Philippines Country Report Year 2
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LPF/03/2005 About CIRAD Centre de coopération Internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) is a French scientific organisation specialising in agricultural research for development for the tropics and sub-tropics. It is a State- owned body, which was established in 1984 following the consolidation of French agricultural, veterinary, forestry, and food technology research organisations for the tropics and subtropics. YEAR 2 - REPORT PHILIPPINES COUNTRY CIRAD’s mission is to contribute to the economic development Levelling the Playing Field: of these regions through research, experiments, training and Fair Partnership for Local Development dissemination of scientific and technical information. The Centre employs 1800 persons, including 900 senior staff, who to Improve the Forest Sustainability in work in more than 50 countries. Southeast Asia PHILIPPINES CIRAD is organised into seven departments: CIRAD-CA The project is working in contexts where multi-stakeholders (annual crops), CIRAD-CP (tree crops),CIRAD-FLHOR (fruit with different views and power act on forest management. and horticultural crops),CIRAD-EMVT (animal production The project aims to improve the forest management by COUNTRY REPORT and veterinary medicine), CIRAD-Forêt (forestry), CIRAD-TERA facilitating stakeholders’ coordination and capacity building. (land, environment and people), and CIRAD-AMIS (advanced It will develop approaches and tools for stakeholders to share methods for innovation in science).CIRAD operates through its views and create condition to manage the forest together. own research centres, national agricultural research systems YEAR 2 and development projects. Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) are managing About CIFOR this project with three partners, universities well known for The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is a their involvement in forest management research, which are leading international forestry research organization established Gadjah Mada University (UGM), University of the Philippines in 1993 in response to global concerns about the social, Los Baños (UPLB) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). team Philippine environmental, and economic consequences of forest loss and degradation. CIFOR is dedicated to developing policies and http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/lpf technologies for sustainable use and management of forests, and for enhancing the well-being of people in developing countries who rely on tropical forests for their livelihoods. CIFOR is one of the 15 Future Harvest centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). With Indonesia headquarters in Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR has regional offices in Faculty of Forestry Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Zimbabwe, and it works in Gadjah Mada University (UGM) over 30 other countries around the world. Malaysia Levelling the Playing Field: Office address Faculty of Forestry Jalan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Fair Partnership for Local Development Bogor Barat 16680 - Indonesia Tel: +62(251) 622 622 to Improve the Forest Sustainability in Southeast Asia Fax: +62(251) 622 100 Philippine E-mail: [email protected] College of Forestry and Natural Resources Website: www.cifor.cgiar.org University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) PHILIPPINE TEAM Mailing address Paolo Campo, Ma. Eduarda Devanadera, Azucena Gamutia, P.O. Box. 6596 JKPWB Herlina Hartanto and Teodoro Villanueva (in alphabetical order) Jakarta 10065 - Indonesia Levelling the Playing Field: Fair Partnership for Local Development to Improve the Forest Sustainability in Southeast Asia PHILIPPINES COUNTRY REPORT Year 2 University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpment (CIRAD) Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BACKGROUND..............................................................................1 II. OPERATIONS DONE IN 2004-2005 (YEAR 2)............................2 II.A. Initialization Stage and Baseline Studies...............................2 II.A.1. Analysis of Contracts and Agreements.....................2 II.A.2. Compilation of Policies Affecting the Way the Communities Manage Their Natural Resources .......4 II.A.3. Analysis of Institutions Involved in Natural Resources Management ............................................6 II.B. Intervention Stage ..................................................................8 II.B.1. Multi-Stakeholders Landscape Assessment (MLA) .8 II.B.2. Market Study 2........................................................11 II.B.3. Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) Modelling ................14 II.B.4. Facilitating Community Initiatives and Provincial Stakeholders Coordination......................................16 II.C. Coordination and Capacity Building....................................19 II.C.1. MAS Training .........................................................19 II.C.2. Facilitation Training................................................19 II.C.3. Facilitation Training for TWG Members................20 III. OPERATION PLAN FOR 2005 – 2006 (YEAR 3) ......................20 III.A. Activities to be carried out in Year 3 ...................................20 III.B. Financial Expenditure Report of Year 2 ..............................21 III.C. Proposed budget for Year 3 .................................................21 List of Appendixes Appendix 1. Logical Framework for Philippine Site Appendix 2. Activity Table Appendix 3. Composition of the Team in Year 2 Appendix 4. Analysis of Contracts and Agreements Appendix 5. Report on Analysis of Institutions Appendix 6. MLA Trip Report Appendix 7. Report of Market Study Appendix 8. Progress Report of MAS Modelling Appendix 9. Minutes of Meeting of Provincial Steering Committee and Progress of TWG Appendix 10. Facilitation Training Report Appendix 11. Trip Reports Appendix 12. Financial Expenditure of Year 2 Appendix 13. Proposed Budget for Year 3 I. Background The First Country Report submitted a year ago presented the status of the different baseline and intervention activities that were conducted in the period 1 March – 31 August 2004. In the first year, the LPF Philippines was able to finalize the site selection study. Through a resource and resource use survey, the current status of the resources and how they are being used by the communities were ascertained. A 20% household survey was also conducted to assess the socio-economic conditions of communities. Other conducted baseline studies include institution analysis, a study of the different formal and informal agreements entered into by the communities, an analysis of policies that affect the management of the natural resources by the community, and market study phase 1. The intervention activities included facilitating communities and other stakeholders in coming up with a draft common vision and its statement, discussing ideal future and trends in natural resources, and assessing current conditions against ideal future. Other activities included identification and prioritization of local problems and issues that may hinder the achievement of the vision, and the strategies to address those issues. This Second Country Report underscores the progress achieved in the period of 1 September – 31 August 2005. To enhance the effective implementation of the activities which are consistent with the research plan and the overall framework of the LPF Project, a logical framework (LogFrame) was prepared this year for the Philippines (see Appendix 1. LogFrame for Philippine Site). Activities reported in this Second Year Report include data analysis and report completion of several baseline studies, i.e. Institutional Analysis, Policy Analysis, and Analysis of Contracts and Agreements). Data collection for these studies took place in the first year, but the reports can only be finalized in the second year. Under intervention stage, several activities were conducted. These include multi- stakeholders landscape assessment (MLA), market study phase 2, multi-agents systems (MAS) modeling, facilitation of community initiatives (led by community working groups), and coordination of provincial stakeholders. As the communities were considered a part of the bigger system, a steering committee at the provincial level was formed this year to provide guidance and to ensure sustainability of the project at later stage. Through this steering committee, political commitment from various offices, agencies and groups were solicited. Efforts to maintain coordination within the team were conducted through regular team coordination meetings, regional coordination meeting, and LPF Steering Committee meeting. We also organized several training sessions for community members and other provincial stakeholders. At the same time, several Philippine team members also participated in several training workshops organized by LPF project. The different activities taken place in the second year are summarized in Appendix 2. Activity Table. 1 We provide in more details below the different activities conducted in Year 2, the methods used, and the findings or results. A full report of different studies, minutes of meetings, workshop reports, and trip reports are attached as annexes to this report. The progress of the work done in the Philippine site could have not been achieved without the active participation