diversity types and their ecological significance), and Waylen K.A. et.al 2013 (the need to disentangle key concepts from ecosystems- approach jargon).
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 19 BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS PROTECT IMPROVED (Hectares) WILDLIFE TARGET PROTECTED AREA / LGU Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 SITES (Actual) (Actual) (Actual) (Estimates) Mount Matutum Protected Landscape 13,947 GenSan- Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape Sarangani- 210,883 South Cotabato (coastal and marine areas) Mount Busa Local Conservation Area 45,860 Aurora Aurora Memorial National Park 6,516 Mount Mingan Critical Habitat 8,087 Forest Land Use Planning 121,226 93,333 350,365 Rizal 45,689 Quezon 40,421 Bataraza 23,558 Palawan Brooke’s Point 6,095 Sofronio Española 24,421 Puerto Princesa City 142,796 El Nido 17,710 Zamboanga Zamboanga City 35,116 39,259 City- (Protection and Conservation Area) Sulu Archipelago Isabela City 11,769 Malungon 59,841 Polomolok 3,662 Region 12 Tampakan 16,240 Tupi 5,657 T’boli 92,690 TOTAL 141,296 124,337 107,473 750,379
• Facilitate discussions and workshops of the DENR-BMB and DENR-FMB technical working group to consolidate and harmonize natural resource data and statistics and develop common standards and processes on conservation planning. Two such processes are (a) integration of biodiversity conservation in the development of production forest lands and (b) incorporation of land use zones in public lands (protected areas and forest lands, including unclassified public forests) in CLUPs. The Manila team will also assist the DENR-BMB and DENR-FMB Technical Working Group (TWG) in preparing guides, action plans and schedules for piloting the agreed standards and processes in Aurora, Marinduque, Bohol and Negros Occidental (only for classifying unclassified public forests). This activity will generate technical bulletins, including the guidelines for classifying unclassified public forests. • Draft technical bulletins that improve current approaches on protected area planning and FLUP preparation, based on Protect Wildlife’s experiences and lessons from its sites. The technical bulletin on protected area planning will highlight the need to adopt a holistic and participatory process in determining the strict protection zone and multiple use zone, the sub-zones and the allowed land and resource uses in each zone and sub-zone. The current technical bulletin on FLUP will be enhanced for easier incorporation or integration of FLUPs into CLUPs. Both technical bulletins will incorporate land uses in ancestral domains and include the following as key sections of management plans: BCC campaigns, financing, zoning regulation, restoration,
20 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 enforcement, monitoring and evaluation, research and development, and baseline estimates of carbon stock in protected areas and forest lands. • Finalize training designs and materials that have been tested and develop training guides for FLUP, enhanced protected area management planning, and mapping and spatial analysis. Organize the training of regional teams on the use of the training guides. Participants will be recognized as trainers for FLUP and PA management planning through certificates that will be issued by DENR. • Work with DENR-BMB and DENR Human Resources Development Service in developing an in- house training curriculum for the proposed Protected Area Academy and the design of two pilot courses that will be launched at the academy, one for protected area managers and the other for enforcers. The pilot courses will be designed as trainer’s training programs so that the DENR develops internal capacity to continue the training courses beyond the life of the activity. Protect Wildlife will support the actual conduct of the pilot courses, which will have as priority participants protected area staff from Protect Wildlife sites. • With DENR-BMB, assess improvements in the management of selected protected areas using DENR’s Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT). The results will be compared with pre-activity assessments that used the same tool to determine changes resulting from Protect Wildlife assistance. • Organize and facilitate a cross visit of selected staff of DENR, LGUs and partners to visit Vietnam to discuss and learn how national policies and local implementation programs have supported the scale-up of smallholder high value perennial cropping systems in forest lands and how eco-tourism is integrated into the protection and management of conservation areas. • As part of the assistance to DENR-FMB, provide support to improve capacities in the following areas: ▪ Drone image analysis to enable DENR-FMB and BMB to use drones in monitoring the performance of NGP plantations and changes in land cover and land uses, including settlements, in protected areas and forest lands; and in enforcement planning and operations. The pilot training will be held in Manila for DENR-FMB and BMB staff, using drone images captured from NGP sites in Bataan. The training will then be replicated in Protect Wildlife sites. A manual on drone image analysis for specific uses will be prepared after the completion of all site training. The results of drone analysis will improve protected area and forest land management and the regulation and enforcement of land and resource uses. ▪ Forest extension services. A training program will be designed and carried out for DENR forest extension officers to equip them with information and skills to assist LGUs, protected area and forest occupants, tenure holders and private sector partners on important resource management concerns under the NGP program, such as restoration technologies, tenure policies, regulations and enforcement processes. The extension officers should also be able to provide information on resource institutions that can be sources of expert advice or technical assistance. ▪ Forest and grassland fire control and management. Protect Wildlife will partner with the United States Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Fire Protection and DENR-FMB in the design and conduct of a trainer’s training on forest and grassland fire control and
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 21 management. Protect Wildlife will assist in drawing up the criteria for the selection of training participants, who can be the trainers and resource persons in succeeding trainings. ▪ Post-processing of data related to establishing the Forest Resources Emission Level (FREL). With USFS guidance and in collaboration with DENR-FMB, Protect Wildlife will engage a short-term technical consultant to assist in the processing of tree canopy data for the period 2000 to 2018 in order to establish the baseline emission level and historical emissions. The analysis will be used in preparing the FREL document that will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The capacity building support may also include the support for improving or updating software and hardware infrastructure at DENR-FMB. The assistance will end with the agreement on the FREL process and endorsement to the Climate Change Commission for consideration and policy action. ▪ Support the development and piloting of the Lawin NGP module that will aid in monitoring survival rates at NGP plantations at different growth stages. This activity will include the development of a user’s manual. • Assist DENR-FMB in finalizing the following policies on carbon: ▪ Draft DENR Administrative Order on Carbon Accounting, Verification and Certification System (CAVCS), including the development of guidelines and terms of reference for validators and verifiers of forest carbon projects, and criteria for the review of forest carbon projects. Protect Wildlife’s assistance will cover the simplification of the CAVCS manual of procedures, which will be applied initially to existing Holcim and CCI’s pilot projects. ▪ Memorandum circular on carbon offsetting for environmentally critical projects. Protect Wildlife will assist in drafting the circular, which will include the process flow in addressing Environmental Compliance Certificate conditions, carbon offset requirements, and the technologies to top off carbon sink values from the site projects. • Assist FMB in developing management models for NGP areas not covered by any tenurial instrument to allow communities and the private sector to secure and sustain the productivity of the NGP plantations. Protect Wildlife will explore ways to secure the interest of the private sector to support community-based plantations. The pilot area is Region 3 and the crop commodities are cacao, coffee and fruit trees. • Participate in discussions, consultations and review of the draft Sustainable Forest Management Act, which will be resubmitted to the House of Representatives. Protect Wildlife will work with DENR-FMB and the Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. to organize advocacy activities to promote adoption of the bill. • Assist DENR finalize the draft administrative order on integrating biodiversity conservation agenda in existing and future large-scale mining areas. The policy is about restoring the ecological integrity of mined-out areas based on the condition of adjacent or analogue forests. It includes guidelines on how to undertake restoration as part of the Final Mine Rehabilitation and Decommissioning Plan that a mining proponent submits.
22 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulates improved policies for better protected area management
• Continue collaboration with DENR-BMB and Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in facilitating the drafting of provincial and city-level Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (BSAPs) as roadmaps to conserve biodiversity within political units and jurisdiction. Protect Wildlife will support workshops for the orientation and guidance of DENR regional offices and field units, protected area management offices (PAMOs) and LGUs in South Cotabato, Aurora, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga City on the action plan formulation process. The local BSAPs highlight protected areas as the major areas where biodiversity assets are located. The BSAPS will provide added support to the PAMBs in managing their respective protected areas. • Facilitate a DENR assessment of the BARMM government’s capability building needs on protected area management. Pursuant to the Bangsamoro Organic Law, DENR has two years to transfer management functions of protected areas to the BARMM. One of the protected areas to be transferred is the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary in Tawi-Tawi. The DENR will develop a capacity enhancement program for the BARMM government to ensure a smooth turnover.
Theory of Change Result: Protected area management board recommends management models to serve as basis for DENR policies and support
• Explore the potential use of Wildlife Insights, which uses standardized and repeated camera trap deployments to assess species populations as indicators of conservation and management effectiveness in protected areas. Wildlife Insights is an emerging technology platform being developed by Conservation International, Google and six other global partners that organize, aggregate and accelerate analysis of camera trap data on wildlife populations from local to global scales. The use of Wildlife Insights will be piloted in three protected areas in Palawan with the engagement of PCSDS, DENR, LGUs, academe and interested NGOs, especially for the establishment and managing the process of long-term monitoring and analysis of population of species that inputs to the global assessment. If found useful by PAMBs, the technology may be recommended as a model for replication in additional terrestrial protected areas in the Philippines. • Review methodologies for carrying capacity studies for ecotourism sites, and develop and test in selected protected areas (e.g., Santa Cruz Islands, El Nido-Taytay, Sarangani Bay, Aurora Memorial National Park, Mount Matutum and Mount Mantalingahan) an approach for carrying capacity analysis and estimation that factors in the disturbance and adverse impacts to critical species, habitats and ecosystems in the protected area. The carrying capacity approach and limits for ecotourism sites in protected areas may be adopted by the concerned PAMBs and recommended for scale up in other protected areas. • Toward the end of Year 4, organize and facilitate discussions with PAMBs to share models for effective conservation and on-site enforcement. Participants will also include LGUs or tenure holders with established NGP plantations, LGUs with approved FLUPs, provinces and cities with BSAPs, and pilot provinces of other DENR-FMB and DENR-BMB-led activities. Workshop outputs will develop best practices for conservation in protected areas, forest lands, marine and coastal areas, and even in agricultural areas.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 23 SA 4: Conservation Research
Theory of Change Result: Assessments completed
• Consolidate and analyze available information from reports, research studies, management plans and publications on terrestrial and marine flora and fauna and their habitats, except those that are already covered by existing activity-funded research studies, that are threatened by ecotourism development in Protect Wildlife target sites or which are considered emerging targets of wildlife poaching and trafficking. This assessment will directly support three planned activities in Year 4: ▪ Carrying capacity studies in ecotourism sites in Santa Cruz Islands and El Nido, with rollout in Mount Mantalingahan, Mount Matutum, Sarangani Bay and Aurora Memorial National Park. A major carrying capacity consideration will be the disturbance of ecotourism activities to sensitive species. The species for study will be identified from the initial assessments of ecotourism sites. ▪ Application of the Concealable, Available, Processable, Transferrable, Useable, Removable, Enjoyable, Desirable (CAPTURED) model in examining illegal wildlife markets. The framework is used to examine the unique characteristics that make wildlife and wildlife products suitable targets for illegal trade. The species for study will be suggested by DENR- BMB and PCSDS based on available enforcement data. ▪ Crafting of species-specific action plans in support of policies or ordinances on flagship species.
Theory of Change Result: Capacity of partner colleges and universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased
• Complete the ranger and community perception study in four target protected areas and present results, including relevant recommendations to concerned PAMBs, LGUs, DENR field enforcement units, DENR-BMB, DENR-FMB and DENR Field Operations. The results will be inputs to the development of the pilot training module of the Protected Area Academy for enforcers. The study will also be presented in the World Ranger Conference in Nepal. • Monitor the progress and ensure completion of ongoing and new research studies, review technical reports, and program the publication and presentations of results to stakeholders and in relevant symposia and fora. These include the studies on sandfish and pangolin in Palawan, medicinal plants in Mount Matutum, seaweed cultivar production in Tawi-Tawi, coastal resources assessment of Eleven Islands in Zamboanga City, and the Philippine eagle in Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga City. Also included are the biodiversity researches by graduate students that are consistent with the research and development priorities of Protect Wildlife (See Annex D for the approved researches as of July 2019). • Facilitate the development, approval and launch of new research studies in Year 4. Being considered are the following: ▪ Assessment of the status of the Sulu hornbill and its habitats and the remaining forests in Upper Malum watershed, Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi with the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. This study will generate inputs to the declaration of Upper
24 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Malum watershed as a local conservation area and to the development of an action plan for the Sulu hornbill, as the flagship species of LGU Panglima Sugala. ▪ Tarsier habitat and distribution in Mount Matutum in South Cotabato with the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology and Mindanao State University-General Santos as university partners. This research will support the formulation of a management plan for the tarsier conservation area within the Mount Matutum Protected Landscape. ▪ Survey of humphead wrasse areas in Tawi-Tawi to contribute to the data and information requirement of the Humphead Wrasse National Plan of Action for 2017 to 2022. The proposed research may involve the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), BFAR-BARMM and Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography. ▪ Assessment of man-made mangrove forest of Simalak Island in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi for mangrove aqua-silviculture for livelihood, which may be spearheaded by the Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography. ▪ Fuelwood and charcoal supply-and-demand study in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces in Region 3 with Pampanga State Agricultural University. Results will inform DENR Region 3 policies and programs in forest and forest land restoration and protection. ▪ Population studies of blue-naped parrot in Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape for enhanced species and habitat conservation. ▪ Conduct of inventory of almaciga stand with respect to their stock density and tree health of tapped trees. Results will be used to modify policies on permitting for almaciga resin tapping, and to introduce sustainable resin tapping practices and proper management of existing almaciga stands. ▪ Application of CAPTURED model. This will provide the basis for policies and enforcement actions related to the studied species. • Facilitate short-term technical support for the completion of the curriculum development and enhancement initiatives on Environmental Law and Protection, Environmental Science and Marine Biology through the development of teaching tools and materials, improvement and piloting of laboratory manuals, and adoption of the products by concerned colleges and universities. • On Environmental Law Protection, support the rollout of the syllabus among member colleges and universities of the Philippine Society of Criminologists and Criminal Justice Professionals, Inc. (PSCCJPI) in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Together with PSCCJPI, the team will monitor the formal adoption and implementation of the syllabus by their members. • Engage short-term technical consultants to assist Mindanao State University-General Santos and Pampanga State Agricultural University in enhancing undergraduate programs in the context of sustainable resource utilization and conservation science. Interventions will include the conduct of workshops to implement an outcomes-based education curriculum and improve teaching materials for Marine Biology for Mindanao State University-General Santos and the review of the Agroforestry program of the Pampanga State Agricultural University for the purpose of incorporating an entrepreneurship syllabus. • Collaborate with relevant organizations in the design and conduct of local, national and international biodiversity fora that provide opportunities for Protect Wildlife and its partners to
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 25 share results of assessments, research studies and innovations in conservation and ecosystem management. The activity will seek partners for co-organizing the fora to facilitate networking of universities and researchers with other organizations in biodiversity conservation. Immediate opportunities are the 28th Annual Philippine Biodiversity Symposium in Visayas State University in Leyte in August 2019, 8th Annual Conference on Environmental Science in Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography in September 2019, 8th National Conference of the Philippine Forestry Education Network in September 2019, 11th Asian Network of Research Resource Centers Meeting in University of the Philippines Los Baños in October 2019, 2nd International Conference on Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management in Manila in November 2019, and the 5th International Symposium of Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society in the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in November 2019.
SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement
Theory of Change Result: National and local enforcement capacity improved
DENR-BMB, NALECC-SCENR and PSC
• Support the DENR-BMB, and NALECC-SCENR in implementing a capacity building program that mainstreams wildlife law enforcement in the DENR and partner law enforcement agencies, and strengthens DENR field units’ regulatory knowledge and skills on wildlife poaching and trading. The following is a list of planned training activities in Year 4: ▪ 9th and 10th Training of Trainers in the Application of Wildlife Law Enforcement Manual of Operations. This year’s training program will see a further refinement of the subject on crime scene forensics and investigation. This will be taught by operatives from the Philippine Operations Group on Ivory and the Illegal Wildlife Trade, who were trained under the International Law Enforcement Academy and other trainings provided by USAID. ▪ Pilot training course for protected area rangers in line with the establishment of the Protected Area Academy. ▪ Training for DENR personnel and other environmental law enforcement agencies to counter cybercrime and money laundering to address online illegal wildlife trade. ▪ Training on Identification of Wildlife Products and Derivatives (Focusing on Reptile Skins) and Techniques on Monitoring of Breeding Facilities. This is to be done with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to improve the country’s commitments under the Convention, with possible partnership with the National Museum of Natural History. ▪ Specialized training on enforcement leadership and management. • Support DENR-BMB in the development of policies to improve government capacities in regulating wildlife trade and expand CWT operations with the following activities: ▪ Facilitation of the Luzon-wide consultation on the Amended Wildlife Bill and the experts’ meeting for the Senate version of the bill. ▪ Preparation of a policy paper on wildlife forensics that will support an amendment to the Wildlife Act.
26 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 ▪ Analysis of enforcement data related to wildlife trafficking and assistance in presenting results to various stakeholders to determine potential areas for improving policies, collaboration, networking, protocols and sharing of databases for periodic analysis and reporting. ▪ Logistical and facilitation support to BMB’s workshop to prepare the national government position for the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. • Support DENR-BMB in developing systems to enhance CWT operations, from wildlife crime reporting and wildlife identification to the handling of rescued wildlife or those taken from CWT operations. These include the following: ▪ Support the DENR-BMB Wildlife Resources Division in developing and piloting the WildALERT program to assist field units and the public for a wildlife identification and wildlife crime reporting tool. This tool provides the DENR with an electronic means to identify apprehended wildlife and engage the public in addressing the illegal wildlife trade. The program covers both a mobile-based app, as well as a laptop-based tool program, to be used to report wildlife crimes, identify the species trafficked, monitor its handling and response, as well as provide heat maps to allow for faster interpretation of data. ▪ Assist DENR-BMB in preparing a physical development and investment plan for its wildlife rescue center that is more responsive to the care and rehabilitation of wildlife in their custody. Protect Wildlife will provide the rescue center with equipment, including an ambulance, to address urgent needs. Assistance will be provided to source support from the private sector. ▪ Assist DENR-BMB develop a data management system to improve the tracking, care and maintenance of confiscated or rescued wildlife subjected to trafficking. This will include rescued wildlife placed in the care of permittees under a temporary custody arrangement. ▪ Provide technical inputs to DENR-BMB’s orientation series on inspection protocols and to Wild and Alive campaigns in airports, seaports and transport hubs in identified wildlife trafficking hotspots. ▪ Together with DENR, provide orientation to senior management of courier businesses on illegal wildlife trade practices and how to identify illegally traded wildlife products. ▪ Assist the Government of the Philippines, through the NALECC-SCENR, in drafting a phased development program for its wildlife forensics center.
DA-BFAR
• Apart from continuing to provide resource speakers to the basic fisheries law enforcers course, support the DA-BFAR in developing and implementing training designs on advanced enforcement skills that are taught to mainstream law enforcement agencies to improve the Bureau’s ability to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. These include the following: ▪ Intelligence and investigation course as modified and adopted by DA-BFAR from the proof of concept training conducted with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Upon refinement by the DA-BFAR to address their unique needs, a module may be developed for implementation as part of their required courses for fisheries law enforcement.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 27 ▪ Intelligence analysis course for fisheries law enforcement officers ▪ Underwater crime scene investigation ▪ Enforcement leadership and management course • On the policy front, continue supporting the DA-BFAR technical working group in conducting its national consultation series and meetings on the National Poaching Protocol to address the intrusion of foreign fishing vessels. This is part of the Protect Wildlife’s support in operationalizing DA-BFAR’s five-year Fisheries Law Enforcement Action Plan. Upon its finalization in 2019, it will be submitted to the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council for review and recommendation for adoption pursuant to the Fisheries Code, as amended. • Provide technical and logistical support for the conduct of a fisheries and aquatic wildlife law enforcement summit that will have as key participants the DA-BFAR, DENR-BMB, Philippine National Police Maritime Group, Philippine Coast Guard, Maritime Industry Authority and the Philippine Navy. The sharing of resources and information among these agencies for effective fisheries and aquatic wildlife law enforcement will be the main agenda of the summit.
Department of Justice
• Continue to support DOJ in its ongoing program to build its internal capacity on prosecuting environmental crimes through its seminar program on environmental laws for prosecutors in green courts. In addition to the national-level support, Protect Wildlife assistance will also focus on prosecutors in activity sites to cover the various stages of the enforcement continuum, from detection and apprehension, to prosecution. The linkages between the site-based enforcers and the prosecutors will be established to improve coordination between the two groups.
Theory of Change: Institutionalization of training programs at national level to provide continuing support to regional field teams
• Organize all training materials —designs, enhanced modules, training materials and presentations—covering basic and advance -level for packaging into knowledge products on enforcing biodiversity-related laws in the Philippines. The basic-level training that have been modified for site level engagements will be provided to CENROs and PAMOs and will serve as minimum standards for LGU enforcers. • Support the DENR, DA-BFAR and NALECC-SCENR in the continuing development and institutionalization of specialized courses and systems on wildlife forensics, intelligence gathering for wildlife law enforcement, and other enforcement subjects usually taught to traditional law enforcement agencies. These include the following: ▪ Conference on Wildlife Forensics as a Tool to Combat Wildlife Trafficking. The conference will refine the country development plan for wildlife forensics and will also assess the training program on Wildlife Forensics and Criminal Investigation Course for its improvement and eventual adoption by the DENR as part of its standard training curriculum. The development plan of the country’s forensics program will be designed in partnership with the NALECC-SCENR and the Partnership for Biodiversity Conservation Phase III (PBC III) project under the United States Department of the Interior-International
28 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Technical Assistance Program. The Wildlife Forensics and Criminal Investigation Course is to be refined and submitted to the DENR Human Resources Development Service for possible adoption as part of its official training program. ▪ Second Advanced Training on Enforcement and Investigation for Violations of Laws and Regulations on Wildlife, Fisheries and Protected Areas. This training will further refine the proof of concept training design developed in partnership with the DENR, United States Fisheries and Wildlife Service, and PBC III. This specialized training course focuses on intelligence gathering, monitoring and investigation—subjects which are usually confined to the realm of the Philippine National Police and National Bureau of Investigation. This training program is being rolled out by DA-BFAR after having gone through the first session. Follow-on activities will focus on its adoption as part of the official DENR training program for law enforcement. ▪ Develop an enforcement management and leadership course for enforcement managers at the field units of the DENR, DA-BFAR and PCSDS. This training module will be of long-term benefit to these agencies as they beef up their respective enforcement divisions.
Theory of Change Result: National and local coordination mechanisms for enforcement strengthened
• Provide technical support in developing and piloting an Integrated Enforcement Manual of Operations for DENR frontliners at the level of CENRO and implementing PENRO units. • Facilitate partnership between the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology (UPIB) and PCSDS in generating spatial and genetic data that will support policies to improve CWT actions at the national and regional levels, and in Palawan. There has been an increase in the interdictions of pangolins and pangolin by-products these past two years not just in Palawan, but also in off-site areas such as Manila and Batangas. The most recent seizure in Palawan of over 1,200 kilos of pangolin scales in just one storehouse, plus the suspected involvement of foreign nationals, shows its increasingly transboundary nature. The volume from the last seizure shows a high possibility that the scales may not just be from the Philippine pangolin, but may be a consolidated batch from other countries. The UPIB has initially agreed to conduct DNA testing on the seized pangolin scales and other body parts to determine the species of origin. Protect Wildlife will provide UPIB with DNA extraction kits, laboratory supplies and other equipment to enable it provide DNA testing support to PCSDS. Protect Wildlife will explore additional assistance to facilitate improved response time for testing of future samples. The team will apply findings from the analysis as inputs to the continuing violations assessment and updating of the wildlife trade route map that Protect Wildlife developed with PCSDS and DENR. • Support the conduct in 2020 of the 3rd National Wildlife Law Enforcement Summit and the 4th National Environmental Law Enforcement Summit to review and develop new action plans.
Theory of Change Result: Inter-country cooperation is improved for stopping wildlife trafficking
• Assist the DENR-BMB Wildlife Resources Division in drafting the ASEAN wildlife law enforcement coordination protocol, as needed.
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Theory of Change Result: Incidents of wildlife, forestry and fisheries crime are reduced
• Conduct focus group discussions and workshops to gather and analyze data to determine and document improved enforcement practices and impacts of Protect Wildlife interventions at both site and national levels.
TABLE 4: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES IN MANILA
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved 1. Design and conduct a CEPA strategic planning workshop for DENR-BMB and other DENR offices 2. Develop series of case studies on communication strategies, campaign tools and effectiveness 3. Organize symposium for all C4C batches 4. Assist in facilitating Zoohackathon activity and outputs Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation 5. Release of targeted advertising banners in Cebu Pacific Air plane tickets 6. Continue to develop local Wild and Alive campaigns with DENR-BMB 7. Support construction and launch of Connected to the Wild traveling exhibit by The Mind Museum 8. Meetings with courier businesses; develop CWT marketing materials for display 9. Explore opportunities, thru purchase of advertising space or other means, to raise awareness on wildlife crimes 10. Explore collaboration with Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf for World Wildlife Day celebration Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation 11. Design and implement post-assessment of at least 3 campaigns; conduct supplementary baseline KAPs in limited campaign areas SA 2: Conservation Financing Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation 1. Explore and forge partnerships with members of League of Corporate Foundations, tapping CSR funding 2. Pursue partnership with Smart Communications for incorporation of biodiversity conservation in School in a Bag 3. Collaborate with ACDI/VOCA PhilCAFE project in the development of conservation-oriented coffee production manual 4. Support PhilFIDA in the enhancement and on-site testing of farmers field school training modules
30 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners. 5. Assist DENR-FMB, DENR-BMB and PCSDS formulate PES policies 6. Refine PES training modules for non-water business enterprises 7. Package PES training modules and case studies into knowledge products 8. Organize a PES sharing and learning forum; train potential PES trainers from partners 9. Assist FMB inventory marketable commodities from NGP; recommend value chain improvement strategies and support to social enterprises Theory of Change Result: Partners initiate and implement financing arrangements 10. Coordinate with current private sector partners on implementation of joint workplans 11. Explore support from private and public agencies for improving value chains of selected commodities: seaweeds, abaca, cassava and coffee 12. Design and test tool for assessment of management and financial capacities of assisted people’s organizations 13. Manage W-GDP implementation; determine skills training and other assistance to target organizations; document and develop case studies SA 3: Conservation and Governance Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, protected area management boards and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management 1. Continue assistance to field in zoning, FLUP and PA management planning 2. Facilitate data, standards and process harmonization initiatives of DENR-FMB and DENR-BMB; support pilot activities including classification of Unclassified Public Forest 3. Draft technical bulletin on protected area and forest land use planning 4. Develop protected area and forest land use planning training guides; conduct training of trainers using knowledge product 5. Develop curriculum and pilot training modules Protected Area Academy; support conduct of pilot training 6. Assess improvement in effectiveness of selected PAMBs using the METT. 7. Organize cross-visit of DENR, LGU and partners to Vietnam regarding perennial cropping systems and ecotourism in conservation and production areas. 8. Pilot (Manila) training on drone image analysis for DENR-FMB and DENR-BMB
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 31 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 9. Design and carry out training program for forest extension services 10. Conduct trainers training on forest and grasslands fire control and management, with USFS, BFP and DENR- FMB 11. Support processing of tree canopy data to establish Forest resources Emission Level (FREL)
12. Develop and pilot NGP module of Lawin
13. Draft administrative order on carbon accounting, verification and Certification System (CAVCS) 14. Draft memorandum circular on carbon offsetting for environmentally critical projects 15. Assist DENR-FMB develop management models for issuance of tenure instruments for NGPs in open access areas and for support to community-based plantations 16. Participate in discussions on the Sustainable Forest Management Act 17. Assist finalize administrative order integrating biodiversity conservation in in large-scale mining operations Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulates improved policies for better protected area management 18. With BIOFIN, facilitate drafting of provincial and city BSAPs 19. Facilitate assessment of BARMM capacity enhancement needs re turnover of management of protected areas such as Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary Theory of Change Result: PAMB recommends management models to serve as basis for DENR policies and support 20. Explore use of Wildlife Insights in protected area management; facilitate piloting in Palawan 21. Develop methodology for carrying capacity studies in protected areas; train staff of selected PAs 22. Facilitate discussions with PAMBs on models for effective conservation and on-site enforcement. SA 4: Conservation Research Theory of Change Result: Assessments completed 1. Consolidate and analyze available information on biodiversity focal interests in relation of carrying capacity studies, CAPTURED, and action plans for flagship species. Theory of Change Result: Capacity of colleges and universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased 2. Complete the ranger and community perception study and present results and recommendations to DENR and in World Ranger Congress in Nepal 3. Monitor, complete, review reports and present results of research studies to DENR, including student research.
32 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 4. Support the development, approval and launch of new researches for Year 4, including student research 5. Provide support to complete curriculum and syllabus development/ enhancement and teaching material development of partner colleges and universities (started in Years 2 and 3) 6. Support rollout of ELP syllabus by PSCCJPI
7. Provide support to new curriculum and course enhancement activities for Year 4 (MSU GenSan and PSAU) 8. Collaborate with organizations in conduct of local, national and international biodiversity fora SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement Theory of Change Result: National and local enforcement capacity improved 1. Support DENR-BMB and NALECC-SCENR capability building programs a. 9th and 10th Training of Trainers on the Application of the Wildlife Law Enforcement Manual of Operations b. Pilot training course for rangers in Protected Area Academy c. Training for DENR personnel on countering cybercrime and money laundering to address online illegal wildlife trade d. Training on Identifying Wildlife Products and Derivatives (Focusing on Reptile Skins) and Techniques on Monitoring of Breeding Facilities e. Specialized training on enforcement leadership and management 2. Support DENR-BMB in the development of CWT policies a. Luzon consultation and experts’ meeting for the Senate version of the Amended Wildlife Bill
b. Policy paper on wildlife forensics
c. Analysis of enforcement data related to wildlife trafficking d. Workshop to prepare the national position for the 13th COP on CMS 3. Support the development of systems to enhance CWT operations a. Completion of the development and piloting of WildALERT b. Preparation of physical development and investment plan for the DENR-BMB wildlife rescue center; improvement of clinic facilities c. Development of data management system for DENR wildlife rescue centers
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 33 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S d. Technical inputs to inspection protocols and Wild and Alive campaigns in airports and seaports e. Orientation for courier businesses on illegal wildlife trade f. Drafting of a phased development program for a wildlife forensics center 4. Support DA-BFAR training on basic and advanced enforcement training 5. Support national consultations for the adoption of the National Poaching Protocol 6. Technical and logistics support to fisheries and aquatic wildlife law enforcement summit for DA-BFAR, DENR-BMB, PNP MG, PCG, MARINA, Philippine Navy 7. Support DOJ ongoing program on environmental laws for prosecutors in green courts Theory of Change Result: Institutionalization of training programs at the national level to provide continuing support to regional field teams 8. Organize all training materials covering basic and advance-level trainings for packaging into knowledge products 9. Support continuing development and institutionalization of specialized courses and systems: a. Conference on Wildlife Forensics as a Tool to Combat Wildlife Trafficking b. Advanced Training on Enforcement and Investigation for Violations of Laws and Regulations on Wildlife, Fisheries and Protected Areas c. Enforcement management and leadership course for enforcement managers Theory of Change Result: National and local coordination mechanisms for enforcement strengthened 10. Provide technical support in the development and piloting of an Integrated Enforcement Manual of Operations 11. Facilitate partnership between UPIB and PCSDS in generating spatial and genetic data to improve CWT actions 12. Support the conduct of the 3rd National Wildlife Law Enforcement Summit and 4th National Environmental Law Enforcement Summit Theory of Change Result: Inter-country cooperation is improved for stopping wildlife trafficking 13. Provide technical support to DENR-BMB in drafting the ASEAN wildlife law enforcement coordination protocol Theory of Change Result: Incidents of wildlife, forestry and fisheries crime are reduced 14. Conduct FGDs and workshops to gather and analyze data to determine impacts of activity intervention at both site and national levels
34 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 YEAR 4 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN PALAWAN
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will continue its activities in Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape in southern Palawan and in the five municipalities encompassing the protected area: Bataraza, Brooke’s Point, Quezon, Rizal and Sofronio Española (Figure 2). As the activity’s focal area in the province, this landscape provided opportunities to pilot test, model and refine technical assistance modules, methods and innovations of Protect Wildlife that have since been replicated in other sites.
The integrated landscape approach to conservation and development, using Mount Mantalingahan as the centerpiece, has demonstrated the critical importance of harmonized protected area and LGU forest land management plans for biodiversity conservation. With the completion in Year 3 of the zoning of the protected area and of the FLUPs of the five LGUs, the activity will support the PAMB in completing the management plan for Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape for 2021 to 2025, guide the LGU of Bataraza in the integration of protected area and forest land management plans in the municipality’s CLUP, and assist the five LGUs to transition from planning to implementation of their FLUPs.
The completed Mount Mantalingahan zoning scheme and the municipal FLUPs in southern Palawan now serve as references to the PAMB, the DENR and LGUs in making informed decisions on biodiversity conservation, natural assets enhancement and restoration, and socioeconomic planning. These will serve as the core documents around which the PAMO and LGUs, with assistance from the activity team, will plan and launch BCC campaigns, leverage more support for forest and forest land restoration and sustainable livelihoods, link with universities and CSOs for conservation research and technology needs, and direct wildlife and environmental law enforcement. Support will also be provided by the activity team to strengthen enforcement systems and intensify BCC campaigns to promote zoning compliance and habitat management and species protection.
Significant on-the-ground activities in southern Palawan are expected in Year 4. Protect Wildlife will provide technical and material inputs and marketing assistance to incentivize the adoption of conservation agriculture and agroforestry in about 2,000 hectares within the production zones of Mount Mantalingahan and surrounding forest lands. The reinvestment of PES revenues of Brooke’s Point and Rizal into the rehabilitation of its critical watersheds will expand the restoration effort in southern Palawan.
Protect Wildlife will increasingly broaden its support to other biologically significant areas in central and northern Palawan. Activities in six protection and conservation areas and four LGUs that were carried out in Year 3 will be expanded in accordance with priority conservation needs of these sites. The six protection and conservation areas are the following: • Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat • Victoria-Anepahan mountain range, a key biodiversity area in central Palawan • El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area • Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park • Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary, and • Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 35 FIGURE 2: PRIORITY SITES IN PALAWAN
36 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Technical assistance of the activity in Year 4 will cover protected area and critical habitat management planning, FLUP, BCC, research and utilization of results, PES for waterworks and ecotourism, and on- site and off-site enforcement. These activities will potentially lead to the effective management of an additional 288,334 hectares.
Three provincial-level initiatives of PCSDS and the Palawan province that were supported by Protect Wildlife in Year 3 present opportunities for further strengthening and scale-up in Year 4. These are the following: • Development of the Biodiversity Resources Access Information Network (BRAIN) System, a centralized database housed at the PCSDS to track all aspects of wildlife and environmental law compliance and enforcement. Protect Wildlife is directly supporting the development of the system. Once fully rolled out, the PCSDS will have a real-time electronic verification system to address wildlife regulation issues and track enforcement actions of PCSDS and DENR enforcement teams, as well as other allied national government agencies and LGUs enforcing wildlife laws, rules and regulations across Palawan. The three modules of the BRAIN System are expected to be operational by end of Year 4. • Adoption by municipalities of flagship species. Flagship species are effective tools in communicating biodiversity conservation messages to various types of audiences. Protect Wildlife will assist ready LGUs enact ordinances for the adoption of the species and formulate accompanying conservation action plans, including communication plans for the adopted species. • Adoption by municipalities of PES as a mechanism to diversity financing for conservation. Protect Wildlife is assisting PCSDS draft the policy. It will document the experiences of assisted LGUs to highlight good practices and useful lessons for LGUs, PAMBs and PCSDS.
Within the remaining life of the activity, Protect Wildlife will also work toward the institutionalization of innovations and knowledge products in PCSDS, DENR, LGUs and other partner organizations. We list these among Protect Wildlife’s important legacies in Palawan: • Three protected area management plans approved by PAMBs (or Management Council as in the case of Cleopatra’s Needle) and seven FLUPs completed and endorsed to LGU legislative councils for approval. The team will support the PAMOs and LGU technical working groups in preparing implementation plans and budgets for 2020 to 2021. A select team from PCSDS, DENR and some LGUs will be trained as trainers on protected area management planning and FLUP processes using the training modules that the activity has developed. • Two CLUPs (El Nido and Bataraza) that integrates FLUP and other conservation and land use plans completed and endorsed by the TWG to their respective Municipal Development Councils and legislative councils. • Market-based and conservation-oriented agricultural, agroforestry and livelihood systems that will bring about both economic and ecological benefits to about 1,600 households in more than 2,000 hectares in production zones of Mount Mantalingahan and forest lands. Selected farmers and LGU extension workers in southern Palawan will be trained as on-site trainers on conservation farming and agroforestry. • PES policy issued by PCSD with PES models for water and ecotourism. A select team from PCSDS and potential partners will be trained on the PES modules developed by the activity.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 37 • Municipal ordinances on flagship species endorsed to or approved by the LGU legislative council, with conservation action plans. • Wild and Alive campaign in the airport, seaport and transport terminals in Puerto Princesa City for scaling up by PCSDS and DENR in other ports and terminals in identified wildlife trafficking hotspots in the province. • Palawan wildlife enforcement network covering the enforcement continuum composed of trained on-site enforcement units and off-site enforcement teams, and trained DOJ prosecutors assigned in green courts. • Functional BRAIN System. • Functional Biodiversity Resource Center (i.e., with basic facilities in place and a learning program commenced). • Enhanced curriculum, syllabus and teaching materials formally adopted by three partner universities. • Increased knowledge base on heavily trafficked species (and emerging species for trading) and other ecologically and economically critical species (such as almaciga) for use in policy formulation, resource management planning. • Research agenda of the Palawan Knowledge Platform that incorporates research requirements in protected area management plans.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
SA 1: Behavior Change Communication
Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved
• In collaboration with SA 3, assist southern Palawan LGUs develop and implement campaigns on creating greater awareness on the zoning established in FLUPs that were endorsed in Year 3. • Assist in the development of the messages for the PCSDS Biodiversity Resource Center, a facility that will serve as an environmental education hub highlighting the value of biodiversity in Palawan and the threats it faces, such as wildlife crimes. Protect Wildlife will provide the center with information and communications equipment and display materials. • Assist the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center in Puerto Princesa City enhance the biodiversity conservation messages in its signages and information materials. • In central and northern Palawan, mentor C4C trainees on the development and implementation of mini BCC campaigns to support the implementation of FLUPs and protected area management plans that are expected to be approved in Year 4. The campaigns will create greater awareness on the zoning regimes established in protected area management plans and FLUPs and the behaviors associated with each zone. The implementation of some campaigns may extend beyond the life of the activity.
Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation
• Collaborate with Mount Mantalingahan PAMO staff to expand the Kagubatan ay Kinabukasan (Our Forest is Our Future) thematic campaign, which previously focused on ecosystem services.
38 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Messages on zoning will be incorporated into the campaign. The expansion campaign called Samu’t-Sari (Diversity) is envisioned to be a yearly sub-campaign focused on the biodiversity richness of Mount Mantalingahan and will include school caravan materials. It will also be the campaign vehicle to tie together the different flagship species of the LGUs around the protected area. • Assist LGUs and PAMOs plan campaigns as part of their conservation action plans for their chosen flagship species. Initial focus of assistance would be Mount Mantalingahan and the five LGUs in southern Palawan. • Assist PCSDS develop and implement a campaign to support its conservation program for the Palawan pangolin, using as input the Protect Wildlife-funded pangolin study. • Implement post-campaign studies in selected southern Palawan barangays with KAP baseline to determine changes in community attitudes and behavior as a result of BCC campaigns and other interventions.
Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation
• With SA 5, assist PCSDS in developing and launching a Wild and Live campaign in Puerto Princesa’s airport, seaport and bus and public vehicle terminals. • Provide guidance to PCSDS in scaling up the Wild and Alive campaign in other airports, seaports and transport terminals in other wildlife trafficking hotspots in the province (e.g., Busuanga, Brooke’s Point, Buliluyan, Rio Tuba, Taytay, El Nido and Coron) • Support a PES campaign for Rizal focused on water users.
SA 2: Conservation Financing
Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation
• Review the implementation status of El Nido’s ordinance on its ecotourism development fund and recommend schemes and arrangements that will allow efficient collection of fees, timely reporting and re-investment of part of the funds in conservation activities. • Assist PCSDS in completing the draft provincial policy for PES in Palawan. Train a select PCSDS team on the PES modules developed by the activity and assist the PCSDS team develop a technical assistance strategy for interested LGUs and establishments.
Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners
• In collaboration with SA 3, conduct investment planning with public and private sector for investments in the multiple-use zone of Mount Mantalingahan and production areas in surrounding forest lands, consistent with approved land and resource use prescriptions. Potential investors and donors are Forest Foundation Philippines, some members of the League
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 39 of Corporate Foundations, and Sunlight Foods Corporation. Opportunities may include agroforestry, forest restoration, riverbank protection and communal fuelwood production. • In partnership with the management board of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, assess PES opportunities in the park. This will identify enterprises, businesses and utilities that are dependent in the park’s ecosystem goods and services and that are willing to implement a PES scheme.
Theory of Change Result: Government and CSOs initiate and implement financing arrangements
• Assist LGUs of Narra, Taytay and San Vicente enact ordinances or issue resolutions that formally adopt the PES scheme for their waterworks systems. Mentor the LGUs in the development of business plans for their waterworks systems, and adopt ring-fencing and PES fund management guidelines that include re-investment of PES revenues in conservation activities. • Facilitate PAMB resolution in Puerto Princesa Subterranean River adopting PES for users of ecosystem services of the national park. • Provide technical support on cost and revenue analysis and cost-based resource valuation of ecosystem services for specific ecosystem-linked enterprises in Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. The relevant PES modules will be used to guide the enterprises and the PAMB in developing the PES scheme for the park. • Guide El Nido in ring-fencing its ecotourism revenues and the development of fund management guidelines, including plough back to conservation. • Work with ECLOF in refocusing microlending schemes to support conservation-oriented livelihood activities of smallholder farmers in production areas of Mount Mantalingahan and surrounding forest lands.
Theory of Change Result: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation
• Monitor PES revenue generation and utilization of past and new PES initiatives • Facilitate implementation of the three-year work and financial plan for PES re-investment in Tigaplan watershed and other critical watersheds in Brooke’s Point. The team will also facilitate the completion, approval and implementation of the three-year work and financial plan for PES revenue re-investment in Malambunga watershed in Rizal. The process of reinvestment in both LGUs will be documented. • Monitor and analyze lending operations, fund reflows and status of the credit fund established under the Lutheran World Relief and ECLOF partnership and assess its support to conservation activities in southern Palawan municipalities.
40 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Theory of Change Result: Improved value chains for livelihoods and enterprises generates revenues
• In collaboration with municipal agriculture offices of southern Palawan LGUs, study sources (from production zones in Mount Mantalingahan and adjoining forest lands) and supply conditions (quality and volume) of specific agricultural commodities that are marketable, and link producers to buyers (e.g., Abraham Holdings for banana and vegetables). Assist community groups in developing mechanisms for commodity consolidation and in reviewing marketing and supply contracts with buyers. • Assess potential expansion areas for ube or purple yam production in Brooke’s Point, Quezon and Rizal for livelihood support by Sunlight Foods Corporation. Replicate training on ube seedling production and planting for these expansion sites. • Assess the feasibility of supplying assisted cassava farmers in southern Palawan with appropriate technology for the chipping and drying of cassava for the local market. • In partnership with the municipal agriculture offices of southern Palawan LGUs, organize training on organizational strengthening and enterprise management (with values formation and biodiversity conservation inputs), soil and water conservation, conservation agriculture and agroforestry for livelihood beneficiaries. Train selected farmers and LGU extension staff to be trainers on conservation-based agroforestry and mixed and diversified perennial cropping systems and agriculture. • Identify and assess interest of households in production forest land and multiple-use zones of Mount Mantalingahan to plant high-value fruit trees and spices in their claimed or occupied areas. Organize the distribution of seeds and seedlings to pre-identified farmer cooperators who have undergone training on conservation agriculture and agroforestry. Set up a system for the monitoring of the planting and maintenance performance of farmers and the growth and survival of planted seedlings. • Monitor implementation of marketing agreements entered into by communities with buyers (Abraham Holdings, Sunlight Foods Corporation). • Assess livelihood needs and readiness for social enterprises of other community organizations in target protected areas in central and northern Palawan, such as the Batak community in Cleopatra’s Needle and the Tagbanua community in Barangay Cabayugan within the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park, and determine possible assistance that may be provided to them consistent with the zoning and land and resource use prescriptions in protected area management plans.
Theory of Change Result: Social, economic and environmental benefits for communities, revenues for LGUs and profit/goodwill for private sector generated
• Monitor the number of farmers benefiting from the different livelihood and enterprise interventions and undertake farm-level viability and profitability analysis (selected farmers) to document economic benefits to farmers. Prepare gender-based case stories from such documentation. • Continue to promote non-use of fertilizers in seaweed production in assisted areas. In collaboration with DA BFAR, information materials on the negative impacts of fertilizers on the
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 41 quality of the seaweed and on marine waters will be developed for dissemination in activity sites where the practice persists. • Assess the level of development of assisted people’s organizations using a Protect Wildlife- developed assessment tool. Document current and projected improvements in management and financial capacities of these groups as a result of Protect Wildlife assistance. • Document and analyze the collection and use of PES revenues for protection, management and restoration of natural assets that supply ecosystem services and for the socioeconomic welfare of communities managing and protecting these assets. • Using the case of Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape, study the potential ecological benefits of conservation-biased livelihood and enterprises, agroforestry, forest restoration through Protect Wildlife investments, reinvestment of PES revenues and other private investments. Primary benefits would be from improved land cover and water resources.
SA 3: Conservation and Governance
Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management
• With DENR Region IV-B, PENRO and CENRO participation, support the completion and review of the El Nido and Puerto Princesa City FLUPs and the endorsement of the plans to the LGU legislative councils. • Facilitate the completion and PAMB approval of the zone-based management plan of Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape and El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, with clear financing arrangements and enforcement arrangements. • Facilitate the preparation and completion of the management plan for Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat for endorsement to the Puerto Princesa Sangguniang Panlungsod. • Complete the piloting of integration of land uses in forest lands and protected areas into the CLUP of Bataraza and El Nido. Learnings from the two LGUs will serve as guide for Protect Wildlife in drafting the technical bulletins for the enhanced FLUP and protected area planning processes. • Support the ongoing effort of the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Natural Park Management Board to update its management plan. Protect Wildlife will provide expert’s advice and inputs for a ‘show cave’ management program for the protected area. Protect Wildlife is also considering support for a species richness assessment to identify appropriate indicator species and locate and characterize their habitats within the PPSRNP and nearby Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat. • Continue to engage with and train communities in Mount Mantalingahan, El Nido and protected and conservation areas in Puerto Princesa City on integrated conservation and development. • Conduct training on drone image analysis for staff of DENR PENRO Palawan and CENROs and LGUs. The drone image analysis will be used for the monitoring of the growth stages of NGP plantations, of changes in land cover and land use, and for land and resource use enforcement. • Mentor LGUs and PAMOs to put in place a monitoring system to track and periodically assess the environmental outcomes of FLUP and protected area management plan implementation.
42 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 One method that may adopted is the annual tracking of tree canopy cover change using satellite imagery, as used in the FREL activity with DENR-FMB.
Theory of Change Result: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts
• Assist LGUs and the DENR in formulating policies or legislation that will support implementation of approved FLUPs. • Assist LGUs with approved FLUPs in preparing detailed implementation work and financial plans for at least the initial two years (2020 and 2021) that are to form part of the LGUs’ annual investment plan. • In collaboration with LGUs and PAMO, identify potential areas in production and multiple-use zones that may be opened for private investment or funding assistance. Work with SA 2 in organizing an investment forum for potential investors and donors. • Assist the PAMO and LGUs of Mount Mantalingahan, and El Nido and Puerto Princesa LGUs set up a monitoring system to track and periodically assess major environmental outcomes of FLUP and protected area management plan implementation such as forest cover. An annual tracking of the change in tree canopy cover using satellite imagery will be introduced following the method demonstrated in the FREL activity with DENR-FMB. • With CENROs and PCSDS, facilitate the formulation of a unified enforcement plan for the Mount Mantalingahan, El Nido and Cleopatra’s Needle management plan. Provide assistance to the three protected areas as well as the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in the development and adoption of enforcement coordination protocols and an enforcement operations plan that will serve as a guide to all enforcement units and agencies operating in the protected area and forest lands. Assist the effort of the respective PAMO to develop a database that will capture enforcement actions within the protected area; and support their efforts to analyze data and apply findings to inform enforcement planning. • Support the establishment of a conservation area for sea cucumber in Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary by providing appropriate markers and signages along boundaries and communication materials that promote compliance with size regulations in the collection of sandfish. • Working with the LGU and DENR, identify specific ecotourism sites in El Nido that will require carrying capacity limits. Undertake the necessary tourism impact studies on critical habitats and species that will help set these limits. The carrying capacity study can serve as basis for the PAMB or the LGU to issue a resolution or ordinance adopting the limits.
Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulates improved policies for better protected area management
• Orient PAMB members of Mount Mantalingahan, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River and El Nido on the ENIPAS law and its implementing rules and regulations (IRR), particularly on broadened powers of LGUs. • Support PAMBs to craft policies for the delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses based on approved protected area management plans.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 43 • Assist PAMBs formulate recommendations to improve the implementation of specific national- level policies.
Theory of Change Result: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported
• Train additional LGU-based and community WEOs in southern and northern Palawan and facilitate the deputation of trained WEOs by PCSDS. • In collaboration with PENRO and PCSDS, provide mentoring and networking support to improve their practices and systems. Advocate with LGUs for adequate budget support and incentives to WEOs. • With DA-BFAR and PCSDS, conduct enforcement training for Bantay Dagat (sea patrols), with post-training coaching and mentoring for deputation and to improve enforcement practices and systems.
SA 4: Conservation Research
Theory of Change Result: Capacity of universities and local research organizations to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased
• Complete data collection, analysis and report writing for the Philippine pangolin research by Katala Foundation. • Complete the enhanced Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology curricula, syllabi and teaching materials for partner universities for submission to the respective academic councils or board of regents. • Complete the teaching materials and training of faculty for the Environmental Law and Protection course offering of partner universities. • Organize workshops with PCSDS and DENR for the analysis of selected trafficked species using the CAPTURED framework. • Provide support to the conduct of a population study on blue-naped parrots and the inventory of almaciga resources in southern Palawan to provide important inputs to policy formulation and species conservation programs. • Support presentation of relevant Protect Wildlife-supported researches, including those of graduate students, in the research symposium or similar fora in Palawan. Protect Wildlife will also support the presentation of studies done in Palawan in other regions or other countries, and their publication in scientific journals. • Continue to provide partner HEIs information on research funding opportunities related to biodiversity conservation.
44 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Theory of Change Result: Science-based information for policy-makers, program designers and enforcement agencies produced
• Present the final report and recommendations of the sandfish study to the LGU of Narra, PAMB of Rasa Island and stakeholders. Support the LGU in the development of a sandfish management plan and enactment of an ordinance regulating the collection of undersized sandfish. • Present the pangolin research results to the PCSD Environment and Natural Resources Committee. With PCSDS, organize forum and discussions with the LGUs that cover Victoria- Anepahan mountain range and with other organizations undertaking similar pangolin studies for the formulation of a pangolin conservation and communication support program for Victoria- Anepahan and for the entire Palawan. • Present the ranger and community perception study findings and recommendations to the DENR, concerned PAMBs, PCSDS and LGUs to identify actions that may be taken on the study recommendations. • With SA 3, facilitate review of the research agenda of various protected areas in Palawan. Collaborate with PCSDS in the integration of the agenda in the priorities of the PCSD-led Palawan Knowledge Platform.
SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement
Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved
• Assist PCSDS and provincial and municipal LGUs adopt policies to protect threatened species and wildlife habitats, including the following: ▪ Policies for the declaration of local conservation areas, especially identified habitats of the Philippine pangolin and flagship species; ▪ Conservation action plans for crocodile and mouse deer for LGU Balabac. ▪ Policies to address IUU fishing and to combat wildlife trafficking at the LGU level; and ▪ Ordinances on marine protected areas • In collaboration with DENR, PCSDS, PAMB, PAMO and other stakeholders, facilitate the preparation of protected area bills for Mount Mantalingahan, Rasa Island, El Nido and Malampaya Sound. • Continue providing training and mentoring to PCSDS, DENR, PNP Marine Special Operations Unit, LGUs and communities on wildlife and forestry law enforcement. • Work with DENR and PCSDS to develop or improve plans, tools, systems and capacities to identify and report wildlife crimes, including the following: ▪ Protected area-based enforcement group/task force and protocol for coordination and reporting, pursuant to the management plans of Mount Mantalingahan, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River and El Nido; and ▪ Wildlife trafficking detection and monitoring in airports, selected ports and trading points. • Support the continuing programmatic development of the BRAIN System, which is expected to the completed by September 2020.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 45 • Support consultative meetings and workshops organized by the PCSDS and the provincial government toward the operationalization of PalaWEN. • Support the enhancement of the evidence museum and forensics laboratory at the PCSDS Biodiversity Resource Center in Palawan, a repository for the specimens that have been confiscated as a result of enforcement activities, providing organized inventory and ready-access to wildlife specimens for research.
Theory of Change Result: Local enforcement improved
• Assist field units of national enforcement agencies and southern Palawan LGUs organize and analyze data on enforcement actions for use in internal assessment of enforcement performance and effects of technical assistance, and in planning enforcement operations. • Conduct self-assessment of selected enforcement units using the Protect Wildlife-developed scorecard to document improvements in enforcement capacity and identify actions to address remaining capacity gaps.
TABLE 5: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES IN PALAWAN
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved 1. Assist southern Palawan LGUs in implementing campaigns to support zoning in FLUPs 2. Assist PCSDS in developing biodiversity conservation messages for the Biodiversity Resource Center; provide equipment and materials support to the Center 3. Enhance conservation messages in signages and info materials of Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center 4. In central and northern Palawan, develop BCC campaigns to support zoning in FLUPs and protected area management plans approved in Year 4 Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation 5. Collaborate with Mount Mantalingahan PAMO to expand Kagubatan ay Kinabukasan campaign to focus on biodiversity (Samu’t- Sari) 6. Assist LGUs to plan campaigns as part of their conservation action plans for their chosen flagship species 7. Assist PCSDS to develop and implement a campaign for Palawan pangolin conservation
46 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 8. Implement post-campaign studies in selected southern Palawan barangays with KAP baseline Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation 9. Assist PCSDS implement a Wild and Alive campaign in Puerto Princesa airport, seaport and public vehicle terminals
10. Guide PCSDS in developing Wild and Alive campaign in other wildlife trafficking hotspots
11. Assist development of PES campaign for Rizal focused on its water users SA 2: Conservation Financing Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation 1. Review El Nido’s ordinance on ecotourism development fund; recommend improved collection and management arrangements 2. Assist PCSDS draft a provincial policy for PES and strategy for assisting LGUs adopting PES Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements are identified and designed with partners 3. Organize an investment forum on opportunities in production zones of Mount Mantalingahan and surrounding forest lands 4. Assess PES opportunities in Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park Theory of Change: Government and CSOs initiate and implement financing arrangements 5. Assist Narra, Taytay and San Vicente enact PES ordinances or issue resolutions 6. Facilitate Puerto Princesa Subterranean River PAMB resolution adopting PES 7. Facilitate cost-based resource valuation of ecosystem services and cost and revenue analysis for specific enterprises of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 8. Guide El Nido in ring-fencing ecotourism and developing fund management guidelines 9. Work with ECLOF to refocus microlending schemes to livelihood activities in Mount Mantalingahan and surrounding forest lands Theory of Change: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation 10. Monitor PES revenue generation and utilization 11. Facilitate implementation of Brooke’s Point PES re-investment 12. Facilitate completion, approval and implementation of Rizal work and financial plan for PES re-investment
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 47 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 13. Monitor and analyze lending operations, reflows and status of the credit fund established under ECLOF Theory of Change: Improved value chains for livelihoods and enterprises generates revenues. 14. Study commodity sources and supply; assist POs develop mechanisms for commodity consolidation and marketing 15. Assess potential expansion areas for ube production; replicate training for expansion sites 16. Assess the feasibility of cassava processing; supply cassava farmers with appropriate processing technology 17. Organize training on organizational strengthening and enterprise management for target POs, 18. Train selected farmers and LGU extension staff as trainers on conservation-based agroforestry and perennial cropping systems and agriculture; conduct training of farmers. 19. Distribute seedlings and vegetable seeds to farmer cooperators; monitor planting and maintenance performance of farmers, growth and survival of seedlings 20. Monitor implementation of marketing agreements entered into by communities with buyers 21. Assess livelihood needs and readiness for enterprise development of communities in other target protected areas in Palawan; extend possible assistance Theory of Change: Social, economic and environmental benefits for communities, revenues for LGUs and profit/goodwill for private sector generated. 22. Assess benefits from livelihood and enterprise interventions; prepare case studies 23. Continue to promote non-use of fertilizers in seaweed production in assisted sites 24. Assess level of development of assisted POs as a result of Protect Wildlife assistance 25. Document and analyze collection and use of PES revenues for protection, management and restoration of natural assets 26. Study potential ecological benefits of investments in conservation agriculture and agroforestry in Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape and forestlands SA 3: Conservation and Governance Theory of Change: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management.
48 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Facilitate completion and adoption of the FLUPs of El Nido and Puerto Princesa City 2. Facilitate completion and approval of management plan of Mount Mantalingahan and El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource 3. Facilitate completion and approval of Cleopatra’s Needle management plan 4. Complete piloting the integration of FLUP and CLUP in Bataraza and El Nido 5. Provide cave expert’s advice, species richness studies and other inputs to the management plan for Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 6. Train communities in Mount Mantalingahan and El Nido on integrated conservation and development 7. Conduct training on drone image analysis for DENR Palawan and LGUs Theory of Change: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts 8. Assist LGUs and DENR formulate policies that support FLUP implementation 9. Assist LGUs prepare work and financial plans for FLUP implementation 10. Identify potential production areas in protected areas and forestlands for investment 11. Assist the PAMO and LGUs of Mount Mantalingahan, and El Nido and Puerto Princesa LGUs set up an annual tracking of the change in tree canopy cover using satellite imagery. 12. Facilitate adoption of unified enforcement plan and protocols in Mount Mantalingahan, El Nido, Cleopatra’s Needle, and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River 13. Support the establishment of conservation area for sea cucumber in Rasa Island 14. Conduct a carrying capacity study for identified ecotourism sites in El Nido Theory of Change: PAMB formulated improved policies for better protected area management 15. Orient PAMB members of Mount Mantalingahan, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River and El Nido on ENIPAS law and IRR 16. Assist PAMBs in crafting policies for the delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses 17. Assist PAMBs formulate recommendations to improve the implementation of specific national-level policies
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 49 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S Theory of Change: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported 18. Train additional WEOs in southern and northern Palawan and facilitate deputation by PCSDS 19. Provide mentoring and networking support to improve WEO practices and systems; advocate for incentives to WEOs 20. Conduct enforcement training for Bantay Dagat SA 4: Conservation Research Theory of Change: Capacity of universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased 1. Complete data collection, analysis and report writing for the Philippine pangolin research 2. Complete enhanced BS Environmental Science and BS Marine Biology curricula, syllabi and teaching materials 3. Complete teaching materials and training of faculty for Environmental Law and Protection course 4. Organize workshops and research with PCSDS and DENR for CAPTURED 5. Support population study on blue-naped parrots and almaciga resources in southern Palawan 6. Support research presentation and publication (local and international) Theory of Change: Science-based information for policymakers, program designers and enforcement agencies 7. Present final report and recommendations of sandfish study to Narra LGU and stakeholders; provide technical support to sandfish management plan and ordinance 8. Support PCSDS presentation of pangolin research; support development of pangolin conservation program 9. Present ranger and community perception study findings and recommendations to the DENR, PAMBs, PCSDS and LGUs 10. Facilitate review of research agenda of protected areas; integrate in priorities of Palawan Knowledge Platform SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement Theory of Change: National and local law enforcement capacity improved 1. Assist PCSDS and LGUs to adopt policies to protect threatened species and wildlife habitats 2. Facilitate preparation of protected area bills for Mount Mantalingahan, Rasa Island, El Nido and Malampaya Sound
50 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 3. Provide training and mentoring to PCSDS, DENR, partner enforcement agencies and communities on wildlife and forestry law enforcement 4. Work with DENR and PCSDS to develop or improve plans, tools, systems and capacities to identify and report wildlife crimes 5. Support the continuing programmatic development of the BRAIN System 6. Support consultative meetings and workshops for the operationalization of PalaWEN 7. Support establishment of evidence museum, forensics laboratory and Biodiversity Resource Center for PCSDS Theory of Change: Local enforcement improved 8. Assist field enforcement agencies and southern Palawan LGUs organize and analyze data on enforcement actions 9. Facilitate self-assessment of enforcement units using a scorecard to establish improvement in enforcement capacity and remaining capacity gaps
YEAR 4 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN ZAMBOANGA-SULU ARCHIPELAGO
Protect Wildlife’s activities in Zamboanga City focuses on various levels of resource management planning: forest land use planning for Zamboanga City, protected area management planning for Pasonanca Natural Park and Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape, watershed management planning for Ayala and Manicahan watersheds, and mangrove management planning for the coastal barangays of Mampang and Talon-talon. Toward the end of Year 3, Protect Wildlife supported the biophysical, fisheries and social assessment of Eleven Islands to provide the basis for the identification and planning of marine protected areas for this emerging ecotourism site in the city. The most significant achievement in Year 3 from these planning activities was the completion and approval of the two protected area management plans, which paved the way for the allocation of budgets and other resources in support of plan implementation.
The planning activities in Zamboanga City revolve around the following four interconnected goals: • biodiversity conservation centered on the two protected areas, which are habitats of important wildlife species, including the Philippine eagle; • forest protection for water security, as Pasonanca Natural Park remains the major source of domestic water supply for the urban center, while Ayala and Manicahan watersheds serve as alternative water sources for the city’s residential and industrial zones;
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 51 • tenure security for communities within the Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and important mangrove areas in Mampang and Talon-talon; and • ecotourism development, with the two protected areas and the Eleven Islands as major tourist destinations and potential sources of tourism revenues.
These planning efforts, supported by enforcement, BCC, PES and research, contribute to the effective management of 95,214 hectares of the city’s protected areas, forest lands and mangrove areas. A large segment of the city’s population derive benefits from the ecosystem goods and services that these areas provide.
Parallel to the above activities in Zamboanga City are similar management planning efforts for the Bud Bongao Forest Park in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi and the forest lands of Isabela City in Basilan. Protect Wildlife’s partnership with the CENRO in Zamboanga City enabled the team to expand the reach of its technical assistance to Isabela City, where there is urgent need to address the rapid conversion of forests and forest land into rubber and coconut plantations.
In Year 4, the activity will work for the implementation of the approved protected area management plans and the completion and legitimization of the other management plans for Zamboanga City, particularly its FLUP, which the city intends to integrate into its CLUP. With DENR Region 9 and the city LGU, Protect Wildlife will pursue the process of tenure issuance in Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and mangrove areas in Mampang and Talon-talon to incentivize community-based management and protection of public lands. The activity will likewise accelerate zoning and management planning activities for the forest lands of Isabela City for forest lands and the Malum watershed of Panglima Sugala, Tawi- Tawi, a known habitat of the Sulu hornbill.
There will be significant work with partner universities and other research organizations in Year 4. The activity will pursue the completion of four research studies: seaweeds propagation, coastal and marine resources assessment, Philippine eagle tagging and habitat protection, and Sulu hornbill and habitat studies. Protect Wildlife will support discussions and fora where research results can be disseminated. It will also facilitate the translation of research results into policies and programs that stakeholders and partners can implement beyond the life of the activity. Year 4 will also see the adoption by partner universities of environmental science and marine biology curricula and an environmental law and protection course that have biodiversity-enhanced lessons and teaching materials.
A critical task for Protect Wildlife would be the strengthening of enforcement arrangements in Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi, both of which are illegal wildlife trading transshipment points. Further training and mentoring will be provided to the Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Task Forces (AWTTF) of Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi, the Composite Fisheries Law Enforcement Team (CFLET) of Zamboanga City, and the Turtle Islands Enforcement and Security Task Force to strengthen coordination and sharing of information among enforcement agencies and adherence to protocols and operations plans. In Zamboanga City, the establishment of operations centers for the Zamboanga City AWTTF and for the CFLET hosted by the city government will be supported. These operation centers will serve as nerve centers for law enforcement coordination and reporting. At the site level, enforcement will be exercised by trained and duly deputized LGU staff and community members.
52 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 FIGURE 3: PRIORITY SITES IN ZAMBOANGA CITY-SULU ARCHIPELAGO
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 53 Within the remaining life of the activity, Protect Wildlife will work for the institutionalization of innovations and knowledge products in DENR Region 9, Zamboanga City LGU, Tawi-Tawi province and other partner organizations. Our legacies will include the following: • Approved protected area management plans and the forest land use plan for Zamboanga City endorsed by the City Development Council to the city legislative council for approval. Both the protected area plans and FLUP will have budget allocation for implementation activities from 2020 to 2021. A select team from the Zamboanga City LGU, DENR Region 9, PENROs, CENROs and interested universities will be trained as trainers on protected area planning and FLUP processes using a training guide developed by Protect Wildlife. • Adopted watershed and mangrove management plans for Zamboanga City with a refined co- management agreement between the city LGU and the DENR that spells out the arrangements for tenure issuance. • Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan for Zamboanga City. • Completed Isabela City FLUP, Malum watershed plan (Panglima Sugala), and management plan for Bud Bongao, all endorsed to their respective LGU legislative councils. The plans will have detailed implementation plans. • Wildlife enforcement network in Zamboanga City covering the enforcement continuum composed of on-site enforcement units (e.g., Bantay Dagat and Bantay Gubat) and off-site inter- agency enforcement groups (CFLET, ZCAWTTF) and trained DOJ prosecutors assigned in green courts in Zamboanga City. • Wild and Alive campaign in the airport, seaport, transport terminals and markets in Zamboanga City. • PAMB-approved Philippine eagle conservation program for Pasonanca Natural Park, with technical support from Philippine Eagle Foundation, and a conservation action plan for the Sulu hornbill as the flagship species of Panglima Sugala that is endorsed for adoption by the Panglima Sugala legislative council. • Enhanced curriculum and teaching materials formally adopted by partner universities. The research experience of Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology in Eleven Islands will further enrich teaching materials for coastal resource assessment. • Improved laboratory and research facilities, and protocols for the laboratory production of seaweed cultivars. Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography’s seaweed cultivars collection will serve as seed stock for the seaweed center for BARRM.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
SA 1: Behavior Change Communication
Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved
• Complete the baseline analysis of the Santa Cruz Islands KAP survey. Towards the end of the life of the activity, an endline survey will be undertaken to determine changes in attitudes and behaviors of visitors to Santa Cruz Island as a result of the BCC campaign.
54 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Design and complete a qualitative KAP survey for Pasonanca Natural Park to inform a campaign on conservation of local species.
Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation • Expand the Santa Cruz Islands campaign to focus more heavily on the conservation practices desired from the tourists. The campaign is to include materials development for School on the Run, which will sustain some BCC campaigning in schools during low season.
Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation
• With SA 5, collaborate with PENRO Zamboanga Sibugay and the City LGU to start a Wild and Alive campaign in Zamboanga City port and airport.
SA 2: Conservation Financing
Theory of Change Result: Available financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation
• Work with the city LGU on ring-fencing ecotourism activities in Santa Cruz Islands. Protect Wildlife will guide the city LGU in drafting its financial management guidelines and mechanism for reinvesting revenues to conservation activities in the islands. • Facilitate agreement on reporting procedures for the contribution of Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) to the protection of Pasonanca Natural Park. The arrangements for the periodic reporting of the Integrated Protected Area Fund (IPAF) and PES revenues to the respective management bodies will be established.
Theory of Change Result: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation
• Monitor and analyze the IPAF and PES revenue generation and utilization in the protected areas and Bud Bongao Forest Park, including the budget contribution of ZCWD to the protection of Pasonanca Natural Park.
Theory of Change Result: Partners initiate and implement financing arrangements
• Assist Mampang Seaweed Planters Association develop a funding proposal for its seaweed buying and selling operations that can be submitted to FSSI and other microfinancing facilities. • Provide the association with organizational development and financial management inputs, as well as technical assistance and technology support to improve its seaweeds production.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 55 SA 3: Conservation and Governance
Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, protected area management boards and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management
• Complete the Zamboanga City FLUP and present to the City Development Council and Sangguniang Panglunsod (city legislative council) for approval prior to integration into the city’s CLUP. • Finalize the management plans for Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and the framework plan for mangrove areas in Mampang and Talon-talon and submit for the approval of the city LGU and the DENR. • Finalize the management plan for Bud Bongao Forest Park and submit to the Bongao Sangguniang Bayan (municipal legislative council) for approval and budget allocation. • Continue the remaining modules for the preparation of the Isabela City FLUP and provide support to the completion of the plan and its submission to the Sangguniang Panglunsod for approval and budget allocation. • Conduct participatory field validation of land uses in Malum watershed and organize the necessary planning workshops, with the participation of the Sulu hornbill research team, to complete the watershed management plan. The watershed management plan will be presented to the Sangguniang Bayan of Panglima Sugala for approval and budget allocation. • Provide integrated conservation and development trainings for communities in Ayala and Manicahan watersheds, Mampang and Talon-talon coastal barangays, and Panglima Sugala. • Support orientation and training of staff of DENR Region 9, concerned PENRO and CENROs, PAMOs, and LGUs on the process of formulating a BSAP for Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Sibugay province. • Conduct training on drone image analysis for staff of DENR Region 9, PENROs and CENROs and LGUs. The drone image analysis will be useful for these applications: monitoring of the growth stages of NGP plantations, and land use and land cover changes, and enforcement planning and operations.
Theory of Change: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts
• Identify priority implementation activities in the two protected areas which Protect Wildlife and the city LGU and the DENR can jointly carry out. These may include piloting an approach to delineate protection and production area, installation of marker buoys in Santa Cruz Islands, dissemination of information on the zoning of the protected areas, action research by partner universities, and based on the approved financing plan, development of investment briefs or proposals for presentation to potential investors or donors. • Support the FLUP TWG in formulating an implementation plan and budget for the first two years of FLUP implementation and in joint work with the City Planning and Development Office for the integration of the FLUP into the city’s CLUP. • Facilitate discussions between DENR Region 9 and the Zamboanga City LGU on the refinement of their co-management agreement and on strategies and timeframe for tenure issuance. Assist
56 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 the Zamboanga City LGU in activating watershed management councils for Ayala and Manicahan watersheds. • Assist the Bud Bongao Management Council in preparing a two-year implementation plan for priority actions in the management plan, with corresponding budget. Continue to support the design and set up of conservation-oriented park signages and communication materials for Bud Bongao. • Assist CENRO Zamboanga City and Isabela City technical working group in preparing a two- year implementation plan and budget for the Isabela City FLUP. • Assist the LGU of Panglima Sugala prepare a two-year implementation plan with budget for the Malum watershed. Using the results of the research on the Sulu hornbill and its habitat, a conservation program for the Sulu hornbill will be crafted to support the adoption of the Sulu hornbill as the municipality’s flagship species. • Assist Zamboanga City LGU and Pasonanca PAMOs put in place a monitoring system to track and periodically assess the environmental outcomes of FLUP and protected area management plan implementation. One method that may adopted is the annual tracking of tree canopy cover change using satellite imagery, as demonstrated in the FREL activity with DENR-FMB. Theory of Change: PAMB formulates improved policies for better protected area management
• Raise awareness of the Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands PAMBs on the ENIPAS Act and increase their understanding of its implementing rules and regulations. • Assist PAMBs of the two protected areas to craft policies for delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses within the protected areas in accordance with the approved zoning and management prescriptions. • Undertake a carrying capacity study for ecotourism areas in Santa Cruz Islands and submit recommendations to the PAMB for issuance of support policies. • Present results of the Philippine eagle study to the Pasonanca Natural Park PAMB for the adoption of an eagle conservation plan for the park. • Support the Mindanao PAMB Network Summit that will be held in Zamboanga City.
SA 4: Conservation Research
Theory of Change: Capacity of partner colleges and universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased
• Support team mobilization and implementation activities to complete researches approved for implementation in Year 4. Among those proposed are: ▪ Philippine eagle study in Pasonanca Natural Park by the Philippine Eagle Foundation ▪ Sulu hornbill study in Panglima Sugala by the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. ▪ Proposed research on mangroves, and habitat and spawning aggregation areas of the Napoleon wrasse in Tawi-Tawi ▪ Action research activities in Zamboanga City that support of implementation of protected and conservation area management plans.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 57 • Support partner colleges and universities and research organizations in completing these ongoing researches: ▪ Coastal Resource Assessment in Eleven Islands by the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology. ▪ Enhancing Seaweed Production and Quality in Tawi-Tawi Using Laboratory-Generated Cultivars by Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography. • Support the presentation of these studies in local and international fora and their publication in scientific journals. The printing of posters and information materials on the Sulu hornbill will be supported. • Continue mentoring activities for the completion and adoption of improved marine biology and environmental science curricula, syllabi and teaching materials. • Continue mentoring activities for the completion of teaching materials and training of faculty for the Environmental Law and Protection Course.
Theory of Change Result: Science-based information for policy-makers, program designers and enforcement agencies produced
• Present the Eleven Islands Coastal Resource Assessment to the City Tourism Office and the Office of the City Agriculturist to inform their tourism development and coastal resource management plans for the islands. The establishment of marine protected areas will form part of the coastal resource management plan. • Present results of seaweeds cultivar production activity with BFAR-BARMM for the adoption of the protocols developed through the research and the maintenance of the seaweed cultivar collection after the close of the activity. Discussions also need to be initiated with LGU Panglima Sugala for policy and funding support for the outplanting phase of the research. • With the Philippine Eagle Foundation, organize the presentation of the eagle study results to the PAMB of the Pasonanca Natural Park, DENR Region 9 and PENROs and CENROs in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Zamboanga City LGU, ZCWD, academe and other interested organizations for the development and support to a Philippine eagle conservation program. • With the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc.., organize the presentation of the Sulu hornbill study to LGU Panglima Sugala and other LGUs in Tawi-Tawi, MENRE-BARMM, academe and other interested organizations for the development and support to a conservation action plan for the Sulu hornbill.
SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement
Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved
• Establish a wildlife enforcement network in Zamboanga City covering the enforcement continuum composed of on-site enforcement units (e.g., Bantay Dagat and Bantay Gubat) and off-site inter-agency enforcement groups (CFLET and ZCAWTTF) and trained DOJ prosecutors assigned in green courts in Zamboanga City. Capacity building for CFLET, ZCAWTTF and enforcement teams in Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands will be continued to strengthen compliance with enforcement roles and agreed protocols.
58 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Support the establishment of an enforcement operation center for ZCAWTTF at the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) and for the CFLET at the Office of the City Agriculturist (OCA). Both offices will be assisted in developing and setting up an Excel- based enforcement database that will allow for periodic analysis of enforcement data for use in enforcement operations planning, reporting, and information sharing as set out in their enforcement protocols. • Hold a refresher session for staff of the OCA on the use of VIIRS data for enforcement. • Continue capacity building for the Tawi-Tawi Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Task Force, Turtle Islands Enforcement and Security Task Force, and LGU enforcement teams to improve coordination, reporting and operations planning. A Bantay Dagat training will be held for Bongao, Languyan, Sitangkai, Sibutu and Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi. LGU and community participants will be deputized by their respective local chief executives.
Theory of Change Result: Local enforcement improved
• Assist PAMOs, OCENR and OCA in analyzing data on enforcement actions for use in internal assessment of enforcement performance, and in planning enforcement operations. • Conduct self-assessment of selected enforcement units using the Protect Wildlife-developed scorecard to document improvements in the enforcement capacity and identify actions to address remaining capacity gaps.
TABLE 6: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES IN ZAMBOANGA CITY-SULU ARCHIPELAGO
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved 1. Complete baseline KAP analysis of Santa Cruz Islands; implement end-line survey 2. Design and complete a qualitative KAP survey for Pasonanca Natural Park Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation 3. Expand the Santa Cruz Islands campaign to focus on conservation practices desired from tourists Theory of Change Result: Improved institutional and private sector attitudes toward conservation 4. Collaborate with PENRO Zamboanga Sibugay to start a Wild and Alive campaign in Zamboanga City port and airport SA 2: Conservation Financing Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation 1. Guide the city LGU in ring-fencing ecotourism activities in Santa Cruz Islands 2. Facilitate agreement on reporting procedures for the contribution of ZCWD to the protection of Pasonanca Natural Park Theory of Change Result: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 59 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 3. Monitor and analyze IPAF and PES revenue generation and utilization in protected areas and Bud Bongao Theory of Change Result: Partners initiate and implement financing arrangements 4. Assist Mampang Seaweed Planters Association develop a funding proposal for its seaweed buying and selling operations 5. Provide the association organizational development and financial management training and technology support for seaweed production SA 3: Conservation and Governance Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, protected area management boards and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management 1. Complete the Zamboanga City FLUP and present for approval prior to integration into the city’s CLUP 2. Finalize and submit for approval the management plans for Ayala and Manicahan watersheds and framework plan for mangrove areas in Mampang and Talon-talon 3. Finalize the management plan for Bud Bongao Forest Park and submit for approval and budget allocation. 4. Complete the Isabela City FLUP and submit for approval and budget allocation. 5. Complete validation of land uses and drafting of Malum watershed management plan 6. Provide integrated conservation and development trainings for communities in Ayala and Manicahan watersheds, Mampang and Talon-talon barangays, and Panglima Sugala 7. Provide orientation and guidance on preparing the BSAP for Zamboanga City and Zamboanga Sibugay 8. Conduct training on drone image analysis for DENR Region 9 and LGUs Theory of Change: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts 9. Identify and implement priority implementation activities in the two protected areas (e.g., installation of buoys in Santa Cruz Islands, signages) 10. Guide FLUP TWG prepare work plan and budget for FLUP implementation 11. Facilitate discussions between DENR Region 9 and Zamboanga City LGU on the co-management agreement, activation of watershed management councils and strategies for tenure issuance 12. Assist Bud Bongao Management Council in preparing an implementation plan; support set up of conservation-oriented park signages
60 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 13. Assist Isabela City TWG in preparing an implementation plan and budget for its FLUP 14. Assist Panglima Sugala LGU in preparing an implementation plan with budgets for Malum watershed, and a conservation program for the Sulu hornbill 15. Assist City LGU and Pasonanca PAMO set up a tracking and monitoring system for tree canopy cover change using satellite imagery Theory of Change: PAMB formulates improved policies for better protected area management 16. Orient the PAMBs of Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands on the ENIPAS and IRR 17. Assist PAMBs craft policies for delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses 18. Undertake carrying capacity study for ecotourism areas in Santa Cruz Islands; submit recommendations for PAMB action 19. Support the Mindanao PAMB Network Summit that will be held in Zamboanga City SA 4: Conservation Research Theory of Change: Capacity of partner colleges and universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased 1. Mobilize teams and implement new researches approved for Year 4 a. Philippine eagle study b. Sulu hornbill c. Others 2. Support completion of ongoing researches a. Seaweed Production and Quality in Tawi-Tawi Using Laboratory-Generated Cultivars b. Coastal Resource Assessment in Eleven Islands 3. Support research presentation and publication (local and international) ; print Sulu hornbill info materials 4. Continue short-term technical support to complete improved Marine Biology and Environmental Science curricula, syllabi and teaching materials 5. Continue short-term technical support to complete teaching materials and training of faculty for the Environmental Law and Protection Course Theory of Change: Science-based information for policy-makers, program designers and enforcement agencies produced
6. Present Eleven Islands assessment results to inform tourism development and coastal resource management plans and MPA establishment
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 61 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 7. Present seaweed results to BFAR-BARRM for adoption of protocols and support to maintenance of cultivar collection in BARMM seaweed center 8. Present seaweed results to Panglima Sugala LGU for funding support for outplanting in seaweed farms (phase 2 of study) 9. Present eagle study to Pasonanca PAMB and other stakeholders for development and adoption of a Philippine eagle conservation program 10. Present Sulu hornbill study to LGU and MENRE- BASRMM for the development and adoption of a conservation action plan for the flagship species. SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved 1. Continue strengthening the wildlife enforcement network in Zamboanga City composed of on-site enforcement units, inter-agency groups and DOJ 2. Support set up of ZCAWTTF enforcement operation center at the OCENR and CFLET operations center at OCA. 3. Hold a refresher course on VIIRS for OCA staff 4. Continue capacity building for enforcement in Tawi-Tawi, and conduct Bantay Dagat training for Bongao, Languyan, Sitangkai, Sibutu and Turtle Islands Theory of Change Result: Local enforcement improved 5. Assist PAMOs, OCENR and OCA in the analysis of enforcement data and use in enforcement operations planning and performance assessment 6. Facilitate self-assessment of enforcement units using a scorecard to establish improvement in enforcement capacity and capacity gaps
YEAR 4 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN GENSAN-SOUTH COTABATO-SARANGANI
In Year 3, the activities of Protect Wildlife in Region 12 focused on two protected areas that are now included, through the ENIPAS law, in the national protected area system: Mount Matutum Protected Landscape and Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape. These protected areas are not only the habitats of rare and endemic species; they are vital to the economic development of the region. Mount Matutum supplies 25 percent of the water needs of the region, and within it and around it are plantations of high- value agricultural crops, agri-industries and other enterprises that depend on the ecosystem services it provides. Sarangani Bay is known for its rich marine resources, fishing and aquaculture, and various tourism sites. Both are facing major challenges as General Santos City and the provinces of South
62 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Cotabato and Sarangani are fast transforming into industrial and agricultural growth centers in the region. Sarangani Bay serves as entry and exit points for the trafficking of wildlife species from Indonesia and Philippines by way of existing ports.
Protect Wildlife is working with DENR Region 12, PAMBs and the concerned provincial and municipal LGUs to address land and resource use planning needs in the protected area as well as in surrounding forest lands. Participatory activities toward the finalization of the zoning regimes for both protected areas have been completed. For Mount Matutum, priority strategies that are applicable in strict protection zones and multiple use zones have been identified as basis for drafting the protected area management plan. Protect Wildlife’s protected area management planning process has been replicated in forest land use planning with four LGUs to pave the way for the conservation of biodiversity outside of the protected area and for more productive uses of production forest lands.
Other activities initiated in the region in Year 3 include the training of wildlife and environmental law enforcement officials, conduct of BCC training and launch of campaigns linked to species and habitat conservation, research on traditional medicines derived from native plants in Mount Matutum, engagement of water utilities and business enterprises for conservation financing through PES mechanisms, and partnerships with private organizations and foundations to support biodiversity-friendly enterprises of communities within the production zones of target protected and conservation areas and forestlands. The PES experience of Protect Wildlife in Palawan and Zamboanga City enabled the team to scale up the process in Region 12 where PES opportunities abound.
Year 4 will see the completion, adoption and initial implementation of the zoning scheme and management plan for the target protected areas. The Mount Matutum Protected Landscape management plan will be supported by the FLUPs of the four LGUs that cover the protected area. The initial BCC campaign that was launched in Year 3 in the area will be expanded and aligned with anti-poaching and species protection policies adopted by the LGUs. An enforcement group will be organized, with the participation of trained and deputized WEOs from LGUs and communities. It is expected that at least 40 PES schemes would be in place in Year 4 and will generate commitments from water utilities and business enterprises which are benefiting from the ecosystem services of Mount Matutum to contribute to its protection and restoration.
Similar planning and implementation activities will be carried out in Sarangani Bay. Protect Wildlife’s assistance in Year 4 however will give special focus to addressing the illegal wildlife trade occurring in the area and the proper handling and rescue of marine turtles and marine mammals which has been an increasing concern in the protected seascape. Protect Wildlife will initiate a series of training for various stakeholders on handling of marine turtle nests, eggs and hatchlings and on marine turtle and other marine mammal strandings. The activity will pursue the establishment of wildlife rescue network in Sarangani Bay guided by localized protocols and with the involvement of local communities and the private sector.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 63 FIGURE 4: PRIORITY SITES IN GENSAN-SOUTH COTABATO-SARANGANI
64 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Across the target conservation areas in the region, Protect Wildlife will identify people’s organizations with existing ENR-linked livelihoods and enterprise that require organizational development, technical and funding assistance. At least five of these organizations will be assisted in Year 4 in preparing funding proposals, and value chain and market studies, and in assessing technology options for their chosen enterprise.
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will continue its support to the initiative of DENR Region 12 and South Cotabato province to extend FLUP assistance to six other LGUs, including T’boli which is primarily an ancestral domain. The activity is also committed to assist DENR Region 12 and Sarangani province in establishing a local conservation area within the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area. All these efforts will place about 448,780 hectares of biologically significant areas under improved management.
The specific legacies of Protect Wildlife in Region 12 will include the following: • Management plans of three protected areas approved by their respective PAMBs and the management plan for the Mount Busa local conservation area and FLUPs of five LGUs endorsed to local legislative councils for approval and budget support. A select team from the DENR Region 9, the provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato and General Santos City will be trained as trainers on protected area management planning and FLUP processes using the activity’s training guide. • Approved Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan for South Cotabato. • Documentation of BCC campaigns reach and impact, particularly in Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, with an endline assessment of changes in attitudes and behavior resulting from campaigns related to the practice of prescribed marine turtle protocols. This will form part of the BCC case studies that the activity will produce. • PES policies issued by PAMBs and South Cotabato province with PES models for water, ecotourism and agri-enterprises. A team from DENR Region 12, PAMOs and South Cotabato province will be trained on the PES training guide developed by the activity. • Resolutions for flagship species approved for each protected area and LGU ordinances on flagship species endorsed to legislative councils, with corresponding conservation action plans. • Local protocols for the handling of marine turtle nests, eggs and hatchlings and marine turtle and marine mammal strandings, and a wildlife rescue network for Sarangani Bay • Region 12 wildlife enforcement networks covering the enforcement continuum composed of trained on-site enforcement units and off-site enforcement teams, and trained DOJ prosecutors assigned in green courts. • Enhanced teaching materials for selected courses in Marine Biology formally adopted by Mindanao State University-General Santos. • A functional herbarium for medicinal plants established at Mindanao State University-General Santos and printed compendium of medicinal plants. • At least five social enterprises managed by people’s organizations with funding and technical support leveraged from various public and private sources.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 65 KEY ACTIVITIES AND TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
SA 1: Behavior Change Communication
Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved
• Design and implement KAP surveys in limited campaign areas. The KAP will be contextual and appropriate to the identified threats, barrier removal strategy, desired behavior change, and target audiences in landscapes.
Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation
• Guide the development of three major campaigns led by C4C trainees in South Cotabato: environmental education for youth in schools in collaboration with Department of Education Region 12, anti-poaching and species protection in Polomolok, and ecotourism in Tupi. For Sarangani Bay, the C4C trainees will be implementing site-specific campaigns focused on proper handling of marine turtles and eggs, and anti-poaching and rescue of marine megafauna. These tactical campaigns will complement the PAMO campaign that was initiated in May 2019 to educate people about the status of Sarangani Bay as a protected area. • Support two student-led conservation campaigns targeting schools and communities in Alabel and General Santos City. • Undertake post-campaign research to look at how attitudes have changed and how audiences may have demonstrated intent to change their behaviors or have demonstrated the desired behavior promoted by the campaign. Priority site for the post-campaign would be the Sarangani Bay, in relation to the adoption of local protocols for the handling of marine turtles, eggs and hatchlings and the rescue of marine mammals.
SA 2: Conservation Financing
Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation
• Document and assess current public and private funding sources and financing arrangements for enforcement, regulation and development activities and overall management of Mount Matutum and Sarangani Bay. This will be inputs to the financing strategy for the management plans of the two protected areas.
Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners
• Conduct an assessment of PES opportunities from among users of environmental services from Sarangani Bay. Results of the assessment activities will inform the strategy for Protect Wildlife’s PES technical assistance in the region, where there is a big number of ecosystems-linked enterprises, including those considered polluters of Sarangani Bay. Protect Wildlife will also secure formal commitment of LGUs and PAMBs to pursue PES.
66 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Continue to explore public-private partnerships in Region 12 and hold discussions with region- based private organizations which may be interested to commit funds for conservation, livelihood, capacity building to organizations in and near protected areas and forestlands. Commitments will be formalized by signed agreements.
Theory of Change Result: Government and CSOs implement financing arrangements
• Assist PAMBs review and refine or develop guidelines for the generation, collection and utilization of revenues for their IPAF. • Assist LGUs to craft and enact ordinances or issue resolutions that formally adopt PES. In relation to this, the LGUs will be assisted in ring-fencing PES revenue-generating operations and in formulating PES fund management guidelines. The Provincial Government of South Cotabato has expressed interest to promote through an ordinance the adoption of PES province-wide. • Implement PES training for targeted ecosystems-linked enterprises such as water utilities, agri- industries, industrial plantations, resorts and eco-tourism establishments. The team will provide coaching and mentoring to participating enterprises particularly in the modules on cost and revenue analysis and cost-based resource valuation, rate negotiation and contract signing.
Theory of Change Result: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation
• Monitor and analyze PES revenue generation and utilization from various types of ecosystem- linked enterprises.
Theory of Change Result: Improved value chains for livelihoods and enterprises generates revenues
• Map existing enterprises across Mount Matutum, Sarangani Bay, Allah Valley and Mount Busa to identify existing ecosystem-linked livelihood and enterprise ventures located in both protection and production areas. The mapping exercise will identify input/raw material sources, production areas, markets, transport networks and community-based organizations with social enterprises. • Study the feasibility of developing smallholder perennial crops and tree farms in multiple use zones in protected areas and production areas of forest lands (consistent with land use plans) to meet future local demand for food, fiber, non-timber forest products, timber and fuelwood. Identify specific value chain improvements that may be introduced for selected commodities. • Provide technical assistance to community organizations in the development of livelihood proposals and preparation of other requirements of funding partners such as FSSI or of sources of technical assistance such as DA and Department of Trade and Industry. Facilitate the submission of the proposals. Assist community organizations with approved funding and technical assistance in start-up and implementation of their community enterprise. • Provide organizational development inputs, as needed. Monitor implementation progress, and utilization of committed funds.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 67 Theory of Change Result: Social, economic and environmental benefits from communities, revenue for LGUs and profit/goodwill for private sector generated
• Monitor the number of farmer-households benefited by the supported enterprises and document benefit flows. Develop case stories for successful individual or household beneficiaries. • Assess improvement in the level of management and financial capability of assisted people’s organizations as a result of Protect Wildlife assistance. Develop case stories for associations. The assessment should also identify further capability building needs that may be provided by other resources institutions after the close of the activity.
SA 3: Conservation and Governance
Theory of Change Result: Willing LGUs and other stakeholders in the conservation areas identified
• In collaboration with DENR Region 12 and Sarangani Province, conduct consultations and orientation for Sarangani LGUs, CADT holders, and NCIP for the proposed Local Conservation Area (about 45,860 hectares) within the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area. Facilitate the declaration of the local conservation area by the DENR Region 12 and Sarangani Province.
Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management
• Finalize the zoning and sub-zoning of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape and the allowed and disallowed land and resource uses in each zone and sub-zone. Implement the remaining training modules to complete the management plan. Approval of the plan by the PAMB is expected before the end of 2019, so plan implementation can commence at the start of 2020. • Complete the zoning and sub-zoning of Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape through workshops among members of the Sarangani Bay PAMB, selected members of the 66 coastal barangays, and staff of LGUs and DENR Region 12. Once approved by the PAMB, the recommended zones and the corresponding allowed and disallowed water and resource uses will be used as basis for the preparation of the management plan. The plan is expected to be approved by the PAMB at the end of 2019; implementation will start in 2020. • Assist the Allah Valley Protected Landscape TWG in completing the management plan for the protected area following the activity-designed planning process. It is expected that the management plan will be approved by the PAMB within 2020. • With partners and stakeholders, conduct field validation and mapping, and gather the needed socio-cultural and economic data to characterize the Mount Busa Local Conservation Area. The protected area management planning process will be adopted to guide the Mount Busa TWG in validating and projecting land uses, establishing protection and production zones, defining allowed and prohibited uses for these zones and in formulating the strategies and financing plan for the management of the local conservation area.
68 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Continue the conduct of FLUP training for the four LGUs in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape Activities will cover the entire planning process, starting from data collection and analysis, mapping and validation of land uses, projection of protection and production areas, and consensus building among stakeholders land and resource uses in forestlands and ancestral domains. Completed FLUPs will be presented to the Municipal Development Council and endorsed for approval to the Sangguniang Bayan of each LGU. • Continue the mentoring of the DENR Region 12 PEMO TWG to enable it to continue its assistance to six other South Cotabato LGUs on FLUP. • Conduct training on drone image analysis for staff of DENR Region 12, PENROs and CENROs and LGUs. Drone image analysis will be used for the monitoring of the growth stages of NGP plantations, and changes in land use and land cover, and in enforcement planning and operations.
Theory of Change: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts
• Identify priority implementation activities in the two protected areas which the PAMOs and Protect Wildlife can jointly support. These may include piloting an approach to delineate the protection and production area, dissemination of information on the zoning of the protected areas, campaign to reduce plastic waste in Sarangani Bay, mangrove rehabilitation, development of investment briefs or proposals for presentation to potential investors or donors, and watershed rehabilitation using PES revenues. • Upon completion of the FLUPs of the four LGUs in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, assist the FLUP TWGs formulate implementation work plans and budget for 2020 and 2021. • Design and implement a capacity building activity on marine turtle conservation and hatchery establishment and management for Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, which is a major nesting area for green and olive ridley turtles. The objective is to enhance local capacities to manage critical habitats and hatcheries and respond to marine turtle stranding according to national standards and protocols set by the DENR. • Assist the Mount Matutum PAMO put in place a monitoring system to track and periodically assess the changes in tree canopy cover within the protected landscape. This may be tracked annually using satellite imagery.
Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulated improved policies for better protected area management
• Assist DENR Region 12 in orienting the PAMBs on the ENIPAS law and its implementing rules and regulations. • Support the PAMBs in crafting policies for the delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape and water uses in Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape. • Support the Sarangani Bay PAMB and LGUs in the adoption of CWT and IUU fishing policies. The assistance may include the crafting a unified policy on fisheries and coastal resource management for Sarangani Bay. • Follow up with PAMBs and DENR Region 12 on the drafting of policies identified in the previous PAMB Summit.
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Theory of Change Result: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported
• Conduct training on law enforcement for local government personnel, barangay captains and communities and facilitate the deputation of trainees as WEOs.
SA 4: Conservation Research
Theory of Change Result: Universities have increased capacity to align their RDE with stakeholders’ priorities and needs
• Facilitate a presentation to partner universities on the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape and Mount Matutum Protected Landscape zoning schemes, as well as the research and advocacy needs identified in their respective management plans. Engage university faculty to explore interest in adopting protected area research needs in the universities’ research agenda. Explore opportunities to align the universities’ extension services and student activities with biodiversity conservation management programs in the protected area management plans.
Theory of Change Result: Capacity of universities to leverage funds and do research and curriculum development and disseminate research results increased
• Continue to provide coordination and logistical support to the conduct of the medicinal plant inventory and validation by Mindanao State University-General Santos in Mount Matutum and the graduate student research that started in Year 3 (Floristics and Dynamics of Pteridophytes in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, Southern Mindanao). The site team will monitor the progress of field activities and provide periodic feedback of activities and initial findings to the PAMO and LGUs. • Provide coordination and logistical support to new research studies that are planned for Year 4: student research on the marine ecosystem of Burias, Glan, Sarangani and the tarsier study in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape by the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology, in partnership with a local university. • Support the presentation of research studies in local and international fora and their publication in a scientific journal. Protect Wildlife will support the printing of the compendium of medicinal plants. • Provide technical assistance to the Mindanao State University-General Santos in further improving its outcomes-based education curriculum for Marine Biology through the enhancement of its teaching materials. Workshops for the development and classroom-testing of new and improved teaching materials will be attended by faculty members of allied courses to expand the impact of the activity’s technical assistance.
70 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 Theory of Change Result: Science-based information for policy-makers, program designers and enforcement agencies produced
• Present the ranger and community perception study findings and recommendations to DENR Region 12, PAMB and LGUs to identify policy actions • Organize the presentation of the student research, the medicinal plant inventory results and the tarsier study findings to the Mount Matutum PAMBs and community leaders, and facilitate the use of research results in improving the management of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape. The tarsier study will be the basis for reviewing the boundaries of the existing tarsier sanctuary within the protected landscape and for developing the management plan for the area. .
SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement
Theory of Change Result: Needs understood
• Summarize and utilize results of landscape-specific violations assessments in Region 12 in partnership with PAMOs, PAMBs, enforcement law agencies, CSOs and LGUs as basis to develop site-specific capacity building for improved enforcement of biodiversity-related laws.
Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved
• Organize enforcement groups under the PAMO for each of the protected areas, with operating networks in each municipality. Develop enforcement protocols for the enforcement groups and facilitate enforcement operations planning using the DENR’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Manual of Operations. • Develop and install a simple enforcement information system for Mount Matutum and Sarangani Bay to be managed by their respective PAMOs. Protect Wildlife will provide training for PAMO staff on database development and guide them in generating enforcement reports that will be useful for reporting and enforcement operations planning. • Assist partner LGUs in crafting ordinances for the adoption of flagship species and preparing conservation action plans for the chosen flagship species. The flagship species and action plans of LGUs must be consistent with the flagship species adopted for the protected areas and the conservation programs set out in protected area management plans.
Theory of Change Result: Local enforcement improved
• Assist the PAMOs of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape and the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape in analyzing data on enforcement actions for use in internal assessment of enforcement performance, and in planning enforcement operations. • Conduct self-assessment of the two protected area enforcement units using the Protect Wildlife-developed scorecard to document their current enforcement capacity at the end of the activity and help them plan post-activity actions to address capacity gaps.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 71 TABLE 7: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES IN GENSAN-SARANGANI-SOUTH COTABATO
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved 1. Design and implement qualitative KAP surveys in limited campaign areas Theory of Change Result: Improved community attitudes toward conservation 2. Guide and mentor the development of BCC campaigns led by C4C trainees: (a) three major campaigns in South Cotabato, (b) site- specific campaigns for Sarangani Bay, (c) conservation campaigns in Alabel and General Santos City 3. Undertake post-campaign research in Sarangani Bay in relation marine turtle conservation SA 2: Conservation Financing Theory of Change Results: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support conservation 1. Document current public and private funding sources for the management of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape and Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners. 2. Assess PES opportunities from among users of environmental services in Sarangani Bay 3. Continue to explore or pursue public-private partnership potentials in Region 12; forge agreements with new partners Theory of Change Result: Government and CSOs implement financing arrangements 4. Assist PAMBs refine or develop guidelines for collection and utilization of IPAF 5. Assist LGUs enact ordinances or issue resolutions for formal adoption of PES 6. Implement PES training and coaching for targeted ecosystems-linked enterprises Theory of Change Result: Existing and new funds established for investments supporting biodiversity conservation 7. Monitor and analyze PES revenue generation and utilization from various ecosystem-linked enterprises Theory of Change Result: Improved value chains for livelihoods and enterprises generates revenues 8. Map and analyze existing enterprises across Mount Matutum, Sarangani Bay, Allah Valley and Mount Busa 9. Study feasibility of developing smallholder perennial crops and tree farms in production zones of protected areas and forest lands; identify value chain improvements for selected commodities
72 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 10. Provide technical assistance to community organizations in the development of livelihood proposals; upon approval, assist start up and implementation 11. Provide organizational development inputs; monitor implementation progress and financial status
Theory of Change Result: Social, economic and environmental benefits from communities, revenue for LGUs and profit/goodwill for private sector generated 12. Monitor the number of farmer-households benefited by supported enterprises; document benefit flows; develop case stories 13. Assess organizational growth of assisted POs as a result of Protect Wildlife assistance; develop case stories SA 3: Conservation and Governance Theory of Change Result: Willing LGUs and other stakeholders in the conservation areas identified. 1. Conduct stakeholder consultations and orientations and facilitate declaration of Mount Busa as a Local Conservation Area by DENR and Sarangani province Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management 2. Finalize the zoning management prescriptions for Mount Matutum; complete protected area management plan 3. Complete the zoning and management prescriptions for Sarangani Bay; complete the protected seascape management plan. 4. Assist the Allah Valley TWG finalize the zoning and complete all modules to complete the management plan 5. Conduct field validation and mapping, and gather sociocultural and economic data to characterize Mount Busa Local Conservation Area 6. Complete training modules to complete the FLUPs of four LGUs in Mount Matutum 7. Continue mentoring DENR Region 12 and PEMO TWG to complete assistance on FLUP to six other South Cotabato LGUs 8. Conduct training on drone image analysis for DENR Region 12 and LGUs Theory of Change Result: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts 9. Guide the TWG and PAMOs identify and implement priority activities in Mount Matutum and Sarangani Bay; prepare work and financial plans for 2020 and 2021
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 73 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 10. Upon completion of the FLUPs of the four LGUs in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, assist the FLUP TWGs formulate implementation work plans and budget for 2020 and 2021. 11. Design and implement a capacity building activity on marine turtle conservation and hatchery establishment and management for Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape 12. Assist Mount Matutum PAMO and LGUs set up a tracking and monitoring system for tree canopy cover change using satellite imagery Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulated improved policies for better protected area management 13. Assist orientation of PAMBs on ENIPAS law and IRR 14. Assist PAMBs in crafting policies for delineation, demarcation, regulation and enforcement of land uses in Mount Matutum and water uses in Sarangani Bay 15. Support the Sarangani Bay PAMB and LGUs in crafting unified policy on fisheries and coastal resource management 16. Follow up with PAMBs and DENR Region 12 the drafting of policies identified in previous PAMB Summit Theory of Change Result: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported 17. Conduct training on law enforcement for LGU personnel, barangay captains and communities; facilitate deputation as WEOs SA 4: Conservation Research Theory of Change Result: Universities have increased capacity to align their RDE with stakeholders’ priorities and needs 1. Present Mount Matutum and Sarangani Bay management zones and research agenda to universities; facilitate alignment of research needs with university research and extension program Theory of Change Result: Capacity of universities to leverage funds and do research and curriculum development and disseminate research results increased 2. Provide logistical support to complete ongoing university and student researches in Mount Matutum 3. Provide logistical support to new research initiatives (i.e., student research and tarsier study) 4. Support research presentation and publication (local and international); support printing of compendium on medicinal plants 5. Provide short-term technical services for enhancing courses and teaching materials of
74 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S Mindanao State University-General Santos on marine biology Theory of Change Result: Science-based information for policy-makers, program designers and enforcement agencies produced 6. Present results of ranger and community perception survey in Sarangani Bay to PAMB and DENR Region 12 for policy development 7. Organize presentations of student and university research; facilitate use of results to improve management of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement Theory of Change Result: Needs understood 1. Summarize and use results of landscape- specific violations assessments in Region 12 for capacity building program Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved 2. Organize enforcement groups under the PAMO for each protected areas, develop protocols and facilitate enforcement operations planning 3. Assist development and installation of enforcement information system for Mount Matutum and Sarangani Bay 4. Assist LGUs craft ordinances for adoption of flagship species and prepare conservation action plans Theory of Change Result: Local enforcement improved 5. Assist PAMOs analyze data on enforcement actions for use in internal assessment and planning enforcement operations 6. Facilitate self-assessment of PA enforcement units using a scorecard to establish current enforcement capacity and gaps
YEAR 4 TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN REGION 3
Protect Wildlife Region 3 operations commenced in the latter part of Year 3. Initial activities in the region consisted of assessing biodiversity assets and threats, and needs and opportunities for Protect Wildlife technical assistance; forging partnerships with DENR Region 3, provincial and municipal LGUs, universities and CSOs; and putting together a work plan that supports biodiversity conservation goals and contributes to activity targets.
These assessments pointed to three biodiversity areas that under threat and these are now the focus of the resource management activities in the region: • Aurora Memorial National Park that is located in the Sierra Madre range and is a rich habitat of diverse flora and fauna. The national park, however, is not included in the ENIPAS law.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 75 • Mount Mingan, considered a home of the Philippine eagle, which has been proposed as a critical habitat. • Western and southern sides of Bataan province, particularly in Mariveles, Morong and Bagac where marine turtle nesting sites are found. Part of the area is within the Manila Bay area.
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will work with the PAMB, other national government agencies, LGUs, and CSOs for the updating of the management plan of Aurora Memorial National Park. It will facilitate agreement among the DENR and LGUs leading to the protection of Mount Mingan and the development of a Philippine Eagle Integrated Conservation Plan. As contribution to the Manila Bay rehabilitation program, Protect Wildlife will give attention to the marine turtle nesting sites in Bataan (Morong and Mariveles) and put in place protocols and standards to reduce mortalities from improper handling and poaching.
CWT efforts will target airports, ports and transport hubs which are potential entry and exit points for wildlife trafficking. In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will launch a Wild and Alive campaign at the Clark international airport, Subic Bay Port and bus terminals. The capabilities of DENR and other law enforcement agencies in combatting wildlife trafficking will be strengthened through training, adoption of protocols, information management and sharing, networking and intelligence-based operations planning.
Within the remaining period of the activity, Protect Wildlife will work towards the completion of the following concrete products and the institutionalization within DENR and LGUs of related processes and practices: • Management plan of Aurora Memorial National Park approved by the PAMB, with an implementation plan and budget for the initial years. A team from DENR Region 3 will be trained as trainers on protected area management planning. • DENR and LGU agreement for the establishment and management of a Mount Mingan Critical Habitat • Philippine Eagle Integrated Conservation Plan for the Sierra Madre Mountains. • Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Aurora. • Protocols and standards for marine turtle hatcheries and handling for Bataan, which may be introduced as well in the nesting sites in Cavite (Naic and Ternate). • Wild and Alive campaign in selected airport, port and transport hubs in identified wildlife trafficking hotspots in the region. • Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force with enhanced mandate on wildlife crimes. • Wildlife enforcement network covering the enforcement continuum composed of trained on- site enforcement units and off-site enforcement teams, and trained DOJ prosecutors assigned in green courts. • Resolutions or ordinances on flagship species endorsed to LGU legislative councils, with conservation action plans. • Enhanced syllabus for Agroforestry programs of Pampanga State Agricultural University • Adopted PES schemes in Mariveles and Bagac LGUs and selected establishments in the Bataan Freeport.
76 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 FIGURE 5: PRIORITY SITES FOR REGION 3
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 77 KEY ACTIVITIES AND TARGETS BY STRATEGIC APPROACH
SA 1: Behavior Change Communication
Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved
• Conduct a Behavior Change Communication and Social Marketing Workshop for members of the Aurora Memorial National Park management board and staff of LGUs that cover the national park and Mount Mingan.
Theory of Change Result: Improved community, institutional and private sector attitude toward conservation
• Develop and implement a Wild and Alive campaign that focuses on possible entry and exit points in the region of illegally trafficked wildlife and wildlife products. The campaign will cover Clark international airport, Subic port, and public transportation hubs. • Roll out BCC campaigns in Aurora Memorial National Park focused on anti-poaching of the Philippine deer, warty pig, and the habitat protection of the Philippine Eagle. The campaign will be geared towards tourists and the Alta indigenous group who both participate in hunting and eating bushmeat. • Support campaigns and advocacies of partners in the celebration key environmental events, including Aurora Day and Philippine Eagle Week Celebration.
SA 2: Conservation Financing
Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support activities
• Explore opportunities for private sector support for conservation initiatives in Region 3.
Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners
• Identify ecosystem goods and services from Bataan Natural Park and Mariveles Watershed and create an inventory of users of these ecosystem goods and services. • Host orientation and action planning workshop on PES (water) for LGUs of Bagac and Mariveles, Bataan Natural Park PAMB and Authority for the Freeport Area of Bataan management as well as different users of ecosystem goods and services in BNP and Mariveles Watershed.
Theory of Change Result: Government and CSOs implement financial arrangements
• Implement PES modular training for the target LGU and public and private enterprises in the Freeport. With DENR PENRO Bataan and Bataan provincial LGU, conduct the cost-based valuation of the watershed in the Mariveles mountain area to serve as basis for PES negotiations.
78 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 • Assist LGUs enact ordinances to formally adopt PES, and eventually issue resolutions for ring- fencing and adoption of financial management guidelines for PES revenues. • Assist the PAMBs of Aurora Memorial National Park and Bataan Natural Park review and refine current guidelines for the generation and utilization of user fees/PES that are part of their IPAF.
SA 3: Conservation and Governance
Theory of Change Result: Increased understanding of barriers to participation of men and women in conservation area management
• Conduct stakeholder/gender analysis in Aurora Memorial National Park and use the results to form part of the protected area management plan and BCC campaigns within the park.
Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management
• Implement the enhanced protected area training modules for the updating of the management plan of the Aurora Memorial National Park. Protect Wildlife will provide guidance to the local TWG at each step of the planning process, particularly in the field validation of land uses, management zoning and determination of allowed and disallowed land and resource uses, work and financial planning, and the writing of the management plan document. The training will include staff of the four ENIPAS sites in Aurora to enable them to conduct parallel management planning activities in their respective protected areas. • Train communities inside Aurora Memorial National Park on Integrated Conservation and Development. • Support DENR and PAMB activities for the inclusion of the Aurora Memorial National Park as a protected area under the ENIPAS Act. These activities include: preparation of maps and technical description, conduct of a protected area suitability assessment, and conduct of public consultations. • Support field consultations and facilitate consensus building in relation to the piloting by DENR FMB and BMB of the harmonization of land use data of Aurora. The harmonized data will be used as basis in the preparation of the Aurora BSAP. • Support DENR Region 3 in implementing the process for the formulation of the BSAP for Aurora. • Facilitate the formulation of MOU between DENR and concerned LGUs (San Luis and Dingalan in the province of Aurora; Bongabon, Gabaldon and Laur in the province of Nueva Ecija) to jointly work for the establishment of Mount Mingan as a critical habitat of the Philippine eagle. With the agreement in place, Protect Wildlife will assist the LGUs in the preparation of Mount Mingan management plan. • Support DENR Region 3 in preparing a Philippine Eagle Integrated Conservation Plan for the Sierra Madre Mountains and in the periodic of monitoring of eagle nesting sites. • Provide advice and assistance to DENR Region 3 in the issuance of tenure instruments to people’s organizations which have been contracted to implement NGP in open access areas. The activity will help study the value chains for commodities produced in the NGP sites and
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 79 facilitate the provision of extension services in support of livelihood activities of the people’s organizations. This approach will be piloted in Bataan. • Drone image capture of NGP sites in Bataan to generate working data that will be used in the pilot (Manila) and regional training on drone image analysis. The training will be replicated for staff of DENR Region 3, PENROs and CENROs and LGUs. The drone image analysis will be used for monitoring of the growth stages of NGP plantations, and changes in land uses and land cover, and in enforcement planning and operations.
Theory of Change Result: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts
• Assist LGU efforts to craft flagship species ordinances that address on-site species conservation needs and secure endorsement of ordinance and conservation action plans. • Assist DENR and LGU Mariveles in the preparation and implementation of marine turtle nesting sites protection plan. Local protocols and standards will be developed and necessary training provided for the proper handling of marine turtles, eggs and hatchlings, and the establishment and management of marine turtle hatcheries. The technical assistance will be extended to two barangays in Cavite (Barangay Labac, Naic and Barangay San Juan 2, Ternate) where nesting sites of the same species of turtles (olive ridley) are also found. • With DENR PENRO Aurora, provide technical advice to Aurora Province in resuscitating the Aurora Bamboo Industry Development Council and in preparing a Bamboo Industry Development Roadmap that is linked with production, processing and marketing. Bamboo is a major product in forestlands under community tenure in Aurora and has good potential for community enterprise development.
Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulated improved policies for better protected area management
• Assist Aurora Memorial National Park PAMB in formulating its Manual of Operations. • Assist AMNP PAMB efforts to prioritize implementation activities identified in the approved management plan; and assist the PAMO in the implementation of priority activities.
Theory of Change Result: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported
• Train and facilitate deputation of LGU-based and community WEOs in Aurora Memorial National Park, Mount Mingan, Mariveles, Bataan and other hotspot areas in the region.
SA 4: Conservation Research
Theory of Change Result: Capacity of universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased
• Support Pampanga State Agricultural University in the design and implementation of Fuelwood Supply and Demand study in the provinces of Pampanga and Nueva Ecija. Organize the
80 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 presentation of the study results to DENR Region 3 and facilitate the translation of results to policies and investments in fuelwood production. • Support Pampanga State Agricultural University in the enhancement of the syllabus for its Agroforestry program.
SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement
Theory of Change Result: Needs understood
• Conduct an environmental law violations assessment for Region 3. This identifies the training needs of partners in enforcement.
Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved
• Train members of the Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force on wildlife laws and CWT. Facilitate the review of its existing protocols to integrated appropriate protocols related to wildlife law enforcement. Mentor members of the Task Force on operations planning and other aspects of wildlife law enforcement. • Train and mentor members of on-site enforcement groups for Aurora Memorial National Park and Mount Mingan. Provide guidance in the development of enforcement and reporting protocols, and enforcement operations plans to systematize enforcement coordination among different agencies and LGUs on-site. • Assist assisted enforcement units organize data on enforcement actions into a simple database and analyze data for internal assessment of performance and use in operations planning.
TABLE 8: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES IN REGION 3
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication Theory of Change Result: Foundational knowledge improved 1. Conduct of Behavior Change Communication and Social Marketing Workshop for AMNP and Mount Mingan Theory of Change Result: Improved community, institutional and private sector attitude toward conservation 2. Implement a Wild and Alive campaign that covers Clark international airport, Subic port and public transport hubs. 3. Roll out BCC campaigns in Aurora Memorial National Park for anti-poaching of wildlife for bushmeat and protection of habitat of Philippine Eagle. 4. Support campaigns and advocacies of partners during environmental events SA 2: Conservation Financing Theory of Change Result: Available conservation financing arrangements are identified and realigned to support activities
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 81 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Explore opportunities for private sector support for conservation initiatives in Region 3 Theory of Change Result: Opportunities for new conservation financing arrangements identified and designed with partners 2. Identify ecosystem goods and services from Bataan Natural Park and Mariveles Watershed and inventory users 3. Orientation LGUs of Bagac and Mariveles, Bataan Natural Park PAMB and Bataan Freeport management on PES Theory of Change Result: Government, Institutions and CSOs implement financial arrangements 4. Implement PES modular training for the target LGU and public and private enterprises in Bataan Freeport 5. Assist LGUs enact PES ordinances, adopt ring-fencing and financial management guidelines for PES 6. Assist PAMB of Aurora Memorial National Park and Bataan Natural Park refine guidelines for utilization of user fees/PES/ IPAF SA 3: Conservation and Governance Theory of Change Result: Increased understanding of barriers to participation of men and women in conservation area management 1. Conduct stakeholder/gender analysis in Aurora Memorial National Park to form part of management plan and BCC campaigns Theory of Change Result: Increased capacity of relevant government agencies, LGUs, PAMBs and CSOs in integrated resource planning and management 2. Implement enhanced training modules to complete the management plan of Aurora Memorial National Park 3. Train communities inside Aurora Memorial National Park on integrated conservation and development 4. Support DENR and PAMB conduct activities for inclusion of Aurora Memorial Natural Park as protected area in ENIPAS Act. 5. Assist in field consultations and consensus building between DENR FMB and BMB to harmonize land use data of Aurora 6. Support DENR Region 3 in preparing BSAP of Aurora. 7. Facilitate MOU between DENR Region3 and concerned LGUs to establish Mount Mingan as a critical habitat 8. Support DENR Region 3 in preparing a Philippine Eagle Integrated Conservation Plan for Sierra Madre Mountains.
82 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 9. Provide advice to DENR Region 3 on issuance of tenure instruments in NGP areas and livelihood assistance to POs 10. Conduct training on drone image analysis for DENR Region 3, and LGUs Theory of Change Result: LGUs co-lead with DENR in conservation and enforcement efforts 11. Assist LGUs in crafting flagship species ordinances and species-specific conservation action plans 12. Assist DENR and LGU Mariveles (and two barangays in Cavite) in developing and implementing marine turtle nesting sites protection plan 13. Provide technical advice to Aurora Province in development of an Aurora Bamboo Industry Development Roadmap Theory of Change Result: PAMB formulated improved policies for better protected area management 14. Assist Aurora Memorial National Park PAMB in formulating its Manual of Operations. 15. Assist PAMB of Aurora Memorial National Park in planning for implementation priority activities in management plan Theory of Change: Professional development of WEOs, enforcement groups and LGU zoning officers is supported 16. Train and facilitate deputation of LGU and community WEOs SA 4: Conservation Research Theory of Change Result: Capacity of universities to leverage funds, do research and curriculum development, and disseminate research results increased 1. Support Pampanga State Agricultural University implement a Fuelwood Supply and Demand study in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija 2. Support PSAU in the enhancement of the syllabus for its Agroforestry program SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement Theory of Change Result: Needs understood 1. Conduct a violations assessment for Region 3 Theory of Change Result: National and local law enforcement capacity improved 2. Train members of Regional Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force on wildlife laws and CWT; facilitate protocol development and enforcement operations planning 3. Train and mentor on-site enforcement groups for Aurora Memorial National Park and Mount Mingan; develop protocols and operations plans 4. Assist enforcement units organize enforcement data and analyze data for performance assessment and operations planning
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 83 MANAGEMENT PLAN
In Manila and field sites—Palawan, Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi, Region 12 and Region 3—Protect Wildlife’s focus for Year 4 is trained on the following: • Promoting implementation of Protect Wildlife’s ongoing activities in order to meet deliverable and output targets and achieve results; • Capturing best practices and lessons learned and scaling these up for replication by partners for implementation in new sites; and • Planning an efficient close-out process by June 2020, for implementation in the activity’s remaining six months.
The Year 4 Management Plan features an overview of Protect Wildlife’s management approach, organizational structure, preliminary close-out objectives, and cross-cutting teams’ plans.
OVERALL MANAGEMENT APPROACH
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will continue to employ a matrix management structure, with Manila-based Protect Wildlife leadership, finance and operations, and SA teams establishing strategy and providing technical support to field teams. SA teams, who report to the COP and DCOP, will work with national level counterparts to strengthen biodiversity-related policies, and provide direction, technical services and technical oversight to the field units. The matrix management approach also applies to finance and operations staff. A centralized financial management system—administered by the Manila-based team—is in place to ensure accountability and efficient data management and reporting.
Field Site Managers will continue to lead technical support and implementation in their respective landscapes, working in close coordination with local counterparts. Internally, Field Site Managers will: • Report directly to the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party; • Collaborate with SA teams to identify and pursue innovative Theory of Change-based actions consistent with the work plans; • Direct and report on local finance and operations activities under the oversight of the Manila finance and operations team; and • Facilitate coordination with subnational government officials and community and private sector stakeholders to ensure that activities align with government policies and local conditions,
To enhance coordination and complementation between the SAs and strengthen the working relationships of SA advisors with Field Managers, Protect Wildlife will continue to hold quarterly team meetings. In these meetings, SA and field staff collaborate to: • Review progress and accomplishments from each landscape; • Share best practices and lessons learned from implementation in each landscape; and • Plan activities for the forthcoming quarter.
84 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 SUBCONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT
Protect Wildlife operates under a ‘one team’ philosophy, applying one standardized operations manual and schedule of authorities that covers all Protect Wildlife staff, regardless of their organizational affiliation. All subcontractor long-term staff sit in a Protect Wildlife office and are accountable to their supervisors. DAI is responsible for the overall contract management, work planning and reporting, and each partner, through their representative staff on the Protect Wildlife team, contribute to the approach and activities relevant to its scope.
As the prime contractor, DAI will continue to leverage each subcontractor’s comparative advantage to implement the Year 4 Work Plan and achieve results. In addition to the long-term staff managed by each subcontractor, the Protect Wildlife COP and DCOP will recruit and onboard short-term consultants through subcontractors, based on each organization’s networks and qualifications:
• DAI: conservation finance, activity operations and finance, protected area management and land use planning; • OIDCI: monitoring and evaluation, environmental compliance, and cross-cutting activities and support; • Rare: behavior change communications; • Conservation International: biodiversity conservation and wildlife crime research and education, and wildlife and environmental law; and • Tanggol Kalikasan: wildlife and environmental law enforcement and systems development. The DCOP will be responsible for regular communication with subcontractors regarding short- and long-term recruitment needs. He will also regularly engage with subcontractors to seek input on implementation strategies and execution, and to address budgeting, invoicing and compliance matters.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Protect Wildlife personnel are organized under three core teams: (1) four field site teams; (2) Manila- based SA technical teams; and (3) Manila-based crosscutting teams (communications, finance and operations, GIS, Gender and MEL), as presented in the following organizational charts.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 85 86 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 STAFFING
Protect Wildlife currently employs 74 long-term staff and has 43 active short-term consultants with varying levels of effort. In Year 4, Protect Wildlife will execute recruitment and onboarding of replacement candidates for any long-term staff members that resign and for candidates who will promote knowledge management and help technical staff to promote best practices, lessons learned, and tools and resources. The activity will recruit and onboard a significant number of new short-term consultants to support implementation of time-bound assignments linked to ongoing and planned SA activities.
In the section below, the team presents background on long-term and short-term staffing and projected hiring activities in Year 4.
Long-Term Technical Assistance
Long-term staff are distributed across the Manila and field offices as presented in the organizational charts. Staff numbers for each location are as follows: • Manila: 35 • Palawan: 13 • Region 3: 6 • Region 12: 11 • Zamboanga City-Tawi-Tawi: 9
TABLE 9: DISTRIBUTION OF PROTECT WILDLIFE STAFF
OFFICE LOCATIONS PROTECT WILDLIFE TEAMS Region Region Zamboanga City- TOTAL Manila Palawan 3 12 Tawi-Tawi Technical Team 14 8 3 6 4 35 (including regional GIS specialists) Cross-Cutting Technical Support Team 8 8 (MEL, Gender, GIS, Communications) Finance and Operations Team 13 5 3 5 5 31 TOTAL 35 13 6 11 9 74
In Year 4, Protect Wildlife anticipates recruitment, after seeking USAID approval, and onboarding new staff for the following long-term positions: • The Technical Liaison Officer (Manila) will facilitate the conduct of business between Protect Wildlife and DENR bureaus involved in the implementation of the activity. Tasked to work with Forest Management Bureau Technical Working Group (DENR-FMB technical working group) in implementing the agreed activity and act as main contact of the activity in DENR-BMB. Anticipated for October 2019. • The Finance Officers (Manila) are replacement candidates for the existing position on the Finance team and additional support to augment the finance team. Anticipated for July 2019. • The Finance Administrator (Zamboanga) is a replacement candidate for existing position on the Zamboanga team. Anticipated for September 2019.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 87 • The Database Manager (Manila) is a replacement candidate for the existing position on the MEL team. Anticipated for September 2019. • The Social Marketing Associate (Manila) is a replacement candidate for the existing position on SA 1 team. Anticipated for September 2019. • The Knowledge Management Specialist (Manila) will be in charge of preparing, packaging and distributing knowledge products that best highlights the achievements of Protect Wildlife implementation. Anticipated for October 2019.
Short-Term Technical Assistance
The team strategically engages short-term technical assistance consultants to implement well-defined and time-bound scopes of work. In the table below, we provide an overview of Protect Wildlife’s engagement of short-term technical expertise. Information is presented by strategic approach (and cross-cutting support), and includes the total number of active consultants, cumulative level of effort (as of August 30, 2019), and the type of expertise being provided.
TABLE 10: SHORT-TERM TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS
STRATEGIC NO. OF TOTAL EXPERTISE PROVIDED APPROACH CONSULTANTS LOE SA 1 4 262 BCC strategy, development and management resource valuation, payment for ecosystem services, conservation SA 2 4 283 agriculture and agroforestry, ecotourism development protected area management planning, watershed management, drone SA 3 7 428 imaging for forest monitoring, cave management and maintenance, marine turtle hatchery management, sandfish aquaculture commercialization, wildlife enforcement officer SA 4 6 284 (ranger) research, survey implementation, curriculum development combating wildlife crime, municipal fisheries policy, environmental law SA 5 7 509 enforcement, wildlife crime forensics, enforcement systems/database development and analysis, enforcement mobile application development Cross-cutting 2 115 environmental compliance, communications and editing
In Year 4, the team anticipates implementing recruitment, seeking USAID approval and engaging consultants for the short-term roles presented below. After identifying the anticipated title and level of effort (LOE), the team provides a high-level overview of the intended scope of work and an anticipated starting month, as follows: • The Turtle Conservation Specialist (50 days LOE) candidate will support marine turtle conservation in Manila Bay (Bataan and Cavite). Anticipated for January 2020. • The Forest Inventory Specialist (40 days LOE) candidate will complete an inventory and health assessment of the Almaciga trees within the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape in Palawan. Anticipated for January 2020. • Three (3) Wildlife Insights Specialist (70 days total LOE) candidates will design a pilot camera trap-based monitoring system for Palawan and recommend sampling regime and analytics for the wildlife monitoring system. They will train local partners on camera trap field techniques, data collection and upload, sorting and analysis of species data and develop site-relevant analysis of
88 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 camera trap data derived from Palawan study sites. They will assist with publication of the results. Anticipated for November 2020. • The Forest Carbon Emission Specialist (50 days of LOE in Manila) candidate will work with DENR-FMB and DENR-EMB to finalize a policy that relate to setting, review and approval of carbon offsetting of carbon emitting companies by establishing, restoring, protecting and managing degraded and deforested forestlands in collaboration with communities and local government units. The candidate will also draft a policy that will offset carbon emissions of companies based on the ECCs. Anticipated in the last quarter of 2019 and early 2020. • The Value Chain Specialist candidate (60 days LOE in Manila) for established NGP sites will work with the DENR in reviewing updated database on expected harvestable commodities from established NGP sites such as cacao, coffee, timber, fuelwood and others. The specialist will develop a model for value chain analysis for one or two commodities based in a given geographic area. There will be orientation and training and a draft policy to guide DENR field units carry out value chain analysis for other commodities. Anticipated in the last quarter of 2019 and early 2020. • Three (3) site-based Enforcement Systems Specialist (120 days LOE in Region 3; 180 days LOE in Region 12; and 80 days LOE in Zamboanga City-Tawi-Tawi) candidates will focus on systems- approach to enforcement in the three activity sites. Consultants will work with enforcement agencies to assess policies, management systems and budgeting. Consultants will support efforts to strengthen enforcement management at site level. Anticipated for November 2019. • The DENR-BMB Rescue Center Database Developer (60 days LOE) candidate will support the DENR-BMB Rescue Center’s database development initiative. Anticipated for the last quarter of 2019. • The Protected Area Academy Curriculum Development Specialist (80 days LOE) candidate will support Protected Area Academy efforts by developing the curriculum for the Academy and designing two pilot two modules for immediate implementation. Anticipated for October- November 2019. • The Organizational Development Specialist (100 days LOE) candidate will build capacity of community organizations to be able to manage economic enterprises funded through private sector partnerships. Anticipated for November 2019. • The Enterprise Development Specialist (120 days LOE) candidate will undertake feasibility assessments and value chain analysis for planned community enterprises of people’s organizations to be assisted under the W-GDP. The specialist will assist the people’s organizations to set up operation and financial management systems and establish linkages with markets, technology providers, and other sources of technical and financing support for the enterprise • The METT Specialist (60 days) candidate will lead the conduct of the METT with at least 5 PAMBs. Anticipated for January 2020. • The Research Associate (80 days LOE) candidate will complete a literature review of Protect Wildlife sites’ focal species and present findings for use in marketing, policy development, and conservation planning. The associate will also provide research support to the application of the CAPTURED framework. Anticipated for November 2019.
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 89 • The FREL Data Processing Assistant (40 days of LOE) candidate will process tree canopy cover raster data form 2000 to 2018 from Sinusoidal to WGS 1984 UTM Zone 51N and perform accuracy assessments using a stratified random sampling of the annual forest and non-forest data through Collect Earth tool. Anticipated for November 2019. • The BCC Campaign Monitor (80 days LOE) candidate will track reach of BCC Campaigns. Anticipated for October 2019. • The Communications Specialist (100 days LOE) candidate will support the development of success stories, including a potential legacy book. Anticipated for December 2019. • At least two (2) Technical Writer and Facilitator (100 days LOE each) candidates will support local partners to facilitate workshops and draft up to four Biodiversity Strategy and Actions Plans. Anticipated for September 2019. • The Senior Mobile Application and Web Developer (160 days of LOE) will develop a mobile and web solution that meets the requirements previously defined by the user institutions of the application and integrate the information contained and collected by the application with other applications from other bureaus and offices within the DENR. Anticipated for July 2019. • The Video Story Experts (30 days of LOE) will develop social media stories and publicize Protect Wildlife activities. Anticipated for March 2020.
PRELIMINARY CLOSE-OUT PLANNING
DAI follows standardized closedown policies and procedures to properly complete technical and administrative activities and dismantle program systems. Protect Wildlife anticipates the completion of all technical activities in field sites by September 2020 and close-out of field offices at the end of October 2020 to allow closure of office registrations. Remaining staff in the main office in Ortigas will complete all technical activities by October 2020 and execute closedown of operations by December 11, 2020. To prepare for closedown, DAI Home Office will coordinate closely with field staff on detailed checklists that cover the areas of IT, finance, contracts, inventory, personnel, and technical activities. Protect Wildlife will submit a closeout plan to USAID no later than 120 days prior to the end of the activity.
FINANCE, IT AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
The Finance team will continue to manage Protect Wildlife financial transactions. The team will prepare various financial audit spot checks and reports and apply findings and recommendations to strengthen internal control systems and policies. The team plans to visit field offices quarterly to meet with staff to address financial issues and discuss policies and procedures.
The IT Manager will continue to provide support to the offices and staff, ensuring backups are generated to protect files.
The Office Administration team will continue to provide support to Manila and field offices’ activities, including inventory count, updating the TAMIS and reconciliation with finance records, and maintenance of office facilities and vehicles.
90 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS
The Procurement Manager will continue to lead all activity procurements from Manila and will manage field-based Logistics and Procurement Officers who will provide local coordination in field sites. In line with the technical activities detailed earlier in the report, the procurement team anticipates the following priority procurements in Year 4: • Agroforestry / Reforestation Initiative in Palawan (SA 2, SA 3): Supply and delivery of fruit trees seedlings (grafted and non-grafted) to 50 barangays in Puerto Princesa, Palawan; • Equipment and paraphernalia for adapting Lawin in protected areas and for strengthening enforcement capacities of CENROs in Protect Wildlife Sites. This procurement will include purchase of laptops, tablets and enforcement paraphernalia for WEOs and forest rangers; • Research Initiative in Tawi-Tawi (SA 4): Determination of the conservation status of the Sulu hornbill in Tawi-Tawi; • PCSDS Biodiversity Resource Center (SA 1, 5): Provision of IT equipment for the Biodiversity Resource Center that will be a learning center for public outreach to promote wildlife conservation and research in Palawan. Among the focus areas for the center will be Palawan’s endangered wildlife, the conservation programs of the PCSD, as well as its enforcement activities. These IT equipment will be mostly tablets, computers, UPS and other items that will be used to display information on wildlife, biodiversity of Palawan and protection efforts. • DENR-BMB Rescue Center (SA 5): Provision of equipment and ambulance for the safe handling, sedation, transport and rescue of wildlife that have been confiscated during enforcement operations, or when these are surrendered to the rescue center. Other equipment will be used for the emergency transport, medical care, and rehabilitation of these wildlife • Enterprise support for CBOs/POs (SA 2): Provision of agricultural support equipment such as cassava grater/peeler, granulator and chipper machines to help improve productivity among smallholder farmers in protected areas. Additionally, Protect Wildlife will provide stripping machines to improve post-harvest handling and processing to maintain quality of abaca production of smallholder farmers in Region 12. • DENR-FMB Forest Resource Emission Level (FREL) Report (SA 3): Provision of software and hardware to DENR-FMB for the processing of satellite images for future monitoring of forest cover and emissions levels. • Enforcement Database Management (SA 5): Provision of computers to selected enforcement units e.g., OCENR and OCA of Zamboanga City and some PAMOs.
In addition to the major procurements above, the team will continue to lead day-to-day procurement activities for staff travel, workshops and trainings.
SECURITY PLAN
The Security Manager will continue to maintain close coordination with the DAI Global Security, the Regional Security Office of the US Embassy, the Overseas Security Advisory Council and other security- related USAID activities for security updates. As well, the Security Manager will continue to link with law enforcements and other relevant Philippine government agencies, such as the PNP and concerned
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 91 regional and provincial units, Philippine Coast Guard, Armed Forces of the Philippines and its Intelligence Security Groups and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
Additionally, the activity will carry out periodic assessments of security risks especially in Zamboanga City-Tawi-Tawi, GenSan-Sarangani and Southern Palawan, including Nueva Ecija and Aurora Province as need arises. These assessments aim to strengthen current protocols and reporting system between the field units and Manila office. The Security Management Plan and Protocol will be updated as necessary following the results of these assessments on emerging security issues, security trends, safety, and security risks throughout the covered area of the activity.
As in the past, Staff who travel to high-risk areas will be required to follow certain protocols and reporting procedures to ensure that they are not put into precarious situations. Security briefing may be needed for staff travelling to areas that are relatively unstable. New staff will also undergo security orientation and will be provided with periodic updates.
Lastly, the Security Manager will continue to provide security assistance and support to field missions, as maybe required, and conduct security assessment of hotels, event venues and land travel routes that Protect Wildlife regularly use.
GENDER ACTION PLAN
For Year 4, Protect Wildlife gender actions will assess how women and men from partners and communities have participated in activities and how they are now engaged in planning, governance, management, and implementation of conservation-related undertaking. The assessment results will be compared with findings during the earlier assessments as revealed by the women before and during the conduct of various SA activities. The assessment will specifically look on women capacities, improvements in their participation in BCC campaigns, land use planning, local decision-making, livelihood and enterprise development, enforcement and research.
The Year 4 assessments will highlight areas of progress or improvement on women participation and issues and challenges that will need further support and assistance. The Year 4 plan in support of SA activities in the sites and in Manila will design and implement initiatives that will help close the gaps in access to resources, improving women’s participation in decision-making, social and economic benefits The findings will serve as inputs to policy-making, planning and design of gender-sensitive interventions of people’s organizations, DENR, DA-BFAR, PCSDS and local government leaders. The assessments will be carried out with the field sites, SA leads and the Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team in order to capture the gender dimension of the learning questions set for each of the Strategic Approaches.
The Gender Specialist will maintain partnerships to promote women’s leadership from women-led enterprises, LGUs, partners from NGAs and CSOs who are active in biodiversity management activities and wildlife law enforcement. She will continue to support the SA and field teams in mainstreaming gender concerns in their remaining technical assistance activities. Likewise, she will work closely with the Strategic Approach 2 on the implementation of grant from the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (Annex C).
92 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 The Gender Specialist will lead the preparation of the Protect Wildlife Harmonized Gender and Development Guideline for submission to USAID, and DENR-BMB and FASPS.
TABLE 11: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES FOR GENDER
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Continue to monitor and assess women’s participation in and benefits from: • conservation-related community enterprises • on-site and off-site enforcement activities • conservation governance particularly integrated resource management planning and implementation (i.e., protected area management planning, FLUP, watershed management planning, others) • conservation research 2. With the M&E Specialist, conduct assessments and feedback sessions with partners and beneficiaries in different activity sites 3. Document and highlight women’s leadership & participation experiences in biodiversity conservation from LGUs, NGAs, communities, these stories will be part of the Women’s Month celebration 2020 4. Together with the community coordinators, conduct gender analysis determine differential roles, practices, barriers of men and women for Aurora Memorial Natural Park, and Cleopatra’s Needle and Puerto Princesa Subterranean River in Palawan. Results of which will be part of the PAMP. 5. With SA 2 and field sites, support implementation the W-GDP grants on livelihoods and enterprises 6. Assess the gender mainstreaming activities of Protect Wildlife using the Harmonized Gender and Development Guideline for submission to USAID, and DENR-BMB and DENR-FASPS 7. Write a Final Report on how gender has been mainstreamed in the activity
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 93 COMMUNICATION PLAN
Guided by the approved overall communication plan for the life of the activity, Protect Wildlife will continue to roll out communication activities in Year 4 that aim to achieve the following broad objectives: 1. Building a shared understanding of Protect Wildlife objectives, approaches and results among partners and stakeholders. 2. Providing communication support to address various needs in activity implementation. 3. Generating interest for key conservation issues, particularly those in Protect Wildlife sites.
With the forthcoming activity close-out in mind, Protect Wildlife communications will highlight activity accomplishments and results under the first objective, while further emphasizing the integration of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development as part of the activity’s “Connected to the Wild” comprehensive messaging. This will entail leveraging more outreach events and media engagements, and will culminate in a close-out ceremony with a multimedia exhibit of activity highlights.
Under the second objective, Protect Wildlife communications will assist the SA and field teams in documenting and sharing milestones, success stories and lessons learned in activity implementation, and facilitating production of knowledge materials and legacy publications.
Under the third objective, the activity will also ramp up support to the DENR and partner agencies and organizations for their information, education and communication (IEC) activities that are in line with Protect Wildlife’s technical objectives and will contribute to creating a positive recognition and perception of USAID’s biodiversity programming for the Philippines.
Building shared understanding
Protect Wildlife will produce brochures, technical briefs and abridged reports that document its accomplishments and milestones, as well as key lessons learned, during the life of the activity. These materials are tailored to communicate to specific partners and networks at both the national level and field sites, and are packaged under the “Connected to the Wild” messaging that links conservation and development outcomes. These will be further expanded into outreach materials, such as exhibit pieces and collaterals, which will be displayed and shared in environmental events and knowledge-sharing activities.
The activity will continue its photo and video documentation in the sites to capture success stories for USAID and to produce a media bank of images and videos for Protect Wildlife storytelling outputs. These media assets can also benefit partners in the field as contributions to their own media bank of nature images and videos.
Additional media tours and story pitches will be pursued in Year 4 to cover activities in Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi, Region 12 and Region 3; and to include other story beats aside from the environment beat, including agriculture and enterprise beats for livelihood stories and travel beat for ecotourism stories. Media tours for television networks based in the activity sites and in Manila will also be pursued
94 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 in Year 4 to promote stories on BCC campaigns, livelihood assistance, protected area management, wildlife research, and environmental law enforcement.
To further engage national and local media in pursuing conservation issues, the activity will conduct a training on biodiversity reporting that aims to provide useful science- and policy-based contexts for journalists in reporting issues on wildlife and environmental crimes; management of natural resources; and the role of the government, civil society, private sector and the academe in strengthening conservation actions in the Philippines. The training is also an avenue to hold media tours in Protect Wildlife sites and a launching pad for participants to pursue biodiversity-related stories in their respective media outfits that can be supported under the activity with a story grant.
All outputs from the aforementioned activities will form part of regular submissions to USAID/Philippines for their social media content. Also, these outputs will be the content used for a showcase exhibit for all Protect Wildlife partners during the activity close-out.
Across all its key messages and communication outputs for Year 4, Protect Wildlife will ensure that its accomplishments are consistently conveyed as a result of assistance “from the American people” and of the partnerships with the Philippine government and key stakeholders.
Providing communication support
The Protect Wildlife communications team will provide in-house assistance for development of materials and knowledge products and management of outreach events to support documentation and sharing of milestones, success stories and lessons learned by SA and field teams. Specific assistance include the following: • For SA 1, the communications team continues to provide support for the design and development of materials for the Protect Our Paradise campaign in Santa Cruz and events-based campaign activities of C4C graduates in Region 12. • For SA 2, development of Connected to the Wild materials and generation of media pickups that communicate success stories of beneficiaries under the assistance for improved livelihoods, private sector partnerships and PES. • For SA 3, development of knowledge products, as well as reader-friendly Connected to the Wild materials, that promote the principles and value of managing and regulating land and resource uses, especially in integrating conservation with development. • For SA 4, aside from support in developing knowledge products, the communications team will help in organizing or looking for knowledge-sharing events and media engagement opportunities to promote outputs of Protect Wildlife-supported researches. • For SA 5, development of knowledge products, as well as reader-friendly Connected to the Wild materials, that showcase testimonials of training beneficiaries and milestones in improved tools and systems in combating illegal wildlife trade and enforcing environmental laws.
Generating interest for conservation issues
As part of leaving concrete legacies to partners in the field, Protect Wildlife expands its communications support through co-development of outdoor signages and other essential IEC materials for protected
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 95 area management offices. This began with assistance for the development of new signages for the Bud Bongao Forest Park in Year 3, and will expand to Mount Matutum, Sarangani Bay and Aurora Memorial National Park in Year 4.
Protect Wildlife will engage in more public events and outreach activities with partner agencies, especially as the activity nears its final year.
For Year 4, planned activities include the following: • With Philippine Eagle Foundation, sponsor the nationwide public screenings of Bird of Prey documentary in key cities in the country and communities near known Philippine eagle habitats (July to December 2019); • With partners in General Santos City, support coastal cleanup activities for International Coastal Cleanup Day (September 2019); • With SA 1, support Protect Our Paradise campaign activities in time for Zamboanga City’s Hermosa Festival (October 2019); • With SA 1 and Sarangani partners, support Raptor Watch Festival activities in Glan (first week of October 2019); • With SA 1, SA 5 and the United States Embassy to the Philippines, conduct Zoohackathon Manila targeting groups of young coders and developers (November 2019); • With Mindanao State University-General Santos City, support the launch of their herbarium under the Mount Matutum medicinal plants study (November 2019); • With Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology, support the college- led Zamboanga City Bird Festival in time for World Wetlands Day (February 2020); • With SA 4 and Palawan partners, hold a knowledge-sharing activity on Philippine pangolin research outputs in time for World Pangolin Day (February 2020); • With DENR-BMB and SA 1, support their World Wildlife Day activities and a Wild and Alive campaign activity (March 2020); • With SA 1 and South Cotabato partners, support campaign and outreach activities related to Amyak Maleh celebration in Mount Matutum municipalities and communities (March 2020); • With SA 2, SA 3 and site partners, conduct outreach activities related to FLUP and PES in time for International Day of Forests and World Water Day (March 2020); • With DENR-BMB, support a public event showcasing women in conservation in time for Women’s Month (March 2020); • With SA 1, DENR Region 12 and Sarangani partners, support activities for National Month of the Ocean (May 2020); • With SA 4 and Pasonanca Natural Park partners, hold a knowledge-sharing activity on Philippine eagle research outputs in time for Philippine Eagle Week (June 2020); and • With SA 5, hold outreach activities related to wildlife law enforcement in time World Ranger Day (July 2020).
96 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 TABLE 12: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Development of activity materials: Connected to the Wild brochures, technical briefs, abridged reports, and exhibit materials for SAs and sites 2. Photo and video documentation of success stories in all activity sites
3. Media tours in all activity sites
4. Media training on biodiversity reporting: Palawan, Zamboanga City, General Santos City, and Region 3 5. Support for BCC campaigns: Santa Cruz Islands and Region 12 BCC campaigns 6. Support for signages and IEC materials for protected areas and other partners
7. Outreach events with activity partners
8. Preparation for activity close-out event
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING ACTION PLAN
Protect Wildlife activities on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) will focus on documenting and evaluating outputs and outcomes to determine the actual and emerging end-of-activity impacts and benefits. Key MEL activities include: • data validation on reported achievements (contract deliverables for each strategic approach and USAID economic growth indicators), • data collection, analysis, and reporting on ongoing evaluation activities, and • MEL support to the recently-awarded grant funded by the Women Global Fund and Prosperity Initiative.
The MEL team will periodically update the activity’s database on outputs and outcomes and gather the necessary support to validate the reported accomplishments. At the end of each quarter, the standard summary tables will be prepared for inclusion in the quarterly progress report.
The MEL team will do data collection, analysis, and reporting on small evaluation studies that it will undertake, some of which will serve as follow-on to the Learning Questions that were developed for each strategic approach team. Similar to the LQ studies, the MEL team will work with the SA and site teams in conducting the following evaluation studies, targeting specific outcomes and impacts: • SA 1: Endline KAP survey to determine any change in attitudes and behavior toward biodiversity conservation. Based on the SA 1 work plan, endline KAPs will be done in at least three sites. • SA 2: Documentation of improved economic and other benefits derived from sustainable natural resource management and/or biodiversity conservation. This will use a case study approach to
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 97 demonstrate and to quantify, to the extent possible, the benefits of interventions to an individual, household or an association. • SA 2: Analysis of PES generation and utilization and the extent to which it contributes to conservation financing and addresses funding gaps. • SA 3: Continuation of technical capacity assessment and documentation of LGU actions integrating conservation in the LGUs’ resource planning and management activities. This will cover LGUs in other regions and will provide a deeper investigation and documentation of LGU actions. Case studies can be developed from selected LGU accounts. • SA 3: At least five PAMBs will also be assessed in terms of their management effectiveness. The Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool of DENR will be used and the results will be compared to pre-activity METT results being kept by DENR-BMB. • SA 4: Interviews of key informants from both PAMBs and PAMB-member universities on the role of universities in improving protected area management and constraints to the effective engagement of universities. This will determine if there is meeting of minds between the partners and if the constraints are systemic or artificial. • SA 5: End-of –activity capacity assessment of enforcement units using the Wildlife Enforcement Capacity (WECAP) tool. The results will be compared to similar assessments done in Year 2. The results will also be examined vis-à-vis the types of interventions provided. • SA 5: Feedback documentation of the enforcement units’ improved conservation law enforcement practices versus the training provided. With the introduction of advanced courses, respondents will have to be segregated. The analysis should not just be counting numbers. There needs to be some form of correlation between practice and staff position, sector or agency, type of training • SA 5: Analysis of enforcement data gathered to determine trends in enforcement actions, the specific law that is commonly violated, types of products confiscated, value of products confiscated, etc.
The MEL team will also embark on a study with the Gender Specialist. This study will provide an assessment of gender actions, particularly focusing on how Protect Wildlife was able to aid or facilitate equal participation among women and men in its activities. Assistance and support to MEL activities will also be provided as the implementation begins for the grant project Journey to Self-Reliance through Women’s Economic Empowerment in Protect Wildlife sites in support to the Women Global Fund and Prosperity Initiative. Among the key MEL activities proposed under this grant is providing a complete baseline profile of the beneficiary organizations with women members and officers, and the level of development of the organization based on acceptable standards. Towards the end of the project, a documentation will be done on the good practices, improved women participation (quantitative and qualitative) and improved economic benefits of the women members and officers of these organizations. The activity schedule below provides a breakdown of MEL activities based on each strategic approach, including the MEL activities related to the anticipated grant project from the Women Global Fund and Prosperity Initiative.
98 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 TABLE 13: SCHEDULE OF YEAR 4 ACTIVITIES FOR MONITORING & EVALUATION
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S SA 1: Behavior Change Communication 1. Endline (post-intervention) KAP survey (Palawan sites) 2. Review of other KAP reports & supplementary baseline KAP survey (Sarangani) and post- intervention KAP survey (Zamboanga & Sarangani) 3. Documentation & data validation: Number of individuals reached through follow-on local behavior change campaigns (intermittent) SA 2: Conservation Financing 4. Case studies on improved economic benefits (South Cotabato, GenSan, Palawan) 5. Documentation & data validation: Determining the number of individuals with improved economic benefits (primary and secondary) through PES- water systems SA 3: Conservation and Governance 6. Documentation & data validation: Community members trained in planning and implementation of ICD 7. Documentation & data validation: Data collection (docs review) of amount of budget allotted to FLUP implementation/ biodiversity conservation (2019 and 2020 comparison) 8. Continuation of data collection on LGU technical capacity assessment and actions that integrate conservation in resource planning and management • Palawan: Bataraza and Quezon • Mount Matutum forestland barangays • El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (forestland barangays) 9. Conduct of assessment of effectiveness of selected PAMBs using the METT SA 4: Conservation Research 10. Key informant interviews on perceived roles of universities in protected area management and constraints to university research support to conservation 11. Assessment of implementation of Environmental Law and Protection (ELP) course (revised and enhanced syllabus. Similar assessment will be done for BS Marine Science and BS Environmental Science. SA 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement 12. Documentation & data validation: Data collection (documents review) and analysis of
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 99 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S confiscations, seizures, and arrests resulting from capacity-building provided by Protect Wildlife 13. WECAP data collection - Time 2 (including South Cotabato) 14. Documentation of improved practices (DOJ, BFAR, and other enforcement units not included in Batch 1 of data collection) Crosscutting 15. Study on Protect Wildlife gender actions and male and female participation in the activities of the strategic approaches 16. Support to the Women Global Fund and Prosperity Initiative project
100 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 ANNEX A
THEORY OF CHANGE RESULTS CHAINS
FIGURE 1: PROTECT WILDLIFE OVERALL RESULTS CHAIN
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 101 FIGURE 2: STRATEGIC APPROACH 1 RESULTS CHAIN: BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATION
102 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 FIGURE 3: STRATEGIC APPROACH 2 RESULTS CHAIN: CONSERVATION FINANCING
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 103 FIGURE 4: STRATEGIC APPROACH 3 RESULTS CHAIN: CONSERVATION AND GOVERNANCE
104 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 FIGURE 5: STRATEGIC APPROACH 4 RESULTS CHAIN: CONSERVATION RESEARCH (UPDATED)
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 105 FIGURE 6: STRATEGIC APPROACH 4 RESULTS CHAIN: WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT
106 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 ANNEX B
ACTIVITIES WITH DENR-FOREST MANAGEMENT BUREAU FOR YEAR 4
PERFORMANCE FUND 2019 2020 ACTIVITY INDICATOR SOURCE A S O N D J F M A M J J A S National Greening Program (NGP) Market Linkages/Social Enterprise Development Data Generated on 1. Inventory of NGP Areas by commodity (year NGP Areas by DENR-FMB planted, areas harvestable commodities) Commodity (ha) 2. Identification of value chain and consultation Report Submitted with private partners present in the area (post- with Protect Wildlife harvest facilities) recommendations 3. Draft of TB prescribing guidelines for social TB Drafted Protect Wildlife enterprise development 4. Capability building of field offices on social Trainings DENR-FMB enterprise Conducted IEC Materials 5. Production of IEC Materials DENR-FMB produced Management Arrangement for NGP Untenured Areas Data Generated on 1. Identification of NGP Untenured Areas NGP Untenured DENR-FMB Areas (ha) Report Submitted 2. Review of existing tenurial instruments with Protect Wildlife recommendations 3. Presentation of findings Output Presented DENR-FMB Management 4. Adoption of recommended management Arrangement DENR-FMB arrangements recommended Training Module on Forest Extension Officers
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 107 PERFORMANCE FUND 2019 2020 ACTIVITY INDICATOR SOURCE A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Review and assessment of required Competency areas Protect Wildlife competency area (field consultation) recommended 2. Development of training module including Training module instruction materials on Forest Extension developed and Protect Wildlife Officers presented a. Module for Trainers b. Module for Students/Field Implementers Trainings 3. Pilot testing of the Training Module DENR-FMB Conducted Report with 4. Presentation and evaluation of findings recommendations DENR-FMB presented Training module 5. Finalization of Training Modules on Forest revised and Protect Wildlife Extension Officers finalized 6. Production of the Training Modules on Forest Training modules DENR-FMB Extension Officers produced 7. Roll-out of the Training Module on Forest Trainings DENR-FMB Extension Officers Conducted a. Training of Trainers from DENR-FMB and DENR-FMB Regional Offices b. Training of Forest Extension Officers DENR-FMB Forest Protection Integration of Biomon or BMS to the Lawin System 1. Identification of Final List of Indicator Species Final List of IS and Protect Wildlife and Threats Threats 2. Integration of additional IS and threats to the Data model DENR-FMB existing data model updated Trainings 3. Roll-out of the new data model DENR-BMB Conducted NGP Lawin Module for IAC
108 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 PERFORMANCE FUND 2019 2020 ACTIVITY INDICATOR SOURCE A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Consultation for the determination of data Data sets and sets and parameters, including report parameters DENR-FMB templates, to be included in the module identified 2. Development of NGP Lawin Module and NGP Lawin Module Protect Wildlife User's manual developed NGP Lawin module 3. Presentation of the draft NGP Lawin Module DENR-FMB presented Trainings 4. Pilot-testing and evaluation DENR-FMB Conducted NGP Lawin module 5. Finalization of the NGP Lawin Module DENR-FMB finalized Trainings 6. Production of User's Manual DENR-FMB Conducted User's manual 7. Roll-out of NGP Lawin Module DENR-FMB produced Drone Image Analysis Trainings 1. Training on Drone Image Analysis Protect Wildlife Conducted 2. Roll out 3. Development of Manual for Drone Image Manual Developed Protect Wildlife Analysis Training Module for Forest Officers (Forest Rangers, Forest Guards, etc.) 1. Review and assessment of required Competency areas competency area based on the findings of Protect Wildlife recommended DENR Central Office Training module 2. Development of training module including developed and Protect Wildlife instructional materials for Forest Officers presented a. Module for Trainers Protect Wildlife b. Module for Students/Field Implementers Protect Wildlife Trainings 3. Pilot testing of the Training Module DENR-FMB Conducted
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 109 PERFORMANCE FUND 2019 2020 ACTIVITY INDICATOR SOURCE A S O N D J F M A M J J A S Report with 4. Presentation and evaluation of findings recommendations DENR-FMB presented Training module 5. Finalization of Training Modules on Forest revised and Protect Wildlife Officers finalized 6. Production of the Training Modules on Forest Training modules DENR-FMB Officers produced 7. Roll out of the Training Module on Forest Trainings DENR-FMB Officers Conducted a. Training of Trainers from FMB and DENR-FMB
Regional Offices b. Training of Forest Officers DENR-FMB
110 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 ANNEX C
Protect Wildlife Support to the Women Global Fund and Prosperity Initiative as part of the Journey to Self-Reliance through Women’s Economic Empowerment
Protect Wildlife’s gender action plan for Year 4 includes the support to the gender equality and women empower polices of both the US Government through USAID and the Philippine Government’s Women and Nation Building Act of 1992 (RA 7192) and the implementation of Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710). Thus, in March 2019, Protect Wildlife with the USAID Mission Philippines submitted a proposal to the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. The focus of the W-GDP Initiative is on three pillars: (1) Women Prospering in the Workforce, which will support workforce development and skills training; (2) Women Succeeding as Entrepreneurs, which will focus on entrepreneurship and access to capital, markets, and networks; and (3) Women Enabled in the Economy, which will address the factors that affect women’s ability to reach their economic potential, including applicable laws, regulations, policies, practices, and norms.
In July 2019, a total of 14 projects were approved by the W-GDP Initiative, one of which is the Philippines’ “Journey to Self-Reliance through Women’s Economic Empowerment”. The activities of the grant will focus on working with private sector to increase earnings for 3,800 women entrepreneurs and 12,000 households and assist Local Government Units to address barriers to women’s full economic participation in the selected sites of Protect Wildlife.
The approval is considered timely by Protect Wildlife. The grant supports ecosystems- and conservation- linked community livelihood and enterprises that are biodiversity-friendly within and outside the protection and multiple use zones to harness the area’s economic potentials and demonstrate improved practices of women and men in target sites. The grant will contribute to the project’s overall approach to gradually remove barriers to community’s adoption of desired behaviors after gaining increased awareness with favorable attitudes with respect to biodiversity conservation especially poaching, encroachments, and destructive cultivation practices.
The project will develop criteria USAID-supportive criteria as basis for initiating and promoting submissions of enterprise and livelihood proposals from women in sites especially those that respond to issues during the sessions and training on gender analysis. Top challenges include limited access to markets, credit, technologies to appropriate farming practices, social and community participation skills, and limited participation in men-dominated planning, implementation, and local governance. Most women are assumed to “busy with household chores and nurture of children”.
Working with existing private sector and Local Government partners, 10 People’s Organizations are the targets. The POs’ women members are planned to be the recipients of the grant from Protect Wildlife sites in Palawan, Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi, Sarangani and So. Cotabato which are either inside or outside the Protected Areas covering the seascape and landscape approach. The private sector partners
PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 | 111 include Foundation for Sustainable Society Inc. (FSSI), Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF), Coalition for Social Development Organization (CSDO), and Sunlight Foods Organization. The grant will provide leverage to the credit facility that the private sector provides.
The grant to women may be in the form of needed equipment for processing the produce for value adding, support to marketing of products, skills training (e.g. financial management, technology, organization development, project proposal), networking with other women producers and entrepreneurs, etc. The strategy includes leveraging the LGU’s gender funds to focus support on environment and conservation activities for women. The collaboration with private sector, Local Government and other interested groups to reduce and eventually eliminate the barriers to women’s participation in the access to assets such as human, physical, social, financial and market networks.
The matrix below shows the detailed activities and timeframe how the W-GDP grant will be implemented, this may be adjusted according to the grant guideline set by the Mission.
Deliverable: Work with partner CBOs/POs and cooperatives in developing proposals and technical assistance to increase earnings for 3,800 women entrepreneurs and 12,000 households and assist Local Government Units to address barriers to women’s full economic participation in 10 Community-Based Organizations or People’s Organizations with women members and officers.
2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 1. Work with LGUs and DENR to identify MUZ, coastal/marine areas, and production forestlands where competitive conservation- friendly livelihoods and enterprises may be improved, expanded, and scaled up and be connected to markets. 2. Conduct enterprise needs assessment among CBOs/POs with their existing ENR enterprises, and develop a gender profile of the client/beneficiary groups/sub-groups with respect to: a. differences in roles, status and well-being b. access to services, resources and assets c. participation in decision-making, development priorities, time constraints and other aspects that may affect their participation organizational needs, etc. 3. Discuss with CBOs/POs partners the W- GDP guidelines 4. Conduct meetings with LGUs and national line agencies to get commitment and support in the implementation 5. Provide feedback on the assessment results to be integrated in the grant proposal request
112 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 2019 2020 ACTIVITIES J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 6. Meet with private sectors partners to discuss complementation of support 7. Review project proposals with target CBOs/POs in their existing ENR enterprises and technical assistance with partners in developing grant proposal of POs considering the gender needs using the results of the assessment. 8. Develop with partners appropriate mechanisms to ensure women’s and or girls’ equitable access to project benefits and avoid increasing time or other burdens on women. 9. Facilitate approval of grants to partners, conduct briefing with POs based on the approved project (e.g. budget, reporting, responsibilities, monitoring, etc.) 10. Conduct implementation planning with project partners LGUs, Private Sector, including phase-out strategy 11. Provide support to CBOs/POs in the implementation of the grant based on TNA per organization (e.g. capacity building on financial, leadership and management of organization, conservation related training) 12. Provide technical assistance to partners in the implementation of the project 13. Participate or support review of enhanced module on abaca, coffee and seaweed to integrate conservation and gender related topics with partner agencies 14. Monitor and document stories of women-led enterprise project
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Protect Wildlife Research Studies
YEAR IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION / NO. RESEARCH STUDY REPORTED EXPERT Growth and Survival Study of Sandfish Holothuria College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Year 1 1 scabra at Different Culture Stages in Rasa Island Western Philippines University, Puerto and Brgy. Caguisan, Narra, Palawan Princesa City Microbial, Macroparasite and Microparasite
Abundance in Different Culture Stages of 2 Dr. Annette Menez (short-term technical Holothuria scabra at consultant) Rasa Island and Brgy. Caguisan, Narra, Palawan Study on the Indicative Presence and Abundance Katala Foundation (with PCSDS as lead 3 of Palawan Pangolin in Southern-Central Palawan agency) Year 2 Study on the local knowledge, practices and College of Sciences, Palawan State University 4 attitudes of IP communities on the Palawan (with PCSDS as lead agency) Pangolin Inventory and Scientific Validation of Folklore- Mindanao State University –General Santos 5 Claimed Medicinal Plants in Mount Matutum City (under the Office of the Vice Chancellor Protected Landscape for Research) Ranger Perception Study in Selected Protected Areas (5 Protected Areas in Palawan, Sarangani 6 Bay Protected Seascape, Apo Reef Natural Park and Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary) Dr. William Moreto (short-term technical Ranger Perception Study in Selected Protected consultant) / World Wildlife Fund Areas (Mount Mantalingahan Protected Year 3 7 Landscape, Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, Apo Reef Natural Park) Adrian Luczon DNA Barcoding, Molecular Phylogeny and Institute of Biology 8 Population Genetics of Fruit Bats (Pteropodidae) College of Science in the Philippines (PhD Dissertation) UP Diliman, Quezon City Jayson Q. Caranza Assessment of the recreational value, sensitivity School of Environmental Science and 9 and disturbance of the Capisaan Cave System in Management Nueva Vizcaya (PhD Dissertation) UP Los Banos, Laguna Ecology and Conservation of Native Amelita C. Luna 10 Metallophytes Towards Restoration of Disturbed College of Forestry and Natural Resources Ultramafic Areas in Zambales (PhD Dissertation) UP Los Banos, Laguna Investigating the Potential Cryptic Diversity of Yñigo Luis C. del Prado the Philippine Pitviper (Timeresurus flavomaculatus Biological Sciences 11 (Viperidae: Crotalinae) in the Luzon University of Santo Tomas Biogeographic Region Through Morphological Manila and Molecular Analyses ( Master’s Thesis) Unraveling the Mystery on Rafflesiaceae: Adriane B. Tobias 12 Evidences from DNA Barcoding, Morpho- College of Forestry and Natural Resources Anatomy and Biogeography ( Master’s Thesis) UP Los Banos, Laguna Ecology and Genetic Diversity of Philippine teak, Dexter C. Inoc 13 Tectona philippinensis Benth. & Hook. f. Institute of Biological Sciences (Verbenaceae) (PhD Dissertation) UP Los Banos, Laguna
114 | PROTECT WILDLIFE WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 4 YEAR IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION / NO. RESEARCH STUDY REPORTED EXPERT Floristics and Dynamics of pteridophytes in Christine Obemio 14 Mount Matutum, South Cotabato (PhD Botany Dissertation) UP Los Baños, Laguna Aris Reginaldo Lower Montane Forest Fragments and Small Institute of Biology 15 Non-flying Mammals in Southern Cordillera ( College of Science Master’s Thesis) UP Diliman, Quezon City Population Structure and Spatial Pattern of Jersam Calago Critically Endangered Species of Dipterocarpaceae 16 University of San Carlos Trees of Mount Malindang Range Natural Park, Cebu City Northern Mindanao (Master’s Thesis) Metabarcoding of Dermal and Gut Bacterial Chinee Padasas Communities of Hippocampus comes Including 17 Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Seawater and Sediment Sample from Surigao Del Technology Norte, Mindanao ( Master’s Thesis) Ontogenetic Habitat Shift and Connectivity of Joey Cabasan 18 Plectropomus leopardus in the Sulu-Palawan Sea Marine Science Institute Systems ( Master’s Thesis) UP Diliman, Quezon City Mindanao State University – Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (under the Director of Research) Enhancing Seaweed Production and Quality in 19 Bongao, Tawi-tawi Tawi-tawi Using Laboratory-Generated Cultivars
Dr. Jumelita Romero (short-term technical consultant) Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (under the Research and Participatory Coastal Resources Assessment Extension Office), with Zamboanga City LGU (PCRA) for the Establishment of Marine 20 Zamboanga City Protected Areas in the Eleven (11) Islands of
Zamboanga City Dr. Asuncion de Guzman (short-term technical consultant) Research and Conservation of Philippine Eagle within the Zamboanga Peninsula (Pasonanca Philippine Eagle Foundation 21 Natural Park) Davao City
Improved Mangrove Crown Measurement from Rufo Marasigan, Jr. Airborne Lidar Data using Marker-controlled Computer Engineering 22 Watershed Algorithm-filtered Hamraz Technique Technology Institute of the Philippines (PhD Dissertation) Manila Year 4 Jhonnel P. Villegas Abundance and Distribution of the Philippine Biology 23 Brown Deer (Rusa marianna) in the Obu Manuvu Ateneo de Davao University Ancestral Domain, Davao City ( Master’s Thesis) Davao City Leizle Bolivar-Coronica Biodiversity Assessment of Marine Ecosystem of Science Education 24 Burias, Glan, Sarangani: Basis for a Learning Notre Dame of Dadiangas University Package ( Master’s Thesis) Gen. Santos City For submission/ Philippine Biodiversity Conservation 25 Project Tawsi: Sulu Hornbill approval Foundation, Inc.
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