PROTECT WILDLIFE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT 6 January-March 2018

APRIL 2018

This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC

PROTECT WILDLIFE ACTIVITY WORK PLAN FOR YEAR 1 1

Activity Title: Protect Wildlife Activity

Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/

Contract Number: AID-OAA-I-14-00014/AID-492-TO-16-00002

Contractor: DAI Global, LLC

Date of Publication: April 2018

Author: DAI Global, LLC

The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 2 PROTECT WILDLIFE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT 6

CONTENTS

PREFACE ...... iii ABBREVIATIONS ...... v

INTRODUCTION ...... 1

1 MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING ...... 3 2 PROGRESS REPORT ...... 20 3 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ...... 42 4 PAST AND PROJECTED EXPENDITURES ...... 46

ANNEXES ...... 47

A Behavior Change Communication Campaigns in Protect Wildlife Sites ...... 47 B Endorsements/Approval of National and Local Enforcement Policy Initiatives ...... 51 C Environmental Monitoring Report on Sea Cucumber Sea Ranching Research Project ...... 60 D BRAIN System Development and Inter-Operability Framework ...... 63 E Key Provisions of the Resolution of the PAMB Region 12 Summit on November 2017 ...... 68

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PREFACE

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Mission to the Philippines, has contracted DAI Global, LLC (DAI) as the implementing partner for the Protect Wildlife activity under Contract No. AID-492-TO-16-00002. The effective date of the contract is June 17, 2016 to December 11, 2020. DAI partners with four organizations—Orient Integrated Development Consultants, Inc.; Rare, Inc.; Conservation International Foundation; and Tanggol Kalikasan, Inc.—in implementing the activity. The Contract requires DAI to submit Quarterly Progress Reports to USAID within 30 days from the close of each operating quarter. Quarterly Progress Reports include information about the task order and a summary of progress of activities in relation to the requirements of the task order, indicating any problems encountered and proposing remedial actions as appropriate. Each report articulates progress toward outcomes and highlights key achievements and problem areas that require senior management intervention. Protect Wildlife Quarterly Progress Report objectives consist of five sections. The first is an overview of the activity and a summary of progress during the preceding quarter. The second section provides detailed updates on activities undertaken in Manila, , -Tawi-Tawi, and City (GenSan)-- (Region 12) for each of Contract Line Item No. (CLIN) 0001 composed of various Sub-CLINs. There are no activities under CLIN 002 yet. The last section provides details on management and operations and expenditures for the quarter and projected spending for the next. This Year 2 Quarter 3 report (Protect Wildlife Quarterly Progress Report 6) covers the period of January 1 to March 31, 2018. It provides a summary of accomplishments based on planned activities set out in the October 1 to December 31, 2017 Quarterly Progress Report. The report also outlines the planned activities for the period of April 1 to June 30, 2018.

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ABBREVIATIONS

BCC behavior change communication C4C Campaigning for Conservation CENRO Community Environment and Natural Resources Office CFLET Composite Fisheries Law Enforcement Team CLIN Contract Line Item Number CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan CSO civil society organization DA-BFAR Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources DAI DAI Global, LLC DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR-BMB DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau DENR-FMB DENR-Forest Management Bureau DOJ Department of Justice ECLOF Ecumenical Church Loan Fund FLEMIS Fisheries Law Enforcement Management Information System FLUP Forest Land Use Plan FSSI Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Inc. GDA Global Development Alliance IUU illegal, unreported and unregulated KAP knowledge, attitudes and practices LGU local government unit LOP life of project LWR Lutheran World Relief MOA memorandum of agreement MOU memorandum of understanding MPA marine protected area NCIP National Commission on Indigenous Peoples NIPAS National Integrated Protected Areas System PBC3 Partnership for Biodiversity Conservation Phase 3 PCSD Palawan Council for Sustainable Development PCSDS Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff PENRO Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office PES payment for environmental services SA Strategic Approach TWG technical working group USAID United States Agency for International Development US DOI United States Department of Interior USG United States Government VIIRS Visual Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite WEO Wildlife Enforcement Officer ZCAWTTF Zamboanga City Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Task Force ZCWD Zamboanga City Water District

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INTRODUCTION

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 2015) 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 Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), and various national-level enforcement law 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 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 (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. TARGET SITES The activity strives to target wildlife trafficking hotspots and local stakeholders with initiatives to improve local capacities; incentivize communities and local government units (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. Protect Wildlife works across geographies in the Philippines to address wildlife trafficking transshipment, but implements a more comprehensive ecosystem approach in the biologically significant areas presented below:  Palawan: From the activity’s 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, and in Palawan.  Zamboanga City-Tawi-Tawi: From offices in Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi, the activity

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implements activities in forest lands including foreshore and areas and protected areas such as the Natural Park, Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape.  Sarangani and South Cotabato Provinces and General Santos City: In the activity’s second year, DENR and USAID selected Region 12’s Sarangani and South Cotabato Provinces and General Santos City as Protect Wildlife’s third site, with the following target landscape-seascapes: Protected Landscape, Protected Landscape, Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area and Protected Seascape. The Manila office maintains the national advisors and specialists who lead development of the activity and Strategic Approach strategies and 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.

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1 MONITORING, EVALUATION & LEARNING

In Chapter 1, Protect Wildlife presents a status update on progress achieved this quarter within each Strategic Approach (SA) of the activity’s Theory of Change, and progress against Year 2 and cumulative contract deliverable targets and USAID Economic Growth targets.

1.1 THEORY OF CHANGE STATUS REPORT

Protect Wildlife’s work in target sites is guided by the following Theory of Change:

IF communities, local government units, research and training institutions, regulatory bodies and enforcers, private sector, civil society organizations, environmental groups and communities understand the true economic value and sociocultural significance of habitats and wildlife species, including their ecosystem functions, and the goods and services they provide 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, expansion, and diversification of biodiversity-friendly and sustainable livelihoods and enterprises for local communities in priority sites;  Improved conservation competencies of LGUs, CSOs and land and resource management units in formulating and executing policy- and science-based integrated land use and local development plans; and in managing natural resources, including habitats of wildlife and species;  Improved universities’ capacity to generate scientifically rigorous evidence and knowledge essential for conservation and for enriching their curricula and outreach programs; and  Enhanced capacities of national and local enforcement entities to identify, capture, prosecute, and adjudicate wildlife crimes and habitat losses,

THEN, Protect Wildlife can significantly contribute to 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. Protect Wildlife operationalizes the Theory of Change via five Strategic Approaches and their corresponding results and targets: Strategic Approach 1: Improve attitudes and behavior toward biodiversity and its conservation in target areas at a statistically significant level, with these five-year targets:  100 people trained to lead behavior change campaigns

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 25 behavior change communication (BCC) campaigns implemented  300,000 people reached by BCC campaigns Strategic Approach 2: Intensify financing from private and public sectors and internally generated revenues for biodiversity conservation, with these five-year targets:  US$500,000 revenues generated from the sale of ecosystem services in targeted sites  100 payments for ecosystem services (PES) or tourism initiatives  US$5 million in Global Development Alliance (GDA) investments in Protect Wildlife anti-poaching and trafficking efforts Strategic Approach 3: Improve biodiversity conservation competencies of local government units, governance bodies, civil society organizations, and land and resource management units, with these five-year targets:  200 LGU staff trained in participatory planning for integrated conservation and development  2,500 community members trained in planning and implementation of integrated conservation and development  200 LGU staff trained, certified and formally deputized as Wildlife Enforcement Officers (WEOs) by government agencies Strategic Approach 4: Enhance capacities of universities to advance biodiversity conservation education, research, monitoring and innovation, with these five-year targets:  25 university-supported research initiatives implemented at Protect Wildlife sites  10 universities developing conservation curricula with support from Protect Wildlife Strategic Approach 5: Enhance competencies of national and local government agencies in enforcing biodiversity conservation-related laws and policies, with these five-year targets:  1,000 government staff trained in combating wildlife and environmental crime  50 new or revised laws and regulations adopted to combat wildlife crimes  1,000 confiscations, seizures and arrests resulting from capacity building provided by Protect Wildlife.

Last quarter’s activities continued to add towards the cumulative status of the activity’s overall Theory of Change intermediate results (highlighted in boxes with blue margins in Figure 1):  Foundational knowledge on biodiversity conservation and wildlife trafficking improved,  Capacity of PAMBs, LGUs and CSOs increased  PAMB/DENR policies on protected area management improved  Conservation financing arrangement and opportunities identified  Conservation financing arrangements/agreements initiated  Skills and abilities of enforcement authorities improved  New and revised policies in place  Management of biodiversity and natural assets improved  Inter-agency collaboration by landscape-level policy, management and enforcement increased  National and local law enforcement improved.

Last quarter’s activities also initiated actions that contribute to following Theory of Change additional intermediate results (highlighted in boxes with yellow margins in Figure 1):

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FIGURE 1: OVERALL PROTECT WILDLIFE THEORY OF CHANGE RESULTS CHAIN HIGHLIGHTING INTERMEDIATE RESULTS BEING ADDRESSED BY SA-SPECIFIC AND INTER-SA ACTIVITIES

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 “Technical know-how for research increased” and “University curriculum enriched” as indicated by the HEIs’ submission of several research concept notes, proposals, and draft research and development programs; and their interests to improve their curricula.  “Social, economic, and environmental benefits to LGUs, communities and private sector generated from biodiversity-friendly investments” as demonstrated in Brooke’s Point, Palawan where the LGU and the local water utilities decided to re-invest part of the PES revenues for improving and restoring the watershed through community-based approaches.  “Communities, institutions, private sector attitudes towards conservation improved” as manifested by the interests of divers in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park during the pilot testing of the behavior change campaign to adopt conservation-friendly practices to reduce reef damages during their diving visits.  “Tools, systems, and technology to identify, and report wildlife crimes implemented” as started with the development of BRAIN for Palawan and the ongoing discussion for finalizing the arrangement with Freeland for apps development.

The Theory of Change-consistent SA and inter-SA activities continued to deepen understanding of the “foundational knowledge” for reducing threats to biodiversity, reducing poaching and trafficking of wildlife, and improving ecosystems services. Benchmark findings from the KAP survey, community consultations, emerging land use issues in conservation areas, and results of violations assessment have guided behavior change campaign plans in Sta. Cruz Protected Seascape, MMPL, , and Natural Park. The project pursued several initiatives to diversify, increase, and stabilize financing for conservation, enforcement, community livelihoods, and science-based policy development especially in protected areas. Assistance for improving PA and forestland use plans are helping DENR and LGUs prepare more conservation-oriented financial plans. The project has guided planning processes that pinpoint opportunities to diversify, increase, and stabilize financing from public funds (mainly from DENR, LGUs, other national agencies), private (NGOs, for profit firms, and communities), and PES revenues or similar type of financing mechanism for internally-generated funds.

Current SA activities are converging towards “improved on-site management of biodiversity and natural resource assets” at the community, conservation area, LGU, and landscape levels. With ongoing efforts to improve enforcement skills and abilities of various enforcement units, new or modified policies, and more capable LGUs, DENR and CSOs in governing and managing conservation areas, the project is more positioned to contribute towards removals of barriers for behavior change. At this point, the project keeps guiding HEI partners to focus their RDE agenda towards more long-term conservation-linked programs. In turn, some HEIs are re-aligning their initial RDEs’ priority research proposals and curricular development towards local and national conservation, wildlife law enforcement, and conservation-linked local development. In conservation areas, SA activities have started highlighting needs for more responsive local policies, livelihood support, delineation of allowed settlement areas in public lands, and provision of infra and social services support for marginalized or negatively-affected communities.

Inter-SA activities has started more holistic efforts to address wildlife trafficking at “transshipment points” especially in ports, markets, terminals of land transports, couriers, and web sites. These activities will build on policies, protocols, knowledge and skills, and agreements that are in place in order for trained local and national government personnel to operate a more organized, complementary, system-based, and sustainable wildlife law enforcement activities in selected transshipment points.

1.2 MONITORING AND EVALUATION STATUS REPORT Over the course of Quarter 3, the Protect Wildlife team designed activities to continue progress within individual Strategic Area Theories of Change Results Chains and meet contract deliverables and outputs; the team also seized opportunities, such as DENR requests to support wildlife crime-related training programs,

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which directly and indirectly facilitated and accelerated activity implementation. The following bullets represent significant advances achieved this quarter that we wish to highlight. Highlights are presented within their Strategic Approach: 1. Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication. Developed national and site-level BCC campaigns in collaboration with the other SA teams. For behaviors that contribute to demand reduction in wildlife trafficking, the team designed a communications campaign with the Wildlife Resources Division of DENR-BMB through which knowledge about illegal wildlife trade and resource use will be disseminated at key airports and seaports. A complementary advocacy campaign will target couriers and the transport industry. Working with staff trained on Campaigning for Conservation (C4C), two BCC campaigns were implemented in Palawan this quarter that initially reached 1,581 individuals. The campaigns focused on:  Changing onboard behavior of dive operators, dive masters and tourists/divers in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park towards conservation, and  Generating support for the protection and management of the Tigaplan watershed, the major source of water in Brooke’s Point, Palawan (Annex A)

2. Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing. Assisted LGUs in southern Palawan and in Zamboanga City in developing and operationalizing PES governance schemes such as ring-fencing, business planning and re-investment planning. As activity-supported PES frameworks mature further, PES schemes will expand and revenue collection, which is now about US$11,073, will accelerate. The team also continued discussions with potential sources of private financing (including Foundation for a Sustainable Society, Cargill Philippines and Abraham Holdings), institutional buyers, and government resource institutions such as the Philippine Rootcrops Research and Training Center, to generate support to initiatives in livelihoods and community enterprises, research and conservation education.

3. Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance. Continued mentoring the landscape- and LGU-level technical working groups (TWGs) on data analysis, spatial analysis and field validation, and management and investment planning to complete the updated protected area management plans and forest land use plans (FLUPs) of target landscapes and seascapes and LGUs in southern Palawan and Zamboanga City. The team expanded its training activities on protected area management planning and FLUP to the activity expansion sites, specifically Puerto Princesa City and Mount Matutum and Allah Valley protected landscapes in region 12. The scale-up of the activity’s improved protected area management and investment planning process has been initiated with the training of three batches of DENR staff, protected area supervisors (PASUs) and select protected area management board (PAMB) members from 29 protected areas around the country. The latter training initiative was in response to a request by the DENR-BMB National Parks Division.

4. Strategic Approach 4: Conservation Research. Continued to advance research, development and extension partnerships with universities, and develop detailed agreements for curriculum development assistance. Significant activities this quarter are:  Commenced Western Philippines University’s participation of its field research on sea cucumber growth and survival with the release of hatchery-produced juveniles into ocean nursery systems  Launched a population study on the Palawan pangolin (Manis culionensis de Elera) in southern Palawan with the PCSDS as lead. Other partners in this study are DENR-BMB, Palawan State University, Katala Foundation and Conservation International  Reviewed research concepts and evaluation of university research proposals for implementation, and  Developed a syllabus for environmental law and protection that universities may integrate into their Bachelor of Science in Criminology programs and that the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) may endorse for adoption by other colleges and universities.

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5. Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement. Continued to strengthen the enabling environment for wildlife and environmental crime enforcement—through training initiatives, and strengthened laws and policies—and to observe enforcement results in practice, through monitoring of confiscations, seizures and arrests. This quarter, the activity team:  Trained an additional 74 government staff in combating wildlife and environmental crime. Through these efforts, the team has exceeded Year 2 targets for the number of trained individuals by 25 percent. Quarter 3 trainings were comprised of a Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation course done in partnership with USAID Partnership for Biodiversity Phase III (PBC3) and NALECC-SCENR (41 trainees), and a DENR-sponsored Palawan Forestry and Wildlife Law Enforcement Training-Batch 1 (33 trainees).  Facilitated advancement of one national and three local policy initiatives related to wildlife and environmental crime prevention. Activity efforts contributed to stakeholders’ success in officially proposing the enactment of amendments to the Wildlife Act, the Environmental Code of Zamboanga City and Municipal Fisheries Ordinance for Bataraza, Palawan, and the approval and issuance of the PCSDS enforcement protocol (Annex B).

Protect Wildlife is pleased to present a holistic summary of accomplishments as of March 31, 2018 in Table 1.

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TABLE 1: CONTRACT DELIVERABLES: YEAR 2 ACCOMPLISHMENTS (as of March 31, 2018)

TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS NARRATIVE PROGRESS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative Inception LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 for Year 2 to Date

SA 1

23 47 People trained to The C4C training in Palawan (Batch 2) and in Region 12 are set for July 1.1 lead behavior 100 76 - Male: 14 Male: 31 2018 and October 2018, respectively. change campaigns Female: 9 Female: 16

Phase 1 of the following BCC campaigns were launched: 1. Conservation-oriented onboard behavior in Tubbataha Reefs (target audience: dive operators, dive masters and tourist/divers) Behavior change 2. Protection and management of Tigaplan watershed in Brooke’s 1.2 campaigns 25 9 2 3 2 Point (target: downstream water users and upland communities) implemented

The succeeding phases of these campaigns and three other campaigns are being finalized for approval and launch next quarter.

BCC campaign activities and materials launched this quarter reached 30 People reached by dive/boat operators and dive masters; 1,374 town residents of Brooke’s 1.3 behavior change 300,000 22,000 1,551 1,770 3,640 Point, and the 177 participants to the tree planting activity in the campaigns Tigaplan watershed.

SA 2

Brooke’s Point LGU estimated its PES collection at US$1,059.00 (PHP Revenue generated 54,000) for the quarter. The PES collection of the Rural Waterworks from the sale of 2.1 US$500,000 US$70,650 US$2,293 US$6,724 US$11,078 and Sanitation Association in Brooke’s Point amounted to US$936.00 ecosystem services (PHP 47,737). Rizal LGU started its PES collection last February 2018. in target sites It reported collection of US$300 (PHP 15,313) this quarter.

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS NARRATIVE PROGRESS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative Inception LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 for Year 2 to Date

Activities during the quarter focused on the operationalization of the PES schemes of assisted LGUs, including planning for the re- Payment for investment of PES revenues of Brooke’s Point LGU in community- ecosystem services based rehabilitation of the Tigaplan watershed. Three other PES 2.2 or tourism 100 18 2 7 - opportunities were explored this quarter: initiatives supported in target sites 1. Ecotourism in Bud Bongao Forest Park 2. Ecotourism in Pasonanca Natural Park 3. Water use by water associations in Sofronio Espanola Discussions were pursued with these potential GDA partners:

Global 1. FSSI (support to social enterprises/community livelihoods in all Development Protect Wildlife sites) Alliance investments US$0.65 US$0.10 2. ECLOF (agricultural credit in southern Palawan) 2.3 US$5 million - - in Protect Wildlife million million 3. Abraham Holdings, Inc. /The Legend Palawan (capacity building anti-poaching and and small infra support to community enterprises in southern trafficking efforts Palawan) 4. SMART Communications (app development to support weather index based insurance and, with Phil-Rootcrops, agri-based livelihoods in southern Palawan) SA 3

LGU staff trained in 30 Modular training of LGU staff on FLUP is continuing in southern participatory Palawan (five LGUs), Puerto Princesa City and Zamboanga City. planning for 3.1 200 30 - - The training of LGU members of TWGs for Mt. Matutum and Allah integrated Male: 23 Valley Protected Landscapes in Region 12 commenced with an conservation and orientation on integrated landscape approach for improving development Female: 7 governance and management of protected and conservation areas.

Community members trained in 101 Engagement of community members in community planning and mapping/validation of land uses in forest lands continued in southern

3.2 implementation of 2,500 400 - - Palawan (five LGUs), Zamboanga City and Puerto Princesa City. This integrated Male: 79 activity forms part of a two-part training of community members in conservation and integrated conservation and development. development Female: 22

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS NARRATIVE PROGRESS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative Inception LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 for Year 2 to Date

LGU staff trained, certified and formally deputized 39 45 There are 22 trained WEOs in Palawan and 28 trained WEOs in as Wildlife 3.3 200 44 - Zamboanga City with pending deputation by PCSD and DENR 9, Enforcement Male: 36 Male: 42 respectively. Officers (WEOs) by Female: 3 Female: 3 government agencies

There are 31 forest guards in the Pasonanca Natural Park who have been trained for deputation as WEOs by DENR Region 9. Community 19 members trained 10 The WEO training held in December 2017 with the Tribal Leaders and certified as Development Foundation, Inc. in South Cotabato had 26 community 3.4 500 116 - WEOs by participants. DENR Region 12 has yet to issue government Male: 8 Male: 17 certification/deputation. agencies Female: 2 Female: 2 Additional community WEO training in Region 12 is scheduled next quarter.

SA 4

A research study on the Philippine Pangolin was launched last March 2, 2018. PCSDS will lead the study, with the Palawan State University (PSU) among its partners. Of 18 concept notes received, four research proposals from partner universities are under evaluation for implementation next quarter:

University- 1. Identification and Indicative Distribution of Medicinal Plants in supported research Mt. Matutum ( State University-Gen. Santos City) 2. Civet Population and Feeding Ecology Study in Mount Matutum 4.1 initiatives 25 8 - - 1 implemented in (Mindanao State University-Gen. Santos City) target sites 3. Policy Study on Zoning and Land Uses in Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Area (Ateneo de Zamboanga University) 4. Socio-Economic Study of Communities in Mangrove Areas in Mampang and Talon-Talon, Zamboanga City (Universidad de Zamboanga)

PSU and WPU were given an orientation on Weather Index Based Insurance (WIBI). If there is interest to adopt the insurance scheme in Palawan, these universities will be tapped to provide the research

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS NARRATIVE PROGRESS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative Inception LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 for Year 2 to Date

support.

Six partner universities (WPU, PSU and Holy Trinity University in Palawan; Western Mindanao State University and Universidad de Zamboanga in Zamboanga City; and Mahardika Institute of Technology in Tawi-Tawi) participated in the preparation of a generic syllabus for Environmental Law and Protection for integration into their BS Criminology programs. Interested universities are to refine and propose adoption of the syllabus by their respective academic councils. Arrangements are being finalized for the delivery of technical assistance Universities to four partner universities that proposed the development or developing enhancement of the curriculum of environment-related degree conservation programs 10 4 0 0 0 4.2 curricula with 1. PSU: Environmental Science, Biology and Marine Biology support from 2. WPU: Marine Biology Protect Wildlife 3. Zamboanga City Polytechnic State College: Environmental Science 4. Zamboanga State College on Marine Sciences and Technology: Marine Science, Marine Ecology

Notre Dame of Marbel University will pursue the enrichment with conservation and environment subjects the elementary and high school curriculum of the Kablon and Glandang schools (predominantly IP) in Tupi, South Cotabato as part of their extension program.

SA 5

74 251 368 Government staff Enforcement training held during the quarter: trained in 5.1 combating wildlife 1,000 200 1. Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Investigators (41 participants, and environmental Male: 48 Male: 174 Male: 262 male-24, female-17) crime 2. DENR Palawan Forestry and Wildlife Law Enforcement Female: 26 Female: 77 Female: 106 Training-Batch 1 (33 participants, male-24, female-9)

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS NARRATIVE PROGRESS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative Inception LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 for Year 2 to Date

Three local policies that Protect Wildlife helped formulate were officially endorsed to concerned decision-making authority: 1. Environmental Code of Zamboanga City, submitted by the Zamboanga City OCENR to the Sanguniang Panglunsod 2. Draft Municipal Fisheries Ordinance of Bataraza, Palawan formally transmitted to the Sanguniang Bayan. 3. PCSDS Enforcement Protocol which was approved by the PCSDS Executive Director and issued on March 7, 2018.

One national policy initiative to which Protect Wildlife provided technical inputs and funding, and facilitated consultations: New or revised laws and regulations 5.2 50 9 9 4. Amendments to the Wildlife Act. The BMB-WRD submitted the adopted to combat 4 6 policy draft to the House of Representatives wildlife crimes Ongoing policy initiatives are: 1. Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan (WildLEAP). The draft is for submission by DENR-BMB-WRD to the DENR Secretary. 2. DENR administrative order enhancing biodiversity protection and conservation in mining operations 3. Adjudication Rules for Protected Areas 4. 5-year Fisheries Law Enforcement Operations Action Plan (Initial draft submitted to BFAR) 5. Marine Turtle MPA Network Protocol 6. Criteria for Threatened Species List of Palawan 7. Policy to Designate Flagship Species for Palawan LGUs Confiscations, Enforcement actions of the PCSDS enforcement team, which the seizures and arrests Protect Wildlife SA 5 Team periodically mentors, led to 25 resulting from confiscations, seizures and arrests this quarter. The cases are violations 5.3 1,000 108 25 75 capacity building 117 of the Chainsaw Act, Forestry Code/illegal logging and Wildlife Act. provided by Protect Wildlife

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We are pleased to present Protect Wildlife’s contribution to select USAID Economic Growth outcomes and outputs in the following narrative, and comprehensively in Table 2. Outcome Targets  EG 10.2-2: Number of hectares of biologically significant areas under improved natural resource management as a result of USG assistance. This quarter, the activity team continued to work in target landscapes and seascapes in Palawan, Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi and South Cotabato to increase the cumulative number of hectares of biologically significant areas under improved natural resource management. The specific targets for improved management through technical assistance in protected and conservation area management and forest land use planning are: . Two protected areas (Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary and Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary) in southern Palawan; . Critical watersheds, and upland forest and mangrove habitats in central and southern Palawan and Zamboanga City; . A local conservation area in Tawi-Tawi; and . Mount Matutum Protected Landscape in South Cotabato.  EG 10.3-4: Amount of investment mobilized (in US$) for sustainable landscapes, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation as supported by USG assistance. The team mobilized investments from LGUs, communities, DENR, PCSDS and national government agencies valued at US$51,568. These represent the counterpart of Protect Wildlife partners such as the travel cost and equivalent compensation of staff and community members who attended training activities. The investment mobilized this quarter represents 40 percent of the year 2 cumulative target. This includes DENR BMB and LGU counterparts during training and workshop activities and PES revenues. Output Targets  EG 10.2-4: Number of people trained in sustainable natural resources management and/or biodiversity conservation as a result of USG assistance. The team trained 164 individuals in sustainable natural resources management and/or biodiversity conservation this quarter. Protect Wildlife’s quarterly result in people trained represents 42 percent of year 2 progress to date. Training programs included the following: . Forestry and Wildlife Law Enforcement Training: 33 DENR Palawan Forest Protection Officers . Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation: 41 DENR officials and staff of the National Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee - Sub-Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (NALECC-SCENR) and of its member organizations . Improved Protected Area Planning and Investment Preparation: 90- central and regional DENR staffs, and select Protected Area Superintendents (PASu) and Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) members  EG 10.2-5: Number of laws, policies, or regulations that address biodiversity conservation and/or other environmental themes officially proposed, adopted, or implemented as a result of USG assistance. Protect Wildlife technical assistance this quarter contributed to the endorsement of three local environment, wildlife and fisheries law enforcement policies, submission of one national wildlife/biodiversity policy initiatives, and one municipal ordinance related to Payment for Ecosystem Services. The team is presently advancing efforts towards seven national and sub-national policy initiatives: . Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan (WildLEAP) . DENR administrative order enhancing biodiversity protection and conservation in mining operations . Adjudication Rules for Protected Areas . 5-year Fisheries Law Enforcement Operations Action Plan . Marine Turtle MPA Network Protocol

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. Criteria for Threatened Species List of Palawan . Policy to Designate Flagship Species for Palawan LGUs

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TABLE 2: ECONOMIC GROWTH OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS: YEAR 2 ACCOMPLISHMENTS (as of March 31, 2018)

TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative for Inception to NARRATIVE PROGRESS LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 Year 2 Date Outcomes About 133,000 hectares of biologically significant areas were set as target for improved management in Year 2 through participatory protected and conservation area and forest land use zoning, planning and management. 1. FLUP is ongoing in five LGUs in southern Number of hectares of Palawan, Puerto Princesa City and biologically significant Zamboanga City. areas under improved 2. Protected area management planning is EG.10.2-2 500,000 120,000 - 141,296 natural resource ongoing in Rasa Island and Ursula Island management as a result protected areas. of USG assistance 3. The updating of the management plan for the Bud Bongao local Conservation Area - in Tawi-Tawi has started. 4. The TWG for the updating of the Mount Matutum Protected Landscape in South Cotabato has been formed and provided orientation on landscape approach in protected area management planning. Progress on this indicator will be reported at the end of Year 2.

Current activities that can potentially benefit Number of people communities are: with improved 1. Joint planning with DENR and LGU to economic benefits strengthen tenure security and provide derived from other support services to improve the sustainable natural EG.10.2-3 100,000 20,000 - - - economic conditions of the upland and resource management coastal communities in two critical and/or biodiversity watersheds and mangrove areas conservation as a (Mampang and Talon-talon) in Zamboanga result of USG City assistance 2. Technical and financial support for the cassava and rootcrop production in southern Palawan 3. Community-based rehabilitation of

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative for Inception to NARRATIVE PROGRESS LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 Year 2 Date watershed using PES revenues from the Brooke’s Point local water utilities 4. Community-based ecotourism in Sta. Cruz islands

Number of people that apply improved Improved practices by enforcement teams conservation law who are trained and mentored by Protect EG.10.2-6 1,200 200 - 55 55 enforcement practices Wildlife will be documented at the end of Year as a result of USG 2. assistance Amount of investment mobilized (in US$) for Counterpart funding leveraged for January to sustainable landscapes, March 2018 from LGUs, communities, DENR, natural resource PCSDS and national government agencies for US$5 EG.10.3-4 management and US$65,000 US$51,568 US$141,136 US$245,435 training and law enforcement activities: million biodiversity  US$26,464 for FLUP and protected area conservation as planning and management training supported by USG  US$25,104 for law enforcement training assistance Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, estimated in metric tons of CO2 equivalent EG.13-6 reduced, sequestered 703,930 34,374 - - - This will be estimated at the end of Year 2 or avoided through sustainable landscape activities supported by USG assistance Outputs Trained during the quarter were: Number of people  33 DENR Palawan Forest Protection trained in sustainable Officers on Forestry and Wildlife Law

natural resources Enforcement 164 392 819 management and/or  41 DENR personnel, staff of NALECC- EG.10.2-4 4,500 735 biodiversity SCENR and member organizations on Male: 90 Male: 258 Male: 581 conservation as a Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Female: 74 Female: 134 Female: 238 result of USG Investigation assistance  90 DENR staffs, PASus and PAMB members trained on improved Protected

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TARGETS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INDICATORS Year 2 Year 2, Cumulative for Inception to NARRATIVE PROGRESS LOP (Adjusted) Quarter 3 Year 2 Date Area Planning and Investment Preparation Completed this quarter are: 1. Three local policies formulated for Zamboanga City (Environmental Code), Bataraza, Palawan (Municipal Fisheries Ordinance) and PCSDS (Enforcement Protocol). 2. One national policy to which Protect Wildlife provided technical inputs and Number of laws, funding and facilitation of consultations policies, or regulations (Amendments to the Wildlife Act) that address 3. A municipal ordinance of Bataraza, biodiversity Palawan adopting the PES conservation and/or EG.10.2-5 other environmental 50 7 5 8 12 Ongoing policy initiatives are: themes officially 1. Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan proposed, adopted, or 2. DENR administrative order enhancing implemented as a biodiversity protection and conservation result of USG in mining operations assistance 3. Adjudication Rules for Protected Areas 4. 5-year Fisheries Law Enforcement Operations Action Plan (Initial draft submitted to BFAR) 5. Marine Turtle MPA Network Protocol 6. Criteria for Threatened Species List of Palawan 7. Policy to Designate Flagship Species for Palawan LGUs

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2 PROGRESS REPORT

2.1 MANILA

From Manila, SA and crosscutting (communications, geospatial planning, monitoring and evaluation, and gender) experts:  Lead implementation of activities with national-level agencies such as the DENR (BMB, FMB, Policy and Planning Office), DA/BFAR and other national environmental law agencies such as PNP Maritime Group and DOJ; and coordinate with the same agencies to ensure that activities complement national policies and programs.  Advance collaborations with these agencies and other partners, such as NGOs, universities, and private sector stakeholders, to undertake joint policy analysis and dialogues, train central government staff, design and implement research and information sharing, support database development, execute wildlife and environmental crime enforcement, conduct advocacy and awareness campaigns, and cultivate conservation financing opportunities.  Set the technical direction for SAs, facilitate work planning, and provide technical support and mentoring to field teams for implementation of activities at Protect Wildlife sites. In the sections below, we present Quarter 3 results from Manila-based initiatives in the following technical areas: policy development, training, research and development, behavior change, and wildlife and environmental crime enforcement.

2.1.1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT

National Wildlife Act Amendments The activity supported DENR-BMB Wildlife Resources Division efforts to finalize and submit draft amendments to the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act to the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on March 28, 2018. The SA 5 team supported the consultation and drafting process, facilitating:  Stakeholder consultations in Palawan on January 24, 2018 and in Manila on March 6, 2018; and a  Two-day workshop to finalize the draft amendments on March 26 to 27, 2018. Key amendments include strengthening support for wildlife law enforcement through forensics; revising wildlife species classification parameters; expanding DENR’s administrative adjudication powers related to wildlife violations; improving support for wildlife conservation research; and recommending increases in both criminal and civil penalties for wildlife crimes. Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan (WildLEAP) The SA 5 team has been collaborating with DENR-BMB-WRD in the development and finalization of the country’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Action Plan (WildLEAP), which was presented to enforcement stakeholders on March 8, 2018. When adopted, the plan will serve as a framework for government’s efforts to combating wildlife trafficking. WildLEAP also addresses collaboration and networking, organizational arrangements, prioritization of enforcement activities, fund-sourcing and commitments of agencies from their annual budgetary allocations for wildlife enforcement activities and monitoring and evaluation of enforcement impacts.

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WildLEAP’s most significant action points include the development and institutionalization of a comprehensive programmatic capacity building on wildlife law enforcement (WLE); initiatives to strengthen and harmonize policies and processes on WLE; development of e-permitting systems for wildlife species; development and maintenance of a wildlife management information system; establishment of inter-agency WLE group at the regional and local levels; and preparation of a communication, education and public awareness plan with impact assessment tools on wildlife law enforcement. Marine Turtle Protected Area Network Coordination Protocol Protect Wildlife continued collaboration with GIZ on development and institution of a coordination protocol for a marine turtle protected area network that will comprise Tubbataha Reefs, El Nido, the Turtle Islands, and Balabac. With GIZ, the team has applied findings from a series of validation workshops to draft, validate, and finalize the coordination protocol, which is based on the Wildlife Law Enforcement Alert System. After an initial WRD review, GIZ and Protect Wildlife advisors are now finalizing the draft protocol for submission to BMB senior management.

2.1.2 TRAINING The activity team continued to facilitate and contribute to training programs that build the capacity of national-level stakeholders in conservation and protected area management, and wildlife and environmental law enforcement. These trainings are designed to leave a lasting impact on national level agencies, helping to sustain key conservation and wildlife and environmental law enforcement beyond the life of the activity. The training initiatives also position national stakeholders to advance Protect Wildlife goals beyond the target sites in Palawan, Zamboanga City and South Cotabato. Initiatives from this quarter include:  Enhancement of Forest Land Use Planning. From January 16-19, 2018, the team partly guided FMB, LGU representatives and DENR FLUP focal person from all regions to assess and evaluate lessons and experience in the implementation of the FLUP manual and the FMB Technical Bulletin. The team helped facilitate the review guided by its Protect Wildlife experiences and lessons in Palawan and Region 9. FMB will consider the recommendations to revise its current Technical Bulletin on FLUP.  Protected Area Planning and Investment Preparation. From January to March 2018, the team facilitated three Protected Area Planning and Investment Preparation trainings involving BMB and DENR technical staff, and select PASUs and PAMB representatives from 29 protected areas in Luzon and Visayas. Collectively, Protect Wildlife trained 90 individuals on the integrated landscape approach for conservation and protected area planning, financing, investments, and enforcement in NIPAS areas.  National and International Policies on Ivory and the Wildlife Trade. The team supported WRD by providing a resource person from the SA 5 team to discuss protocols for inspection and apprehension at ports of entry and exit. The orientation was for staff of DENR and law enforcement agencies, courier companies and a shipping line operating in Calapan seaport, Mindoro Oriental, an identified wildlife transshipment hotspot.  Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation Training. In partnership with USAID Partnership for Biodiversity Phase III (PBC3) and NALECC-SCENR, the activity supported a specialized training course on Wildlife Forensics and Crime Scene Investigation from March 19 – 24, 2018. The training was designed to increase the knowledge and capacity of DENR, PCSDS, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police Maritime Group, Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Customs on preserving a crime scene, collecting DNA evidence, and tracing wildlife crime routes. Course trainers and facilitators included experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Museum, the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology, Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Justice, and Protect Wildlife.

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2.1.3 COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS The activity initiated several meetings with BMB (WRD, National Parks Division and Biodiversity Policy and Knowledge Management Division) to discuss key technical assistance areas on behavior change and communication campaigns especially those that relate to celebration of biodiversity- and wildlife-yearly events and enjoining stakeholders’ actions towards new or modified policies, enforcement, and increased budgetary allocations for biodiversity. The campaigns intends to support BMB’s priorities for increasing awareness on biodiversity values, gaining broader public participation, adopting current policies, and enacting new and more responsive policies. They will also generate models for replicating more coordinated campaigns in specific transshipment points. Initiatives from this quarter include:  Airports and Seaports and Other Campaigns. SA 1 and SA 5 teams worked closely with the BMB WRD in the design of this campaign, which is to contribute to demand reduction in wildlife trafficking. The team and WRD agreed on the objectives, target audience and campaign plan and materials and WRD is now compiling details and photographs for the design of the materials. The team is also working with WRD to finalize the advocacy plan with couriers and transport industry. The WRD in developing an alliance with couriers to get their commitment to step up monitoring of the illegal wildlife trade that his being done through their industry.  Women in Biodiversity. The team helped DENR-BMB design the compendium of case stories of Filipino women engaged in community-based conservation, protected area management and environmental law enforcement in time for Women’s Month. The BMB publication Igniting Passion, Finding Fulfillment, which includes testimonials of two Protect Wildlife-trained women staff of PCSDS, was jointly launched by the BMB and Protect Wildlife in BMB’s Women’s Month culminating activity in March 23, 2018.  World Wildlife Day. The activity co-sponsored the events of DENR-BMB, which included the Wildlife Enforcement Awards and Wildlife Quiz Bee. In Palawan, the activity launched the pangolin research study and coincided it with a public mural painting activity.

2.1.4 COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION Over the course of the quarter, the activity continued efforts to coordinate planning and implementation with national government agencies and partners. Among the quarterly highlights, Protect Wildlife provided significant technical support to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in drafting the National Fisheries Law Enforcement Plan for 2018 – 2023. Protect Wildlife also joined USAID to meet BFAR senior officials, on February 5, 2018, regarding opportunities for the activity to provide technical support to agency efforts to combat wildlife poaching and trafficking, address illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and support smallholder aquaculture ventures. The activity team also met with the following national agencies and private organizations for coordination and collaboration:  Philippine National Police Maritime Group’s new commanding officer on February 22, 2018 to discuss continuing collaboration and briefing on the activity’s technical assistance objectives and strategies.  Integrated Bar of the Philippines for its possible support to government’s efforts to improve the filing and prosecution of cases in protected areas especially in deploying volunteer lawyers to prosecute protected area law violators. The lawyers can help build cases against violators, or act as defense counsels for enforcers and the PAMB against strategic legal action against public participation (SLAPP) suits.  Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the integration of a proposed syllabus on environmental laws and protection into the BS Criminology curriculum of higher education institutions.

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 Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for possible funding support to the medicinal plant research of the Mindanao State University in General Santos City (MSU-GSC) in Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape.  Philippine Crops Insurance Corporation (PCIC) for the conduct of a Weather Index-Based Insurance (WIBI) orientation for PCSDS, Palawan universities and select LGUs and succeeding collaboration in generating science-based weather index for selected crops..  SMART Communication, Inc. to explore partnership for developing apps on Weather-Index Based Insurance based on weather indices developed by researchers/scientists from Palawan and UPLB. The development of an app for use of farmers to access information on appropriate agricultural practices, mass propagation techniques, and management and control of root crops pest and diseases was also explored.  Philippine Root Crops Research and Training Center to discuss partnership in providing technical expertise and training on good agricultural practice in cassava production and value adding through the cassava-based livestock integration.  Foundation for a Sustainable Society Inc. (FSSI) to discuss next quarter’s plan to carry out joint assessment in target sites as soon as the MOU is signed between USAID and FSSI.  Cargill Philippines to discuss marketing arrangements and requirements (production volume, pricing, product standards and quality) for cassava and seaweeds products from Palawan and other target sites of Protect Wildlife.  APEC Schools - APEC LifeLabs to discuss the design and conduct of a curriculum workshop.  Ink-E Magazine, a travel media company to explore the possibility of in-flight magazine placements as part of the airport and seaports campaign. Discussions centered on publication of advertorials in the Smile, the in-flight magazine of Cebu Pacific for which the activity would get additional values.

2.1.5 SUPPORT TO FIELD OFFICES In the last quarter, the Manila team continued to provide technical support to the field offices for implementation of work plan activities. The team supported the field teams in the following:  Developing behavior change communications campaigns and launch activities in Palawan and Zamboanga City,  PES planning and implementation in southern Palawan,  Exploratory talks with potential GDA partners in Palawan,  Reviewing 18 research notes and 11 research proposals from partner universities,  Discussions with universities on requests for technical assistance in curriculum development,  Providing technical guidance and logistical support for the sandfish and upcoming Palawan pangolin research in Palawan,  Finalizing MOUs of USAID and universities,  Designing technical training and workshops to be conducted in the regions, and  Guiding local policy development in Palawan and Zamboanga City.

2.1.6 YEAR 2, QUARTER 4 PROJECTED ACTIVITIES

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication

 Implement Phase 1 of the Airports and Seaports Campaign, with SA 5 and WRD1.  Guide the development of a communications campaign to protect sea cucumber stocking areas in Narra, Palawan from poaching.

1 See Annex A for a list of proposed behavior change and communication campaigns in Manila and in activity sites.

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 Finalize advocacy plan with couriers and transport industry, with SA 5 and WRD.  Develop a communication strategy and plan for WRD’s IEC caravan for schools and rural communities.  Provide inputs to the WildLEAP communication plan.  Continue preparation for the second C4C workshop for Palawan.  Prepare bid documents and commence competition for the knowledge, attitude and practices survey in central and northern Palawan and in South Cotabato.  Collaborate with Forest Foundation Philippines to create and implement a BCC campaign in Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape that is based on the KAP survey in southern Palawan.  Design the KAP survey for Sta. Cruz Island visitors.

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing  Assess PES potentials in Puerto Princesa City, El Nido, and target landscapes in General Santos City, South Cotabato, and Sarangani.  Facilitate formal commitments from LGUs and public and private enterprises to initiate Protect Wildlife PES support for establishing PES schemes.  Refine the cost-based resource valuation for ecosystems services, especially for watershed, tourism, and mangrove areas.  Develop and test an instrument for determining and assessing PES in Mt. Matutum, Allah Valley, southern and central Palawan.  In response to a BMB request, explore collaborative activities to strengthen policy, practices, and approach to establishing PES mechanisms in protected areas.  Gather relevant data for conducting value chain studies on priority commodities in target sites, i.e., root crops, coffee, seaweeds, banana.  Continue support to strengthening PES mechanisms in Zamboanga City and southern Palawan especially in finalizing business plans, setting up ring fencing accounts, PES fund management, and re-investment plans for livelihood, conservation and enforcement.  Sign MOU with FSSI, carry out joint assessment, and organize potential civil society partners in the sites.  Finalize arrangements with Abraham Holdings/Legend Hotel in Palawan, LWR, and ECLOF for partnership in Protect Wildlife sites.  Cultivate GDA partnerships with NGOs and other private firms directed at increasing awareness, knowledge, and attitudes on conservation and wildlife trafficking; livelihood support for communities in and around conservation areas; research and development; on-site management and enforcement; and enforcement in transshipment points.  Work with SA 3 and SA 5 teams in the analysis of financing gaps in target protected areas and investment requirements (levels of funding, new or additional sources of funds) for effective on-site conservation and the enforcement of land use zoning and environmental and wildlife laws.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance  Together with BMB-National Parks Division (NPD), conduct the 3rd batch of protected area planning and investment preparation training for PASus and PAMB representatives from April 17- 19, 2018.  Collaborate with the Forest Management Bureau (FMB), BMB, and NCIP/Manila staff to develop a long-term strategy to strengthen land use planning in public lands and ancestral domains and improve relevant policies in selected NIPAS and non-NIPAS conservation sites.

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 Support efforts of Zamboanga City, southern Palawan LGUs and Puerto Princesa City to determine conservation-based land uses in public lands and ancestral domains, and facilitate TWG endorsement to LGUs and LGU chief executives for adoption and further instruction.  Support TWGs to finalize and endorse final zoning of the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary and Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary and start assistance in drafting management plans.  Support efforts of the Zamboanga City TWG to finalize the Pasonanca Natural Park and Sta. Cruz draft management plans.  Design technical assistance approach for improving the community-based management of Ayala and Manicahan Watersheds in Zamboanga City, and Mampang and Talon-talon mangrove areas, and for uplifting the economic conditions of occupants and informal settlers in forest lands, including foreshore, mangroves areas, and the periphery of the Pasonanca Natural Park.  Assist Tawi-Tawi team efforts to prepare the Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area management plan.  Initiate protected area management and forest land use planning activities in Mt. Matutum and Allah Valley Protected Landscapes.  Assess readiness of DENR, LGUs and stakeholders for Protect Wildlife technical assistance in Palawan expansion sites: El Nido Managed Resource (PA-89) and (PLS-200).

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation and Research  Continue to provide technical guidance to the pilot sea cucumber research project in Narra, Palawan.  With concerned SAs, evaluate detailed research proposals from partner universities and plan logistical requirements. The proposals for evaluation include: policy studies to support effective management of Sta. Cruz Islands (Ateneo de Zamboanga) especially on issues related to the community in the protected area and fishers from the mainland; civet population and feeding ecology study and medicinal plants identification and distribution in Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MSU-GSC); and socio-economic study in mangroves areas of Mampang-Talon-Talon, Zamboanga City (Universidad de Zamboanga).  Facilitate the implementation of the Palawan pangolin study and coordinate technical, administrative and logistical support.  Organize the technical review of new concept notes from other stakeholder universities.  Continue discussions with other agency-sources of financial and technical support for research and link partner-universities to these research funding sources. Firm up PCHRD/DOST support to research initiatives of MSU-GSC.  Set up with PCIC and other relevant resource agencies the mechanism and process for extending technical assistance to WPU and PSU in the design and implementation of WIBI-related research.  Facilitate engagement of Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) to advance the curriculum development initiatives of partner universities. Continue discussions with CHED on the proposed Environmental Law and Protection syllabus.  Explore opportunities to engage or support partner universities in upcoming training, workshops and fora that are relevant to their research, development and extension agenda.  Support the WPU in hosting the West Philippine Sea International Conference on May 3-5, 2018 in Puerto Princesa City. Conference theme is: Industry and Emerging Technology in Harmony with Biodiversity at the West Philippine Sea.  Support PCSDS in planning its Annual Research Forum sometime in July 2018.

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement  Assist BMB-NPD efforts to roll out BMB’s Handbook on Environmental Law Enforcement in Protected Areas, and the proposed guidelines for administrative adjudication in protected areas

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 Support the training on non-detrimental findings under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), which provides that export and import permits are to be granted only when a country’s scientific authority has advised that the continued trade of specific wildlife will not be detrimental to the survival of the species involved.  Facilitate WRD’s workshops for the development of a wildlife identification course to improve capacities of law enforcers in file cases in court against wildlife law violators. The training is linked to the acquisition and development of WildScan as an electronic public engagement tool for wildlife crime reporting.  Continue to provide speakers for WRD’s Orientation on the Ivory and Illegal Wildlife Trade for Airports and Seaports that is set for April, and May 2018.  Support BFAR in developing a training program on forensics that will be provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This training will strengthen the regulatory and enforcement capacities of BFAR and support the development of a policy to institutionalize the use of forensics as part of the Bureau’s fisheries regulatory and enforcement system.  Assist BFAR in reviewing the current Fisheries Administrative Order on poaching and identify areas for strengthening.  Assist BFAR finalize the draft of the 5-year National Fisheries Law Enforcement Plan for submission to the Undersecretary for Fisheries.  Co-organize the public forum on counter-wildlife trafficking with DENR-BMB and Conservation International Philippines.  Conduct a learning event through a CWT Forum in June 2018 that will highlight transboundary trade on wildlife and how governments are trying to address the problem.  Develop site level strategic enforcement plans that will guide the development of enforcement systems at activity sites. STTAs will be engaged to help improve enforcement skills both at the provincial and protected area levels, and to roll out enforcement monitoring systems and tools useful to combatting wildlife trafficking activities.  Help facilitate PCSD’s buy-in of the proposed BRAIN as a database and networking enforcement system for Palawan followed by the preparation of follow-on activities that will make it operational.  Explore with the Alternative Law Groups, Inc, and the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) possible legal support to environmental and wildlife law enforcers through the Environmental Legal Defense Fund (EnDefense).

2.2 PALAWAN

From the field office in Puerto Princesa, Protect Wildlife focuses support on efforts to improve on-site management, regulation, and enforcement of conservation areas in and around Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape, Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary, Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat; and strengthen regulatory and enforcement systems for on-site conservation of habitats and wildlife species, to improve enforcement and prosecution against wildlife trafficking in off-site transshipment points. In service to this strategy, the activity works with LGUs, DENR CENROs, and communities in target conservation areas; and with PCSDS, DENR PENRO, field units of national government agencies, and civil society groups at the provincial level. The centerpiece of the activity’s strategy is to strengthen comprehensive land use planning (CLUP), and to use approved plans as a roadmap to achieve and sustain goals as they relate to the Theory of Change. This quarter, under SA 3, the team continued to support the five Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape LGUs (Bataraza, Rizal, Quezon, Sofronio, Brooke’s Point), together with Puerto Princesa City, to complete and validate land use data on public lands that were previously collected through the activity. With LGU TWGs, Protect Wildlife will execute analysis of current land use data and apply it for decision-making on establishing formal land use allocation in public and ancestral domain areas. Once complete, each Protect Wildlife SA

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team will implement activities to reinforce zoning regimes and allowed/disallowed resource uses that are formalized in the LGU FLUPs and eventually in their CLUPs. Under SA 1, in addition to applying behavior change campaigns and strategies to arrest poaching and wildlife trafficking rates, the team also strives to engage upland farmers, and tenure and ancestral domain holders with campaigns to promote a gradual shift towards the adoption of CLUP-appropriate and environment-friendly land uses. All SA teams will underpin campaigns with activities that address the barriers for changing behaviors, such as formal land use boundaries and tenure (SA 3), livelihood support to transition to wildlife- and environmentally-friendly enterprises (SA 2), cooperation between community, LGU and provincial enforcement teams—acting as a disincentive to wildlife and environmental crime, and promotion of education and research to inform stakeholders of wildlife and environmental values. . This quarter, the SA 2 team advanced its partnership with Lutheran World Relief on the ECLOF micro-credit scheme to incentivize conservation-friendly livelihoods. In collaboration with the LGU agriculture office, the partners completed an orientation and training for selected community leaders and participants in and near the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape on financial and technical support services that will be offered for household cassava production. The team worked to secure financing and planting material and organize service providers to establish demonstration farms that will serve as a training center and nursery for the multiplication of high yielding and resistant cassava variety. The SA 2 team also assisted Brooke’s Point LGU water utility efforts to establish a strategy to reinvest PES revenue towards watershed restoration and funding a shift to perennial cropping and conservation-friendly farming systems. At the local level this quarter, the SA 5 team supported Bataraza LGU’s efforts to update and harmonize its municipal fisheries ordinance with provisions in the Revised Fisheries Code. Once complete, the SA 2 team will collaborate with SA 5 to help incentivize compliance with the ordinance by introducing new seaweed- and mangrove-based enterprises, as well as financing options through the LWR partnership, to qualified participants. The activity’s comprehensive support to LGUs in Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape and Puerto Princesa City inspired Narra municipality to submit a letter of interest to Protect Wildlife. The letter outlines the municipality’s hope for the activity to support preparation of their land use plans for both public lands and ancestral domains. The letter of interest strengthens Protect Wildlife’s collaboration with Narra, where the activity and the WPU have an ongoing sandfish sea ranching research that was endorsed by the Protected Area Management Board of Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary and the Narra municipal council. Narra municipality will also be involved in the implementation of the Philippine pangolin research study. It is one of four local government units encompassing the Victoria-Anepahan mountain range, the pre-identified study site for the determination of pangolin presence and abundance.

At the provincial level, after a year of Protect Wildlife training and enforcement coaching sessions, PCSD has shifted from operating in a traditional enforcement framework, to a proactive approach that combines intelligence-led and predictive policing system to address wildlife trafficking. In support to PCSDS’ efforts, the activity has also started to conduct forestry and wildlife law enforcement orientation and training for key enforcement staff of DENR’s various Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs).

2.2.1 SUMMARY

In the sub-sections below, Protect Wildlife presents a more comprehensive report of activities completed this quarter under each SA.

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication 1. Embarked the first phase of a behavior change campaign for dive operators, boat operators, and dive masters during the Tubbataha Management Office’s annual orientation on March 2, 2018. The

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campaign exposed the audience to conservation messages that address the destructive behaviors demonstrated by the dive boat managers and dive masters during open season. The messages were presented in the form of conservation commitment props and prototypes were given out to dive operators for testing. Participants were encouraged to suggest further improvements to the commitment props as to their feasibility, appropriateness, and clarity of the desired behavior during dives. This one-day event reached an estimated total of 30 individuals and is documented through an attendance sheet. 2. Conducted a basic baseline KAP survey with the annual Tubbataha Management Office orientation participants as respondents. The KAP survey determines the level of commitment of dive operators, boat operators and dive masters to conservation, their perception of Tubbataha Reefs as a protected area, and their level of knowledge about Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park rules and regulations.

3. Launched the first phase of the water PES campaign for Brooke’s Point on March 19 -22, 2018, to coincide with the celebration of the Foundation Day of the municipality and World Water Day. The team prepared various campaign materials and activities including the following:  The activity booth at the town plaza, where educational games were held and a public commitment wall to protect Tigaplan Watershed was set up, was manned from March 19-20, 2018 and received traffic from a total of 174 individuals (documented through a sign-up sheet required to be filled out before participating in any of the booth activities).  A billboard mounted in the town plaza is estimated to have reached 1,200 individuals for exposure from March 19 to 22, 2018.  The tree planting activity on March 22 had 177 participants who were exposed as well to campaign information billboards mounted in the planting area (documented through an attendance sheet). 4. Kicked-off a Philippine pangolin conservation campaign in celebration of World Wildlife Day and World Pangolin Day through a public forum, mural painting and media coverage. The campaign taps into the local’s pride of place and cultural identity to rally awareness, appreciation and support for conservation and protection of their own endemic pangolin species and its natural habitat. The campaign introduced stakeholders to the forthcoming research on the indicative presence of Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis de Elera) in Victoria-Anepahan range. The research will be completed in partnership with the PCSDS (lead), DENR-BMB, Palawan State University, Conservation International, and Katala Foundation.

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing 1. Continued to assist the Brooke’s Point, Rizal, Sofronio Espanola and Bataraza municipal waterworks and the Brooke’s Point Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Association (RWSA) in operationalizing their PES systems. The team used the results of the resource valuation and cost and revenue analysis in preparing financial management guidelines for PES revenues and business plans for municipal waterworks. Brooke’s Point launched a PES plowback mechanism – re-investment of PES revenues for community-based restoration and management of Tigaplan watershed – with ceremonial tree planting and commitment pledging in time for the World Water Day on March 22, 2018. As of the end of the quarter, the Brooke’s Point and Rizal municipal waterworks and Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Association have generated a total of US$ 11,073 (PHP 564,737).

2. Based on the experiences from the water-based PES schemes in southern Palawan, held discussions with PCSDS to further pilot, refine, expand, and eventually scale up the Protect Wildlife PES approach for various ecosystem services in the sites. The PCSDS Executive Director invited Protect Wildlife to present the PES concept to the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) during its regular meeting on April 26, 2018. PCSDS enjoined the activity together with local DENR staff, and concerned LGUs in target sites to convene PES implementers and ecosystem service users

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in May 2018 for an orientation on the PES approach. The activity is expected to generate more “buy- ins” from LGUs and ENR-linked public and private enterprises.

3. Discussed with the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Area Superintendent opportunities to enhance the protected area’s Integrated Protected Area Fund (IPAF), which is supported by internally generated revenues from ecosystem services that are linked to ecotourism, water use, and other ENR-linked enterprises. The protected area can strengthen its current system and generate additional revenue by adopting the revised protected area user fees as prescribed in the DENR Administrative Order 2016- 24 and improving its collection system.

4. On March 21, 2018, assisted the Sofronio Espanola LGU in organizing a PES orientation for local ENR-linked business owners and water-based enterprises. Eighteen representatives from irrigators associations, resort owners, an oil palm company, barangay officials and barangay water associations attended the orientation.

5. As part of the LWR-USAID partnership, conducted a three-day training on cassava production in Brooke’s Point with assistance from Visayas State University Philippine Rootcrops Research and Training Center experts. There were 50 participants. The training will lead to the establishment of a viable rootcrops-based livelihood system for upland farmers within production areas of the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape.

6. With LWR, helped to establish a one-hectare demonstration farm, planted with three varieties of cassava in Barangay Inogbong, Bataraza. The demonstration farm is intercropped with sweet potato, peanuts and string beans. Municipal agriculturists from Brooke’s Point, Espanola, Quezon and Rizal LGUs committed to set up cassava demonstration farms in their respective municipality.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance 1. Conducted a data analysis training-workshop for Rizal, Quezon and Bataraza municipal stakeholders that was focused on economic, infrastructure and social sector data analysis. The team provided mentoring support to TWGs on how to apply the data to make conservation-based land use determinations for public lands and ancestral domains.

2. Supported the orientation of Puerto Princesa City FLUP technical working group on land use policies and integrated conservation and development planning. The team also facilitated the validation of actual land uses in 46 City barangays’ public lands and ancestral domains. A total of 458 community representatives participated in the barangay-level orientation and validation exercise this quarter.

3. Continued to mentor Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary and Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary protected area staff in refining their draft management plans.

4. Met with the key stakeholders from the recently declared Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat. Through the meeting, agreed to create an interim management committee and TWG and to identify key activities and a timeline for preparing a management plan. The Puerto Princesa City Government’s legal officer is currently reviewing the draft executive order before the Mayor’s signature.

5. Received a letter of interest dated March 26, 2018 from Narra LGU requesting for Protect Wildlife’s technical assistance in the formulation of land uses in public lands and ancestral lands as part of its CLUP. Narra is currently working with the activity on the piloting of sandfish in Rasa Island and its municipal waters. The LGU is also one of the sites for the upcoming pangolin research.

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6. Continued follow up on PCSD actions towards the deputation of 25 LGU staff who were trained in November 2016; and the certification of four community members trained in November 2016.

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation Research 1. Facilitated completion of an MOU between USAID and the three partner universities in Palawan: Western Philippines University (WPU), Palawan State University (PSU) and Holy Trinity University (HTU). All three universities are requesting assistance for curricular enhancement for science, criminology and in the general education courses. Protect Wildlife also continued work with the three universities towards identifying strategic research areas for consideration for Protect Wildlife support.

2. Continued to support sandfish sea ranching in Narra. The spawning induction produced a total of 13, 855 juveniles in November and December 2017 at the Palawan Aquaculture Center in Coron. After sorting and labelling, these were transported and stocked in floating hapas established in Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary and Barangay Caguisan, Narra. The initial survival rate in Rasa Island ranged from 60 to 90 percent and around 40 percent in Caguisan. However, the juveniles in Caguisan have higher growth rates than those in Rasa Island, most likely because of less competition for food (lower stocking density) and better environmental conditions in hapa nets location. The environmental monitoring report covering the production, transport and release of juveniles and the initial monitoring of their growth and survival is in Annex C.

3. The WPU College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences submitted detailed research proposal to study sandfish sea ranching in Narra. These studies seek to deepen science-based information on sandfish’s potential as an aquaculture species. The studies include:  Survival and growth rates of sandfish in different culture stages  Characterization of the microorganisms associated with sandfish at different culture stages.

4. Followed up the submission of previously discussed research proposals and work plans from WPU on tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack) and almaciga (Agathis philippinensis Warb). Protect Wildlife still awaits submission.

5. In response to a PCSDS recommendation, coordinated the preparation of a proposal to study the indicative presence and abundance of the Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis de Elera). The study was publicly launched in March 2, 2018 with USAID Mission Director Lawrence Hardy II in Puerto Princesa City. PCSDS will lead the study, with Protect Wildlife support, in partnership with DENR- BMB, PSU, Conservation International and Katala Foundation.

6. Conducted an orientation in cooperation with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation on weather-index based insurance on February 20, 2018 in Puerto Princesa. The objective is to orient researchers from the WPU College of Agriculture and College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and the PSU College of Sciences on the subject and to assist their efforts to develop and implement weather index research in southern Palawan.

7. In response to HEIs’ requests, conducted a workshop on the preparation of syllabus on environmental law and protection for BS Criminology on March 15-16, 2018. Six universities from Palawan and Zamboanga City-Tawi-Tawi participated in the workshop. The participants prepared a draft syllabus on environmental law enforcement, a manifesto calling on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to adopt the syllabus as template by all colleges offering BS Criminology, and a draft request to CHED to offer Environmental Law and Protection as separate subject from Cybercrime courses. The participants also enjoined CHED to enter into an agreement with DENR,

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BFAR and other enforcement agencies as university partners for the required on-the-job training of their students.

8. Received requests for technical assistance from the PSU, WPU, and HTU for enhancing their curricula on BS Fisheries and BS Aquatic Biology, and to introduce a BS Marine Biology as a new curricular offering.

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement 1. On January 22, 2018, collaborated with the PCSDS to conduct its 2017 enforcement assessment and 2018 enforcement planning. The assessment looked into PCSDS’s enforcement operations and management system. After a year of training and enforcement coaching sessions, the PCSDS has shifted from a traditional enforcement framework to a proactive approach—a strategy that combines intelligence-led and predictive policing systems to address wildlife trafficking.

2. Together with the USAID Partnership for Biodiversity Phase III and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, worked with PCSDS to develop the Biodiversity Resources Access Information Network (BRAIN) System. The BRAIN System is an electronic regulatory and enforcement management tool that will allow PCSDS to store and access its database on a user-driven online and offline platform (Annex D). It combines an inter-agency coordination mechanism and alert system, compliance and threats monitoring, enforcement and case management, online permitting, tracking and geo-spatial analysis, intelligence and predictive capabilities to proactively respond to potential violations. The team prepared a concept note that outlines the overall development plan for BRAIN System for presentation to the PCSD.

3. Assisted PCSDS in preparing the PCSDS-ECAN Enforcement and Regulatory Division (ERED) protocol. This outlines PCSDS’s enforcement operations protocol for handling reports on wildlife crimes. PCSDS has the final draft of the Protocol, which also incorporates BRAIN as part of its structure.

4. In response to the request from Palawan DENR-PENRO, and with support from the Department of Justice, designed and facilitated the Forestry and Wildlife Law Enforcement Training program for enforcement staff. The training design includes special regulations covering wildlife and chainsaws, case documentation, evidence gathering, drafting of affidavits, and gender considerations in law enforcement. The team conducted the first batch (of three) of training on February 26 to March 2, 2018. A total of 33 DENR PENRO and CENRO participants attended the training.

5. Assisted Bataraza LGU efforts to refine its municipal fisheries ordinance. On March 5, 2018, the revised draft municipal fisheries ordinance was submitted to the Committee on Agriculture. The draft ordinance incorporates the suggestions made during the initial Committee on Agriculture meeting on October 17, 2017. The draft contains additional provisions on women and gender and NAMRIA’s preliminary determination of the extent of the LGU’s municipal waters.

6. On January 24, 2018, facilitated the consultation process for the amendment of the Wildlife Act, among Palawan stakeholders.

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2.2.2 YEAR 2, QUARTER 4 PROJECTED ACTIVITIES

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication  Finalize all arrangements and logistical requirements for the C4C training in July 2018 and send invitations to key stakeholders for El Nido-Taytay Managed Access Area, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and PAs and conservation Puerto Princesa City.  Implement Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park’s summer campaign and begin preparation for the Tubbataha Reef’s 30th Anniversary campaign launch in August 2018. A booth at the airport featuring Tubbataha Reefs is part of the campaign plan.  Continue Brooke’s Point water PES campaign to deepen foundational knowledge on watershed protection and the municipality’s water PES scheme.  Conduct a communications strategy and planning workshop with Forest Foundation Philippines in May 2018 for the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape.  Guide the Narra and LGU teams in developing a communications campaign to protect sea cucumber stocking areas in Narra, Palawan from poaching.  Continue discussions with the Puerto Princesa City Tourism Office on the design of a biodiversity awareness campaign for the city’s tourism sector.

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing  Facilitate a writeshop with LGU-run water utilities in Brooke’s Point, Espanola, Bataraza and Rizal to finalize business plans and financial management guidelines for PES revenues.  Assess PES opportunities in water and ecotourism in Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape, Puerto Princesa City and Northern Palawan  Support PCSDS in convening a PES forum in Puerto Princesa City to generate inputs for the drafting of a province-wide PES policy.  Continue to coordinate with Lutheran World Relief in the implementation of livelihood support to upland and coastal communities in southern Palawan and identification of target households for production assistance.  Continue to explore local GDA opportunities on tourism, water utilities, agriculture and forestry products marketing

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance  Complete FLUP data analysis covering the economic, infrastructure and social sectors for Brooke’s Point, Espanola, Rizal, Quezon, Bataraza and Puerto Princesa City.  Conduct participatory workshops on prioritizing watersheds, defining conservation-based land uses, and establishing objectives and strategies for the management of public lands within the territories of the five southern Palawan LGUs.  Complete drafts of the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary and Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary management plans and present to their respective Protected Area Management Boards (PAMBs).  By May 31, 2018, or as soon as the executive order is issued, collaborate with the Cleopatra’ s Needle Critical Habitat TWG on preparation of the Habitat management plan  Assist the Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape TWG to finalize zoning recommendations for PAMB approval  Facilitate enforcement system planning for Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape with clear roles for LGU and community WEOs for integration into the management plan.

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Strategic Approach 4: Conservation and Research  Continue implementation of the sandfish research in Narra  Coordinate with PCSDS start-up activities for the Palawan pangolin study  Assist WPU and PSU develop research program to support the weather index based insurance initiative for southern Palawan  Assist WPU researchers’ work to finalize and submit the proposals and work plans on tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack) and almaciga (Agathis philippinensis Warb)  Facilitate cross-visit of IP almaciga tappers from Southern Palawan to Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental to jumpstart the almaciga research study and help improve tapping practices and yield quality of IP communities.  Assist partner universities finalize the syllabus on Environmental Law and Protection

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement  Conduct training for the second batch of DENR Palawan enforcers  Facilitate wildlife law enforcement training for PNP Maritime Special Operations Unit (PNP-MSOU)  Continue PCSDS enforcement team mentoring and bi-annual monitoring to determine improvements in enforcement coordination and practices, and plan further capability building activities.  Facilitate a BRAIN development workshop for online permitting to prepare launch of BRAIN System in June 2018  Assist PCSDS draft MOA/MOU with airline companies, forwarders, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Aviation Security Group, Office of Transportation Security, Bureau of Customs, Philippine Ports Authority, Port Police to improve cargo inspection in airports and seaports.  Assist facilitate PCSDS policy workshop on the selection and management of flagship species for LGUs  Support policy workshop on localizing the IUCN red list criteria for Palawan  Establish an enforcement plan and coordination protocol for Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape, and train and mentor various enforcement units (PAMB, DENR CENROs, LGU and community WEOs, other partner enforcement agencies) to improve enforcement practices.  Provide technical assistance to northern Palawan LGU in formulation of local enforcement ordinances.

2.3 ZAMBOANGA CITY-TAWI-TAWI

The Protect Wildlife Year 2 sites in Zamboanga City-Sulu Archipelago are located in separate administrative regions: Zamboanga City as part of Region 9 and Tawi-Tawi of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The landscapes include the Pasonanca Natural Park, Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape, Turtle Islands Protected Area, and other conservation areas in Zamboanga City, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, and Sulu Islands. Outside of these target landscapes, Protect Wildlife also supports efforts to address key drivers of wildlife and environmental crime, and habitat loss. For instance, large areas in Sulu, Basilan, and Tawi-Tawi are not effectively governed, which allows IUU fishing to fester and impact wildlife habitats in coastal and marine areas. Many ports have become transshipment points for wildlife species trafficked locally and from other countries. The Protect Wildlife teams also direct resources to address these threats.

Over the last quarter in Zamboanga City, the activity continued to assist the FLUP TWG efforts to complete data collection, validation, and initial analysis of land and resource uses of forestlands outside the protected areas. In coming quarters, the activity will help the TWG to finalize land use planning determinations for

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public lands that include mangroves and foreshore areas. The team is presently supporting TWG work to complete the draft protected area management plans of Pasonanca Natural Park and the Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape. In Tawi-Tawi, recent activities focused on helping the Bud Bongao Management Council draft a management and ecotourism plan.

The Pasonanca and Santa Cruz protected areas serve as Protect Wildlife’s focal points, with SA teams implementing behavior change, conservation finance, research and on-site enforcement interventions. This quarter, the SA 1 team helped to prepare the Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands protected area management plan’s information, education and communications for social marketing chapter, and a BCC campaign targeted to “Protect Always” the wildlife, habitats and ecotourism resources of Santa Cruz Islands. The SA 2 team facilitated planning sessions with Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands protected area TWGs to identify new funding requirements and revenue generation sources, including PES revenues from tourism, for the implementation of management plans and business and financial plans. The SA 3 team supported the TWG of Santa Cruz Islands protected area to observe and study best practices on island and conservation-based tourism activities in Negros Oriental and Cebu on March 20 to 24, 2018. The study tour helped the TWG members to learn techniques and approaches to balance conservation and tourism objectives and to generate tourism revenues for improved conservation management. This part of the exercise will inform development of the Santa Cruz Islands management plan’s site management and financing chapters. During an orientation and workshop on March 12-16, 2018 in Bongao with the SA 3 team, the Bud Bongao Management Council (BBMC) elected to update the of Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area management plan with Protect Wildlife assistance. The conservation area is a local cultural and religious site and is increasingly attracting other visitors. Protect Wildlife will undertake initial activities with BBMC in the upcoming quarter. With support from SA 4, AdZU and WMSU aligned their research, development and extension programs with Santa Cruz Islands and Pasonanca Natural Park challenges and opportunities. The PAEMB of Santa Cruz Islands adopted AdZU’s RDE to support their policy, management, and regulatory activities. SA 5 activities in Zamboanga City focused on the completion and submission of the Environment Code of Zamboanga City.

2.3.1 SUMMARY

Completed activities in Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi are listed below.

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication 1. Held initial talk with AdZU and explored potential to conduct KAP survey for Santa Cruz Islands. Identified other local organizations that may be tapped for the KAP survey.

2. Assisted the Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands TWG build the information, education and communications component of the management plans from the initial social marketing plans developed during the modified C4C training.

3. Collaborated with the Protected Area Management Unit (PAMU) for Santa Cruz Islands in developing a BCC campaign on responsible tourism that targets summer visitors to the islands. The Sta. Cruz Islands “Protected Always” branding was conceptualized for testing next quarter.

4. Provided inputs to the design of a summer youth camp in Tawi-Tawi in May 2018.

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Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing 1. Conducted an orientation for Pasonanca Natural Park, and Sta. Cruz protected area TWGs and PASus on the Integrated Protected Area Fund (IPAF) and other financing schemes that apply to protected areas. As a result of the discussion on DENR Administrative Order 2016-24, adoption of upgraded user fees for ecotourism is being considered by the Pasonanca Natural Park PASu. Assistance will be needed by PASu staff to set up a financial management system for its user fee collections.

2. Reviewed the Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area user fees collection and management and initially proposed more transparency and accountability in its financial management system.

3. Met with Southern Deep Sea Fishing Association (SOPHIL) and Asia’s Latin City Seaweeds Association in Zamboanga City to explore opportunities to establish a partnership for strengthening seaweed production in Barangays Mampang and Talon-talon. Protect Wildlife is engaging FSSI to explore their interest in investing in seaweeds production in Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance 1. Continued to support Pasonanca Natural Park and Sta. Cruz Islands TWGs’ efforts to craft and finalize management plans for their respective PAMB’s review and approval, and submission for DENR.

2. Continued to support the Zamboanga City FLUP TWG efforts to analyze data and agree on conservation-based land uses for public lands. FLUP preparation of is progressing. The analysis of economic, infrastructure and social sectors enlightened participants on how these sectors will impact future land uses in the City, including conservation areas in forest lands, protected areas, and agricultural lands.

3. Met with DENR and LGU leaders in Ayala and Manicahan watersheds (which have been under DENR and Zamboanga City co-management since 2006) to discuss a stocktaking workshop, which is slated for April 11-13, 2018. Through the workshop, Protect Wildlife will facilitate work to validate and analyze land use data, and apply it toward development of watershed co-management plans. The activity aims to formulate a unified recommendation to strengthen tenure among watershed occupants, and improve infrastructure, and social services in the area.

4. Together with DENR and the Zamboanga City OCENR, engaged local leaders from Barangays Mampang and Talon-talon in a workshop to discuss options for improving on-site management, conservation and restoration of mangroves; strengthen livelihood opportunities; better secure tenure, and strengthen management and technical support from DENR and City government.

5. Supported the Santa Cruz Islands TWG Observation Tour/Learning Exchange from March 20 to 24, 2018 to Apo Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (Negros Oriental), Dauin Marine Protected Areas (Negros Oriental), and Sumilon Island (Cebu). The exchange group interacted with DENR, LGUs and communities that are involved in the management of the protected and conservation areas to learn from their experience practicing island- and conservation-based tourism. The participants are expected to incorporate the lessons from the visits in the Santa Cruz protected area management plan.

6. Conducted a workshop with the Bud Bongao Management Council (BBMC) from March 12-16, 2018 that was designed to identify needed improvements to the current management plan and implementation structure. Through the workshop, BBMC prepared an action plan that will serve as

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road map for the activity’s efforts to support the enhancement of the local conservation area’s management plan.

7. Collaborated with partners to submit 44 trained Zamboanga City Water District forest guards to DENR Region 9 on January 8, 2018 for deputation as Wildlife Enforcement Officers (WEOs).

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation Research 1. Facilitated review of three proposals submitted for evaluation: from ADZU, policy studies for Santa Cruz Islands protected area; from UdZ, a socioeconomic study in mangrove communities in Barangays Mampang-Talon-Talon in Zamboanga City; and from MSU-TCTO, a seaweed project in Sibutu and Sitangkai islands in Tawi-Tawi.

2. On March 10-13, 2018, supported AdZU efforts to organize a Mindanao-wide Conference on Wetlands. The activity covered the registration fees of 10 participants from five partner universities. Several research proposals on wetlands, including from ZSCMST on a mangrove park and bird sanctuary, resulted from the conference.

3. On March 15 to 26, 2018, supported participation of the Deans of the College of Criminology of WMSU, UdZ, and MIT in a workshop in Palawan for the development of Environmental Law and Protection syllabus for their BS Criminology curriculum. Protect Wildlife continues to lead these curriculum development efforts in partnership with the universities.

4. Received request for assistance from ZCSPC for development of BS Environmental Science curriculum, with focus on the following subjects: Aquatic Ecology, Aquatic Resources, Fundamentals of Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems, Coastal Resource Management, Marine Ecology, Marine Biodiversity, Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation Ecology, Management of Watersheds and Wetlands, and Management of Coastal Zones. The request is under evaluation.

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement 1. Coordinated with USAID SURGE and Zamboanga City OCENR the finalization of the Environment Code of Zamboanga City and its submission to the City Mayor for formal endorsement to the Sangguniang Panglunsod.

2.3.2 YEAR 2, QUARTER 4 PROJECTED ACTIVITIES

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication

 Implement Phase 1 of the Sta. Cruz Islands “Protected Always” BCC campaign. The launch is set for April 2018.  Develop KAP survey tool for Sta. Cruz Islands and explore possibility of mobilizing volunteers from a social entrepreneur group, “I am Making a Difference,” in its implementation.  Help design a social marketing for conservation youth camp for Tawi-Tawi.

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing

 Complete the investment and financing plan for the Pasonanca Natural Park and Santa Cruz Islands management plans.  Complete the business plan for the tourism operations in Sta. Cruz Islands and financial management guidelines for the user fee revenues.

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 Conduct a Business Planning Workshop involving members of the Bud Bongao Management Council and Bongao LGU staff for ecotourism in Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area  Facilitate a stakeholders forum to assess needs and opportunities to improve seaweed production in Tawi-Tawi.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance

 Complete drafts of management plans for Pasonanca Natural Park and Sta. Cruz Islands for review and approval of their respective management boards.  Conduct workshop with Zamboanga City FLUP TWG to finalize land use planning inputs and determine conservation-based land uses for public lands.  Conduct workshops with key Ayala and Manicahan watershed stakeholders to validate and analyze land use data for watershed co-management plans.  Conduct workshops with key stakeholders in mangrove areas of Barangays Mampang and Talon- talon to validate and analyze land use data for mangroves management plans.  Facilitate the Pasonanca Natural Park TWG’s Observation Tour/Learning Exchange Activity to Mt. Apo Natural Park (Davao City, Digos City and Kidapawan City), and to the Mt. Haguimitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Davao Oriental) from April 16-20, 2018.  Validate land uses and prepare spatial analysis for the Bud Bongao Local Conservation Area to establish zoning scheme for the area.  Initial review of the management plans for marine protected areas in Sitangkai and Sibutu.

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation and Research

 Assist AdZU and ZSCMST finalize their research project proposals to Protect Wildlife and facilitate field implementation.  Follow up on Zamboanga City and Tawi-Tawi partner universities’ progress toward completing their RDE-based research project proposals  Through STTAs, assist partner universities, particularly ZCMSCT and AdZU, to strengthen their environmental and natural science curricula:  Support initiatives of MSU-TCTO and Tawi-Tawi LGUs to pilot and institutionalize a research and conservation youth summer camp program.  Explore partnership with senior high schools of colleges and universities in Sulu and Basilan to strengthen their Environmental Management curricula and incorporate Islamic perspectives into environment subjects.

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement  Organize meetings between the DENR, City LGU and ZCWD for the development of an enforcement management system for the Pasonanca Natural Park. The law enforcement chapter of the updated protected area management plan will provide for the system’s implementation.  Facilitate enactment of the Environmental Code of Zamboanga City.  Collaborate with DENR 9 in developing an action plan to strengthen its Regional Wildlife Management Committee.  Follow-up on the Tawi-Tawi Anti-Wildlife Trafficking Task Force’s work to create and implement an action plan for their enforcement work

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 Conduct orientation on Wildlife and Environmental Law for the Bud Bongao Management Council and Bongao, Panglima Sugala, Sibutu, Sitangkai and Languyan Municipal Coastal Law Enforcement Teams.

2.4 GENSAN-SARANGANI-SOUTH COTABATO

This quarter, Protect Wildlife formally launched activities in Protect Wildlife’s newest field site, GenSan- Sarangani-South Cotabato. Through consultations with local stakeholders, the team has agreed to focus technical assistance on three land-based conservation areas and one seascape, which are introduced below.

Mount Matutum Protected Landscape

Mount Matutum Protected Landscape was declared as part of the National Integrated Protected System (NIPAS) through Presidential Proclamation No. 552 on March 20, 1995. The Landscape covers 13, 947 hectares straddling 55 sitios of 14 barangays from the Municipalities of Tupi, and Tampakan in South Cotabato Province and Malungon in Sarangani Province. Major threats, which Protect Wildlife will help to address, include:  Increasing in-migration and encroachment in protected areas  Weak tenure system for occupants and IPs  Loss of habitats  Incongruity of local development plans with the protected area plan  Expansion of commercial plantations in protected areas

Allah Valley Protected Landscape2 or Allah Valley Watershed Forest Reserve3

Allah Valley Protected Landscape (AVPL), officially known as Allah Valley Watershed Forest Reserve, was declared through Presidential Proclamation 2455 on September 24, 1985. The protected area covers 102,350 hectares from the 34 barangays of the Municipalities of Surallah, , T’boli in South Cotabato Province and Barangay Sarifinang in Bagumbayan from Sultan Kudarat Province. The protected area covers four declared reservation areas: the Lake Sebu Watershed Forest Reserve (9,900 ha); the Tasaday-Manobo Special Forest Reserve (12,038 ha); the National Cultural Minorities Settlement (Tagbili [PANAMIN] Reservation); and the Datu Ma Falen Civil Reservation (3,025 ha).4 Currently, large tracts (36 percent) of the Protected Area are considered agricultural—utilized both for large and small-scale plantations; 31 percent of the protected area is considered degraded. Major threats include:  In-migration/influx of settlers in the protected area and ancestral domains  Encroachment of large-scale commercial production  Degradation of wetlands and riparian zones  Loss of habitats and poaching of wildlife species  Soil erosion and pollution  Flooding and landslides  Overlapping mandates and tenure system in the same area  Incongruity of local development plans with the protected area plan  Weak institutional capacity for land use regulation and conservation  Limited economic opportunities and services

2 Renamed through the 1997 Protected Area Suitability Assessment (PASA) 3 Presidential Proclamation No. 2455 4 Allah Valley Protected Landscape Protected Area Management Plan 2018-2022. Note most of the data and information utilized in this section are from the PAMP.

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Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) was declared by then President Fidel V. Ramos through Presidential Proclamation No. 756 on March 5, 1996. It straddles the municipalities of Glan, , , , Kiamba and Maitum in Sarangani Province and General Santos City with an area of 215, 950 hectares. Among the Seascape’s key challenges and issues are:  Deterioration of water quality from increasing pollutants into the Bay  Habitat degradation – reefs, mangroves, seagrasses  Overfishing  Resource use conflict  Rapid population growth  Increasing informal settlements  Limited economic opportunities for coastal communities  Use of coastal waters as waste disposal area  Piracy/Sea jacking  Weak Support for Law Enforcement  Maritime development issues resulting from dry dock facilities, ship breaking/junkyards, oil terminal or refinery and deep- water disposal of vessels

Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area

The Mount Busa Complex, which straddles the municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani, is a 114,144-hectare key biodiversity area (KBA 116) declared in 20015. Though not yet officially declared as a protected area, Mt. Busa-Kiamba Key Biodiversity Area is an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA). The Environmental Conservation and Protection Center of Sarangani Province reports that the Philippine eagle, tarsiers and several endangered species of birds are present within its remaining forests. Threats include:  Kaingin and conversion into settlement and permanent agriculture6 plots  Loss of habitats and wildlife species  Weak tenure system  Limited economic opportunities for upland communities and IPs

In the last quarter, the team focused activities in GenSan-Sarangani-South Cotabato on establishing the field office in General Santos City, leading recruitment and orientation of the new staff, meeting with DENR Regional and key South Cotabato and Sarangani officials. The team also held follow up meetings with targeted partner universities to advance action planning following the signing of the MOUs between USAID and the HEIs in November 2017. The team also met with the newly installed DENR 12 Regional Director Nilo B. Tamoria and the South Cotabato Provincial Governor Hon. Daisy Avance Fuentes in February 2018. Both leaders expressed their support for joint implementation of Protect Wildlife with local officials in their jurisdictions.

Recognizing the need to improve and strengthen the management regime of the four target sites, the activity conducted an orientation on the integrated landscape approach for conservation-based land use planning and implementation for members of the governance bodies, DENR field staff, and concerned LGUs that cover Mt. Matutum Protected Landscapes and Allah Valley Protected Landscape. This was held on February 6 to 8, 2018 in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. Protect Wildlife, with DENR Region 12, enjoined the LGUs and the two PAs to create their respective technical working groups (TWGs). The TWG members will regularly

5 Protect Wildlife Activity Work Plan for Year 2 6 birdlife International (2018) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mount Busa-Kiamba. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2018.

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participate in the process of planning, determining, and legitimizing land uses in public lands and ancestral domains in each municipality and PA. This will serve as Protect Wildlife’s starting point for developing or updating the sites’ respective protected area management plans and their integration into LGU CLUPs.

2.4.1 SUMMARY

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication 1. Held exploratory discussions with DENR Region 12 and LGU staff to assess interest in and possible timing for C4C training

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing 1. On March 20, 2018, held exploratory talks with Mr. Jonathan Joson, Adviser to the Office of the Governor of Sarangani on Investment Development, for potential partnership with Sarangani Province for livelihood support to IP and other marginalized communities.

2. On March 28, 2018, discussed possible partnership with Greentropics Coffee Enterprise to expand support to farmers in Mount Matutum Protected Landscape, in coordination with Protect Wildlife.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance 1. Conducted orientation on integrated landscape approach for land use planning in public lands and ancestral domains and on protected area planning with stakeholders of Mount Matutum and Allah Valley Protected Landscapes. Staff from DENR field units, NCIP, South Cotabato province, HEIs and civil society groups attended the orientation from February 6 – 8, 2018. Though the orientation, the 43 participants prepared an action plan outlining steps for updating protected area plans and the creating TWGs through the issuance of executive orders.

2. Received six Executive Orders from the four LGUs straddling Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape and two LGUs bordering Allah Valley Protected Landscape. The Executive Orders formalize the creation of the FLUP Technical Working Groups (TWGs) in each LGU.

3. Received an Executive Order from the Provincial Governor of South Cotabato creating the Provincial FLUP TWG that will partner with DENR Region 12 in assisting LGUs outside the protected landscapes (Tantangan, Banga, Norala, Koronadal City) prepare land use plans of their public lands and ancestral domains as part of their CLUPs.

4. Received two DENR Regional Special Orders designating DENR members to the protected area TWGs, and creating the DENR 12 Regional TWG for FLUP.

5. Followed up with the SOCSKSARGEN PAMB Network progress on the draft resolution outlining recommendations from the PAMB Summit in 2017 to strengthen national protected area management policies (Annex E). The PAMB Region 12 participants endorsed the submission of the resolution to the DENR Secretary.

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation Research 1. Evaluated two project proposals from MSU-GenSan: identification of medicinal plants and assessment of the habitat and feeding ecology of the common palm civet. Both studies cover Mt. Matutum. The medicinal plants proposal was forwarded to the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) for supplementary funding.

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2. Received a barangay resolution from Kablon, Tupi, South Cotabato on January 15, 2018 that requests assistance from Protect Wildlife on strengthen the biodiversity conservation and environmental management curriculum for the Kablon National High School, Glandang Elementary School and others, to meet requirements outlined in National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008 (Republic Act 9512). The team drafted a scope of work for STTA assistance to these schools in collaboration with the Notre Dame of Marbel University.

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement 1. Coordinated with the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape Office on the identification and programming of initial enforcement technical assistance.

2. Began efforts to collect and collate available environmental and wildlife conservation policies and law enforcement plans. Protect Wildlife will apply findings towards work planning for the assessment and development of enforcement management systems for the target protected areas.

2.4.2 YEAR 2, QUARTER 4 PROJECTED ACTIVITIES

Strategic Approach 1: Behavior Change Communication  Initiate preparations for C4C training in October 2018 and a KAP survey in South Cotabato.

Strategic Approach 2: Conservation Financing  Assess PES opportunities in water and ecotourism in Mt. Matutum and Allah Valley Protected Landscapes.  Explore local opportunities for GDA partnerships in General Santos City, Sarangani and South Cotabato.

Strategic Approach 3: Conservation and Governance  Conduct orientation for TWGs and LGUs on Integrated Landscape Approach and training on gathering of spatial and non-spatial data for protected area planning and FLUP  Support data collection and mapping activities of the TWGs  Assist the Allah Valley Protected Landscape TWG in the conduct of Protected Area Suitability Assessment to determine the final boundary recommendations for the protected area.

Strategic Approach 4: Conservation and Research  Review and finalize arrangements for the initial studies proposed by MSU-GSC on civet and medicinal plans  Mobilize STTA to support for Glandang Elementary School and Kablon National High School efforts to strengthen their curricula on biodiversity and environmental conservation

Strategic Approach 5: Wildlife Law Enforcement  Conduct baseline assessment of enforcement capabilities of the different enforcement units and identify capability-building needs.  Assist PAMBs of Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, and Mt. Matutum and Allah Valley Protected Landscapes formulate enforcement strategies with local stakeholders.

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3 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

3.1 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

The Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, Finance and Operations Director and Field Managers continued to lead, coordinate and manage the day-to-day operations and implementation of activities. DAI Global headquarters continued to provide administrative, finance and technical support and provide guidance on implementation concerns. 3.1.1 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1. Hired 11 new LTTA staff during the quarter.  Replacements for two vacant positions in Puerto Princesa, Palawan office started on the following dates:  Four new staff were hired to augment the technical and support staff in various locations:

2. Processed the relocation of staff from Puerto Princesa, Palawan to General Santos office. She will join the team occupying the same Finance and Admin Officer position.

3. Started recruitment of the following positions: . Resource Economist – the position was re-classified as STTA due to difficulty in finding a candidate that fits the qualifications required for this position. The revised SOW reflected the change from LTTA to STTA. The request for approval was submitted to USAID on Feb. 28, 2018. . Natural Resource Management Planning Specialist cum Technical Writer – approval request for our final candidate, was submitted to USAID on February 9, 2018. The position was later on re-classified as STTA following the advice of USAID. . Communications Associate – currently verifying the projected candidate’s EBD and preparing for submission to USAID. . Business Development Specialist – the final candidate is presently preparing pre- employment documents for verification.

4. Engaged Subcontractors for engagement of the following proposed positions: . GIS Assistant – EBD and documents are being reviewed. For submission to USAID next month (Conservation International) . Policy Development Specialist (Tanggol Kalikasan) . Environmental Law Enforcement Advisor (Tanggol Kalikasan)

Protect Wildlife provides an updated summary of staff by type (administrative or technical) and by location below in Table 4.

TABLE 4: SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE/FINANCE STAFF BY LOCATION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2017

STAFF TYPE LOCATION CATEGORIES TOTAL Technical Support Manila Palawan Zamboanga General

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and Tawi-Tawi Santos No. of staff on board 54 28 26 29 10 9 6 No. of staff resigned ------within the quarter No. of staff for USAID - 2 2 - 2 - - approval No. of staff for - 8 8 - 7 1 - recruitment Total Long-Term Technical Assistance 64 38 26 38 11 9 6 Staff

5. Continued to engage the following home office staff to customize information systems and attend to the activity’s information technology (IT) needs.

6. Pre-terminated the lease contract for the current Tawi-Tawi office due to internet connectivity challenges. The team located a new one located just outside MSU near the airport. Renovation began in mid-March and is expected to be completed in April 2018.

7. Conducted regular visits to field offices to provide the necessary support orientation for new staff and address operational issues.

8. Completed security and risk assessment in all activity sites and prepared periodic security report for activity staff.

9. Met the technical team’s logistical requirements, procuring hotel and venue services and contracting vehicles, supplies and material, and other goods and service. Provided extensive operational and financial management support for sandfish research activities in Palawan.

3.1.2 YEAR 2, QUARTER 4 PROJECTED ACTIVITIES  Orient the new staff on DAI policies and procedures and TAMIS, with focus on the following modules: travel, procurement, human resources and inventory management.  Complete recruitment process for remaining open positions.  Work with the home office-based team toward strengthening financial systems, reconciliation of accounts, and customizing policies and procedures for the activity.  Monitor completion of Tawi-Tawi office.  Conduct refresher training on Code of Business Ethics and Anti-Harassment Policies.  Continue to provide other support as needed by the technical team.  Finalize the Protect Wildlife security plan.  Continue assessing security risks and stability in activity sites.

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ANNEX A

Behavior Change Communication Campaigns in Protect Wildlife Sites

DESIRED RESPONSES IN PHASE 1 OF CAMPAIGN SAY CAMPAIGN AUDIENCE THINK FEEL DO (Interpersonal (Knowledge) (Attitude) (Behavioral Asks) Communication) Mandated TO PEERS Responsibility for All “Kailangan natin maging Seaport/Airport Staff More conscious/observant masigasig sa pag-spot ng illegal Seaport/ Empowered & about spotting illegal wildlife wildlife na pumamasok o Airport Staff “Meron pala akong Accountable trade instances and attempts lumalabas sa airport/seaport importanteng role sa pag around the seaport/airport natin. Importanteng bahagi ito protekta ng wildlife at ng trabaho natin dito. kalikasan Choose not to buy souvenirs Understand and TO FELLOW TOURISTS made from illegal wildlife Appreciate the Value of “The Philippines will only

Wildlife continue to be a destination No participation in activities worth going to if its nature and WRD SEAPORT & that encourage wildlife “I get the connection! If Pride & wildlife are protected. When AIRPORT CAMPAIGN Tourists trafficking wildlife continues to be Protectiveness the wildlife disappear, the

trafficked, the nature that I beaches, mountains, and forests Influencing ethical tourism see and experience in the will follow. These are the very through their personal social Philippines will disappear.” things that makes the media accounts Philippines so exciting to see.”

Perceived Increased Risk TO OTHER ILLEGAL *BC will largely depend on TRADERS/BUYERS increasing barriers (policy, “Mas madami na ngayon “Mas grabe na ang security enforcement) or increasing People involved in wildlife Apprehensive/ may alam. Ibig sabihin, may ngayon. Mas malaki ang benefits for stopping the current trafficking Nervous mas madami nang tumitingin, chance na mahuli, maconfiscate behavior of trafficking (economic mas madali nang mahuli.” ang items, at alternatives) implemented during makulong ako.” the LOP BROOKE’S POINT I play an important role WATER PES in making sure Brooke’s Point continually enjoys TO PEERS a clean water supply Empowered and “Sa maliit na halaga, Water Users (connected to Supporting the LGU’s water Responsible sinisigurado natin na tuloy-tuloy LGU water system) conservation and PES program “Okay yun ‘ha! Di lang natin Advocate ang daloy ng malinis na tubig alam, nakakatulong na pala sa mga bahay natin. “ tayo sa pag alaga ng watershed!”

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DESIRED RESPONSES IN PHASE 1 OF CAMPAIGN SAY CAMPAIGN AUDIENCE THINK FEEL DO (Interpersonal (Knowledge) (Attitude) (Behavioral Asks) Communication) TO NEIGHBORS and FRIENDS Water is not an unlimited “Magpa-legal na kayo! Bilang Illegal Water Tappers (not Get connected to the water resource and it isn’t free isang business owner, madami connected to the system; Concerned and system or register with NWRB tayong tubig ginagamit at may draws from groundwater Alarmed and support watershed “Pwede pala ako maputulan responsibilidad tayo sa without NWRB permit) rehabilitation at ma-charge ng fines.” pangangalaga ng watershed. Kung masisira ito, matatamaan negosyo natin.” There will be economic TO TRIBESMEN benefits for their “Suportahan natin ang Sellers (i.e., upland continued care of the programa ng LGU. Tumutulong Sign MOA with the LGU communities assigned to watershed Pride & ito sa pangangalaga ng tirahan protect the watersheds) Protectiveness natin sa taas, at nakikinabang Active protection of the “Sa tulong ng LGU, may balik din ang tribo natin sa mga watershed sa amin ang pangangalaga benepisyo katulad ng ng bundok.” livelihood.”

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DESIRED RESPONSES IN PHASE 1 OF CAMPAIGN SAY CAMPAIGN AUDIENCE THINK FEEL DO (Interpersonal (Knowledge) (Attitude) (Behavioral Asks) Communication) SUMMER 2018 reason for the rules Strong working with travel agents in Ownership over “More and more people are choosing passengers “Stricter implementation of Tubbataha discovering TRNP. It’s up to Tubbataha’s rules is better us to enforce on-board Cultivate a culture of for my business in the long behaviors. If TRNP is transparency and commitment run—the destination is destroyed by our tourists, to protecting Tubbataha preserved assuring me of our business gets hurt.” among crew and passengers quality that I can promise my tourists year after year.”

Conservation efforts TO FELLOW TOURISTS are what’s behind “We can’t take for granted TRNP’s beauty year To practice “mindful” diving Curious and TRNP—our actions on the after year Tourists Responsible boat and in the water impact To ask how they can help to this natural and national protect Tubbataha My holiday in Tubbataha treasure. I don’t want to be has an impact on the held responsible for hurting environment.” it.” TRNP is the Palawenos To talk to other Palawenos natural legacy TO FELLOW LOCALS about the importance of protecting Palawan Pride and “Dapat hindi maging ‘kwento’ Palawenos “Yun pala ang Tubbataha! Protectiveness lang ang ganda ng TRNP. Atin To get involved in Dapat protektahan natin ng hindi mawala sa atin mga ito—dapat natin alagaan para Tubbataha/marine Palaweno ito!” sa future generations.” conservation activities in their area STA CRUZ ISLANDS Zamboangueños Sta. Cruz isn’t your Pride and TO FELLOW LOCALS To strictly comply with the

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DESIRED RESPONSES IN PHASE 1 OF CAMPAIGN SAY CAMPAIGN AUDIENCE THINK FEEL DO (Interpersonal (Knowledge) (Attitude) (Behavioral Asks) Communication) “PROTECTED regular beach Protectiveness advance booking and ALWAYS” (PA) destination—it’s a “This is ours to lose. It’s up regulations of the island Protected Area to us to get involved and make sure Sta. Cruz doesn’t To support low-impact “Hindi pa pwede kung ano- go in the same direction as activities on the island that anong activities dito kasi baka other islands that have been further the island’s protection ma-apektohan ang unique destroyed by irresponsible and conservation biodiversity at wildlife sa mga tourism.” isla na ito.”

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ANNEX B

Endorsements/Approval of National and Local Enforcement Policy Initiatives

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ANNEX C

Environmental Monitoring Report on Sea Cucumber Sea Ranching Research Project

Type of Activity (Sector): SA 4 – University Engagement Activity Name: Pilot Sandfish Sea Ranch Research Activity Implementer: Protect Wildlife with the Western Philippines University in Palawan Research Sites: Rasa Island, Narra Municipality and Brgy Salvacion, Puerto Princesa City Palawan Monitoring Period: January 2018 – March 2018

MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF # SUB-ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION OF DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBLE JANUARY-MARCH 2018 FROM OR IMPACT/ MITIGATION PARTY Relevant ESF COMPONENT RISK MEASURE(S) Compliance Status/Results Documentation Pro-Operation Partnership Risk: Potential issues/ Comply with additional Protect Wildlife Requirements for application of Application form and Agreements and conflicts relative to PCSD requirements for a Wildlife Clearance being finalized required supporting Institutional roles and Wildlife Clearance prior for submission to PCSD documents 8 Arrangements responsibilities of to release of juveniles to partners sea ranch per PCSD AO #12 – Section 24 Juvenile Hatchery Risk: Low production Ensure that PAC Protect Wildlife Delivered 1st batch comprising of Protect Wildlife team’s Production at PAC of juveniles observes proper & PAC 13,855 juveniles in February 2018 documentation of actual hatchery protocols/ at 100% survival rate in transit. A count of juveniles during 8 management to be able 2nd batch of juveniles is harvest, sorting and packing to deliver at least 20,000 forthcoming sometime in May. at PAC; and visual juveniles inspection of juvenile on- site before release. Preparation and Set- Improper sites for Develop siting and set-up Protect Wildlife Siting and set-up plan/protocols Field reports of Palawan site up of Hapa Nets and set-up of hapa nets plan and protocols to & WPU for floating hapa nets for 1st batch team and Aquaculture Pens for Pilot Ocean and pens could minimize site disturbance; of juveniles complied with. They STTA including pictures and Nursery Rearing disturb marine habitat observe proper set-up were successfully installed in two visual inspection of set-up protocols; observe sites: Rasa Island (within PA) and 1 and 10 proper waste disposal Caguisan (outside PA) in Narra during set-up municipality. Twenty hapa nets and 10 frames were constructed and placed in the selected sites. Juveniles were directly released in floating hapa nets on 14 Feb. PROTECT WILDLIFE QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT 5 57

MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF # SUB-ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION OF DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBLE JANUARY-MARCH 2018 FROM OR IMPACT/ MITIGATION PARTY Relevant ESF COMPONENT RISK MEASURE(S) Compliance Status/Results Documentation 2018 and subsequently checked a week after.

Waste materials from the preparation of sinkers, bamboo poles and hapa frames were appropriately disposed of in municipal thrash bins.

Operation and Maintenance Pilot Rearing of Risk: Slow growth and Observe proper Protect Wildlife First cycle monitoring (March 15- Visual inspection and field Sandfish in Ocean variable survival rate protocols on already & WPU 16) showed marked differences in monitoring reports of Nursery Systems established ocean nursery survival and growth rates of Palawan site team and systems management; juveniles in two experimental Aquaculture STTA conduct further sites likely caused by variation in supported by experimentation to site environmental condition. pictures/visuals. establish adaptability and Initial results though are factors that could create comparable with other sites on Initial analysis of Cycle 1 favorable conditions for integrated and adaptive sandfish growth and survival growth production system. monitoring by WPU research team. Higher survival (60-90%) but lower growth rate was observed in Rasa Island site while lower survival (30-40%) but higher 8 growth rate was noted in Caguisan. The low survival rate in Rasa Island was likely due to higher density (due to high survival rate) which would require more grazing area for the growing juveniles while that of Caguisan was attributed to the transfer of floating hapas from original site due to increased turbidity brought about by heavy rainfall post release exposing juveniles to mechanical stress.

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MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF # SUB-ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION OF DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBLE JANUARY-MARCH 2018 FROM OR IMPACT/ MITIGATION PARTY Relevant ESF COMPONENT RISK MEASURE(S) Compliance Status/Results Documentation nets were constructed (bamboo frames and deployed to thin out and re-stock nets in Rasa Island and environmental baseline assessment for Caguisan, particularly water and sediment analysis.

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ANNEX D

BRAIN System Development and Inter-Operability Framework

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ANNEX E

Key Provisions of the Resolution of the PAMB Region 12 Summit on November 2017

POLICY THEME POLICY TITLE STATUS Education + “Nationwide PA Awareness/Celebration Month on August” Communication

Research “Increasing Accountabilities for Research in Protected Areas by Increasing Sanctions on Research Bodies”

“Giving authority to the Regional Director to issue interim appointments to members of the PAMB” “Issuance of protocols on coordination of offices under DENR and Governance other government agencies giving premium to the PAMB approved management plan, confirmed by the DENR Secretary, as the only basis for project undertaking” “Addressing the protocols in cessation of issuances of CLOAs in public lands” For follow-up. DENR XII “Conduct information campaign on IPAF” intimated that there is a Sustaining IPAF “Forge an agreement with Integrated Bar of the Philippines for a need for the responsible sustainable enforcement of IPAF” persons to be convened for

“Submit a position paper on the lifting of the suspension of SAPA” direction setting especially “Conduct PA Scanning” on the initiation or drafting “Easing of doing business and projects in PA and creation of one- of these policies. Investments and Planning stop-shop system”

“Acceptance of PA Management Plan under the programmatic EIA” Rationalizing The Recruitment, Training, Deployment, And Providing Proper Logistics For Protected Area Rangers (training Law enforcement course, organizational set up, communications, firearms, transportation, cameras, post apprehension support. Partial funding to come from IPAF) Directing the Establishment of Properly Equipped Wildlife Rescue Centers in Every Province to be Located Ideally in a Protected Area Wildlife conservation (include facility and designation of wildlife veterinarian. May be

more than one per province depending on the province’s geography and territory. To be compliant with Animal Welfare Act)

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