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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.
Stakeholders in Negros Occidental during the Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) by Bayi
The GBA+ in all sites is being done by PCP4NbS partner Bayi, as part of the program’s baseline assessments, to identify key socio-cultural and economic issues being experienced by relevant stakeholders of all genders in the priority areas. Together with the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, insights from the GBA+ inform the request for proposals for NbS projects to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts for communities.
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