by Marlo D.

Mendoza National Coordinator, National Greening Program DENR

Section 1.Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State to pursue sustainable development for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Section 2.Coverage. The National Greening Program shall plant some 1.5 Billion trees covering about 1.5 Million hectares for a period of six (6) years from 2011 to 2016, in the following lands in the public domain

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LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN oForestlands oMangrove and protected areas oAncestral domains oCivil and military reservations oUrban areas under the greening plan of the LGUs oInactive and abandoned mine sites oOther suitable lands

Year 1: 100,000 hectares Year 2: 200,000 ha Year 3: 300,000 ha Year 4: 300,000 ha Year 5: 300,000 ha Year 6: 300,000 ha

Building up to the total target: 1.5 Million Hectares

1.5 Billion Seedlings
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CBFM sites to be prioritized

o Social mobilization All students and government employees to individually plant at least 10 seedlings annually Private sector and civil societys participation/ Public-Private Partnerships PeoplesOrganizations to maintain and protect established plantations

o Social mobilization
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS (2009-2010) ELEMENTARY 13, 934, 172 HIGH SCHOOL 6, 806, 079
Source: DepEd Facts & Figures
http://www.deped.go.ph/factsandfigures/default.asp

TOTAL NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 1,475,699

Source: Civil Service Commission, Office for Planning and Management Information System (2007), 2004 Inventory of Government Personnel, Quezon City, Philippines; 2007.

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o Harmonization of Initiatives

All tree planting initiatives such as Upland Development Program, Luntiang Pilipinas and similar activities of the government, private sector, LGUs and the civil society shall be harmonized under NGP

Upland Development Luntiang Pilipinas Program

Green Philippines

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o Harmonization of Initiatives

All government institutions, especially DA, DAR,

DENR, DILG, CHED and DepEd shall produce appropriate quality of seedlings annually for the NGP Technical assistance shall be provided under the Convergence Initiative

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o Provision of Incentives All proceeds from agroforestry plantations, duly accounted by the DENR, shall accrue to the NGP beneficiary communities Beneficiary communities shall be considered priority in the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Appropriate incentives shall be developed by the Convergence Initiative

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o Maximization of available science and technology Identifying target areas and inputs Ensuring seed & seedling quality Optimizing land use Cloning of seedlings Use of organic/microbial Fertilizers (e.g., Mykovam, Mykogroe)

Photos: UPLB-Biotech

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 National

Government incorporation in the annual budget contributions investments

Voluntary

Private

 Insufficient Innovative

government funding with ambitious targets market mechanisms should be explored to sustain and expand NGP

Some Key Elements for Successful PES are present:

EO 26 provides framework for a national environmental program and mandates government agencies to synergize efforts in implementing NGP (planning, budgets, systems, etc.) Secure property rights (CBFM, CADT, etc) of service providers of environmental services (ES) Potential buyers of ES e.g. water districts, mining companies, LGUs, etc.) Start-up funding from government that could be leveraged with the private sector

Environmental services are typically classified into four broad categories*

watershed protection carbon sequestration biodiversity conservation landscape/seascape beauty *Proceedings from the National Conference-Workshop on
Payments for Environmental Services: Direct Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation, Manila, March 1-2, 2005

Opportunity Costs to participating communities/service provider

Value of carbon sequestered

Value of ES e.g. water yield, quality, regulated flow; control of soil erosion & sedimentation; control of flooding Value of environmental restoration

 REDD

Plus

- An international policy being negotiated that pays countries that will reduce deforestation and forest degradation through forest protection and conservation, improved forest management and enhancement of carbon stocks;

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Development Mechanism Afforestation and Reforestation

- Flexible mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol that allows offsetting of carbon emissions from Annex- 1 countries through afforestation and reforestation in Non-Annex 1 countries.

Voluntary Forest Carbon Projects

- Voluntary carbon offset projects wherein an entitys carbon emissions can be offset by forest carbon sequestration projects.

- An example is the Quirino Forest Carbon Project, the first forest carbon project in Asia that passed the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) and a Gold Rating from the Climate Community Biodiversity Standard (CCBS)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds

hinged on the principle of paying back to the society by engaging in philanthropic /environmental (Green) projects but recoup investments in the form of image building for consumers/stockholders. - can enhance claim of being Green by allocating funds for green project proportional to their carbon footprint.