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Community-Based Adaptation:Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Communities and Ecosystems through Participatory Watershed Management

Juan M. Pulhin, PhDProfessor, CFNR-UPLB

Proponents

¤ Dr. Juan M. Pulhin, Professor, DSFFG-CFNR, UPLB

¤ Dr. Rex Victor O. Cruz, Professor, IRNR-CFNR, UPLB

¤ Dr. Ma. Victoria O. Espaldon, Professor, SESAM, UPLB

¤ Dr. Florencia B. Pulhin, University Researcher, FDC, UPLB

¤ Ms. Maricel A. Tapia, Asst. Professor, DSFFG-CFNR, UPLB

¤ Ms. Josephine E. Garcia, Project Research Associate, CFNR, UPLB

¤ Ms. Catherine C. De Luna, University Researcher, INREM, UPLB

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Implementing Agencies¤ Lead Agency

College of Forestry and Natural ResourcesUniversity of the Philippines Los Banos

¤ Collaborating Agencies:Baroro Watershed (Local Government Units of La Union)Saug Watershed (Local Government Units of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley)

q Funding AgencyDepartment of Agriculture – Bureau of Agricultural Research

Rationale

¤ Philippine’s NCCAP Goal: Building the adaptive capacity of local communities and increasing the resilience of ecosystems to climate change to promote climate risk-resilience

¤ Requires anticipating the conditions of a socio-ecologial system considering climate change, and maintaining its integrity through adaptation

¤ Communities at the forefront of battle against climate change

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Rationale

¤ Watershed approach ensures holistic way to managing ecosystems, including water resources and agricultural production areas

¤ Designing guidelines on how communities can manage and sustainably use the watershed resources in view of the changing climateconstitutes an important step towards building resilience

Objectives

1. To assess the different land uses, ecosystem services, functions and processes (biophysical and social) in Baroro Watershed in La Union and Saug Watershed in Davao and Compostela Province

2. To assess stakeholder and institutional capacity to implement adaptation strategies

3. To conduct climate change scenario and impact analysis

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Objectives

4. To identify and develop watershed management protocols focused on building the resilience of the communities

5. To formulate community-based adaptation strategies based on the identified protocols

6. To set up a model barangay/sitio for the implementation of community-based adaptation strategies

7. To produce knowledge products

Study Site 1:Baroro Watershed, La Union

!Baroro!River!Integrated!Watershed!Management!Plan!&!Sustainable!Upland!Farming! 2!

The!Baroro!River!Watershed!has!a!total!area!of!19,063.07!hectares.!It!covers!the!Municipalities!of!San!Gabriel,!Bagulin,!San!Juan,!San!Fernando,!Bacnotan!&!Santol,!in!La!Union!Province,!The!Philippines.!

Introduction!

The!Baroro!River!Watershed!has!a!total!area!of!19,063.07!hectares.!It!covers!the!Municipalities!of!San!Gabriel,!Bagulin,!San!Juan,!San!Fernando,!Bacnotan!and!Santol,!La!Union.!!

It!is!the!main!source!of!water!for!both!irrigation!and!domestic!consumption!of!the!municipalities!covered!except!for!Bagulin!and!Santol.!It!is!also!where!the!La!Union!Water!District!(LUWD)!is!drawing!their!water!supply!particularly!at!Barangay!LonQoy,!San!Gabriel,!La!Union.!

Timberland!within!the!watershed!is!now!covered!with!brushes!and!grasses!except!in!San!Gabriel!where!thick!vegetation!could!still!be!seen!due!to!the!presence!of!plantations.!Patches!of!cultivated!areas!for!cash!crop!production!are!also!present!in!the!watershed!making!it!vulnerable!to!soil!erosion!and!other!geological!hazard.!

To!sustain!its!productive!capacity!in!providing!water!and!other!land!services,!as!well!as!to!prevent!the!area!from!further!degradation,!a!concerted!effort!of!the!different!national!government!agencies!including!the!Local!Government!Units!

(LGUs),!in!the!continuing!protection,!development,!conservation!and!rehabilitation!of!the!area!is!deemed!necessary.!!Indeed,!this!management!plan!aims!to!present!a!conceptual!framework!and!the!milestones!geared!towards!achieving!the!watershed’s!sustainability.!!

Supported!by!San!Gabriel!,!La!Union,!Mayor!Divina!C.!DaliguesJ!Velasco,!and!Governor!Victor!Ortega,!San!Fernando,!La!Union.!

Aliquam(ultrices(

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• Class(II(–(Agroforestry((1,557.37(ha.);((

• Class(III(–(Adopted(Cropping(System((1,855.69(ha.);((

• Class(IV(–((Production(forest((4,594.79(ha.);(and((

• Class(V(–(Protection(Forest.(

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• Has total area of 19,063 ha straddling six municipalities in La Union

• Main source of water for both irrigation and domestic consumption in several municipalities in La Union

• Agriculture is the main source of livelihood within the watershed

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Study Site 2: Saug Watershed, Davao and Compostela Province

• Part of the bigger Tagum-Libuganon Watershed in Davao and Compostela Province

• Economically important watershed as it hosts agricultural production in the above provinces

• Habitat and sources of livelihood to thousands of upland dwellers

Project Activities, Outputs & Schedule

Project Duration: Two (2) YearsJuly 2016 – June 2018

Total budget (2 years): PhP 5,043,726

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Kick-Off Activities & Leveling of Expectations

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEProject orientation Informed stakeholders

with their support and participation obtained

October 2016

Seminar on the importance of watershed, holistic management and concept of climate change

Improvement in knowledge and awareness of stakeholders, particularly local communities, on importance of watersheds, holistic management and climate change

October 2016

YEAR 1

Objective 1: To assess different land uses, ecosystem services, and functions and processes in the selected watersheds

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEAssessment of the current state of watershed (land uses, functions and processes) using GIS, remote sensing, and computer-aided models, identification and quantification of environmental services through household survey, reconnaissance survey, secondary data collection, and focus group discussions

Assessment of the current state of watershed, with focus on land uses, functions and processes (social and biophysical), and ecosystem services (such as forest, water and biodiversity)

November 2016 toMarch 2017

YEAR 1

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Objective 2: To assess stakeholder and institutional capacity to implement adaptation strategies

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEStakeholder and institutional analysis

Assessment of the adaptive capacity of communities and institutions to carry out adaptation responses, as well their perception on how the watershed should be used

November 2016 to March 2017

YEAR 1

Objective 3: To conduct climate change scenario and impact analysis

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEParticipatory scenario develop-ment and impact analysis

Participatory scenario development and impacts analysis – scenarios of climate change would be developed for years 2030, 2050 and 2100 in the respective sites as well as its impacts on the various watershed services. The communities would be asked also on the potential impacts of these and potential adaptation strategies.

March 2017 to May 2017

YEAR 1

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Objective 4: To identify and develop watershed management protocols focused on building the resilience of the communities

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEWorkshop on the development of watershed management protocols and monitoring and evaluation system

Preliminary watershed management protocols

August 2017

YEAR 2

Objective 5: To formulate community-based adaptation strategies based on the identified protocols

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEWorkshop on development of community-based adaptation strategies consistent with the protocols and monitoring and evaluation system

Community-based adaptation strategies

August 2017

YEAR 2

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Objectives 4 and 5

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEField testing of watershed management protocols and community-based adaptation, including monitoring and evaluation system

Suggested revisions to improve the protocols and community-basedadaptation

November 2017

Workshop for the finalization of the watershed management protocols and community-based adaptation

Finalized version of the watershed management protocols

January 2018

YEAR 2

Objective 6: To set up a model barangay/sitio for the implementation of community-based adaptation strategies

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULESetting up and training of model barangay/ sitio for each site to implement the community-based adaptation

Model barangay/ sitio for each site set up for implementation of community-based adaptation strategies

March 2018

YEAR 2

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Objective 7: To produce knowledge products

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEPreparation of publications and radio plugs (including the watershed management protocols and community-based adaptation)

Popularized publications such as posters and brochures; Radio plugs

March 2018

YEAR 2

Concluding Activities

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS SCHEDULEPreparation of reports Submission of Final

Report and Financial Report

Two journal articles submitted for publication

June 2018

YEAR 2

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Thank you very much!!!