Team Expert/National Evaluator

Communities in Aurora, Samar, Siargao and the Calamian Islands suffer from the devastating impacts of habitat destruction, biodiversity loss and extreme climate events.

High levels of poverty, lack of awareness and resources for biodiversity protection, fragmented approaches to ecosystems-based adaptation, weak governance, gaps in national and local policies and institutions pose challenges and barriers to improved and sustainable practices.

Expansive commercial interests, growing tourism and a lack of effective public private partnerships often lead to unsustainable practices creating negative stressors on scarce natural resources.

This project seeks to address pressing environmental and associated social and economic challenges, by capacitating local communities and institutions, with support from government to pilot and implement initiatives that promote biodiversity protection.

The project will promote the landscape approach, thereby supporting...