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Valuing Ecosystem Services: Sustainable Financing Options for Bataan National Park

Forestry Biodiversity / By

The Bataan National Park (BNP), a protected area of 20,004 hectares (ha), is home to the Province of Bataan’s old-growth forests. While BNP is a protected area, there is an intense pressure on its natural resources due to illegal settlement and resource use. From 2010 to 2015, the park’s built-up areas doubled mainly because of …

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Enhancing the Growth of Tree Plantation Industries in the Philippines: Simplification and Harmonization of Policies and Governance along the Value Chain

Industrial Tree Plantations / By

The Forestry Development Center (FDC-CFNR-UPLB) is currently implementing a DOST-PCAARRD funded project to develop and advocate for simplified and harmonized policy and governance systems along the value chain toward the growth of the ITP industry in the Philippines. The research project has the following specific objectives:  analyze the policies and legal requirements for each point …

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Challenges and Recommendations in the Industrial Tree Plantations (ITP)

Industrial Tree Plantations / By

To enable the ITP industry to realize its significant economic contributions particularly in providing employment and increasing rural incomes, the challenges in the supply chain must be attended to. On the policy issues, the following are advocated: To protect the interest of the WPPs and tree farmers, there is a need to review DMO 99-20 …

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Competitiveness of Philippine Sugarcane Industry under the ASEAN Economic Community

Sugarcane / By

Sugarcane production in the Philippines was competitive under export trade and import substitution scenarios. Exporting sugarcane is an excellent opportunity for the country to earn foreign exchange since the Philippines can compete globally. To sustain the country’s competitiveness in sugarcane, yield (80 mt/ha) must not decline by 10 percent, or domestic cost must not increase …

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Initiatives and Implications of Philippine Sugar Liberalization

Sugarcane / By

The sugar sector contributes about P90 billion to the Philippine economy annually. Sugarcane is planted in 17 provinces in the Philippines with an estimate of 84,000 farmers and more than 400,000 hectares of land. At present, there are 28 operational sugar mills in the country. This research brief focuses on the issue of sugar liberalization …

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Competitiveness of Philippine Robusta Coffee Industry under the ASEAN Economic

Coffee / By

Producing coffee in the Philippines was found to be competitive under the import substitution scenario wherein producing domestically is cheaper than importing. This implies that the Philippines should focus on improving its domestic production of coffee. Based on the results, coffee yield (0.636 mt/ha) should not go down by 14% in order to maintain its …

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Coop for a Cup: Role of Cooperatives in Coffee Technology Adoption

Coffee / By

As a labor-intensive country, one of the major driving forces of Philippine agricultural development is technology. Aside from cost reduction, technology enables farmers to enhance the quality of their produce, discover effective and efficient farming techniques, and ultimately address the risks and challenges inherent in agriculture. The success of a technology, however, boils down to …

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The Fishing Closure Policy in the Visayan Sea: Impacts and Issues

Marine Aquatic Biodiversity / By

The Visayan Sea, located at the center of the Philippines, is a major source of food, income, and livelihood for 22 municipalities in the four provinces surrounding it. However, overfishing and degradation have been threatening the productivity of the Visayan Sea for many years. The establishment of closed season for the period November 15 to …

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Research for Development – Payment for Ecosystem Services Outcome for Sustainable Water Provision (R4D:PESO SWaP) in Barobbob Watershed, Nueva Vizcaya

Climate Change / By

Implementing payment for ecosystem services (PES) mechanism as an approach towards sustainability is a relatively novel approach in environmental conservation. PES mechanisms create a market for ecosystem services by making users/beneficiaries pay for the services while compensating conservation activities of service providers. These compensations are often based on the estimate of the provider’s foregone income …

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