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Forest Foundation Philippines and the Government of Canada launched its Site-Based Grants in Negros Occidental
Civil society organizations, peoples organizations and non-government organizations came together last November 6, 2024, to envision priority sites in Negros Occidental – Malogo and Sicaba River Watersheds – supported by communities that adopt gender-responsive NbS for climate adaptation.
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) co-development workshop in Malogo River Watershed with the program’s partner, the University of the Philippines Los Baños Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management
The VRAs involve workshops with target stakeholders in the sites, to identify priority issues that need to be addressed by nature-based solutions projects, through site-based grants.
Forest Foundation Philippines partners with Negros Occidental and the Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP) for the conservation of forests and biodiversity through nature-based solutions
Ms. Catherine Balasa (DENR-PENRO); Engr. Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya (PENRO and NNNP Superintendent), with Atty. Jose Andres Canivel (Forest Foundation Philippines), Ms. Lisa Paguntalan, (PhilBio); and Hon. David Hartman (Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines) signed two MOUs with Negros Occidental and NNNP on November 6, 2024.
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