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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
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
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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
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o Harmonization of Initiatives
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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
Voluntary
Private
Insufficient Innovative
government funding with ambitious targets market mechanisms should be explored to sustain and expand NGP
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
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;
Clean
- 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)