Needs on the ground:Lessons from FAO’s project
Rikiya Konishi
Forestry Officer
FAO Forestry Division
1 February 2023
Sharing F-DRR approaches and techniques with developing countries:
Experiences, realities and opportunities of private sector
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Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
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1Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
FAO Forestry11. Project brief (background) Aims to support and preserve vulnerable mountainecosystems and communities to climate change Crucial ecosystem's role in reducing negative impacts
 Degrading ecosystems due to increased pressures of land
use change, climate change, exploitation
 Possible contribution to apply Japanese technology tomanage the disasters

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1. Project brief (overall)
Project title (Global project):Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change in Mountain Watersheds

Objective:

Enhancing the capacities of institutions and communities on risk watersheds
planning and forest and land use management to improve local population’s
livelihoods and increase the resilience of ecosystems and communities living
in mountain watersheds

Country and Global activities, and partners:• Philippines: Benguet Province, the Tublay Municipality,• Peru: Huascarán National Park, Rio Negro sub water basin• 5 Global activities including• F-DRR practitioners’ Handbook, in partnership with IUCN, IMFN
• Support to International Year of The Sustainable Mountain Development(IYSMD), Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS)

Project duration and budget:• 4 years (Oct 2020 - Sept 2024)• USD1,672,821 (Estimate)
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Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
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2. Target site (Benguet Province)

Manilahttps://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tublay

https://zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Benguet_Philippines_Map

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2. Target site (The Tublay Municipality)
Active Landslide areas
Moderately Active
Highly Active• Tublay is a municipality in the landlocked province ofBenguet.
• Estimated elevation above sea level: 1,403.0 meters• Land Area (2013): 102.55 km2 (39.59 sq mi)• Population (2020): 19,429• Main industry: Agriculture

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2. Target site (Major Hazards)

Major Hazards• Monsoon rain
• Typhoons• Landslides
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Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
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3. Progress (Activities and flow)
We are here now

Phase I

Problem Analysis, Disaster Risk Assessments (DRA)and Capacity Development(Oct 2020 – Dec 2022)

1-1 ProblemAnalysis

2 RegionalDRA

3 Community
DRA

1-2 Institutional Capacity Development

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Phase II

Phase III

Disaster Risk
Mitigation
Measures(Jan – Dec 2023)

Outreach andCommunication(Jan – Sep 2024)

4-1 Forest-based
Watersheds
Management

5 Publications

4-2 NWFP
Value Chains
Improvement

6 Globaldissemination

93. Progress(Problem analysis, regional DRA, CD)
1-1 Problem
Analysis

2 Regional
DRA

1-2 Institutional Capacity Development
Inception meeting, 17 Nov 2021
M. Lauro, Tublay Municipality Mayor• Literature review and multiple stakeholder consultations to analyze
problems in the Philippines and Benguet Province (Oct 2020 -April 2021).
• Developed project implementation design and strategy in March 2021.
• Conducted the Disaster Risk Assessment for the Municipalities ofBenguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in August 2021.
• Institutional and technical capacity development for the Tublay
Municipality (Nov 2021 – Oct 2022).
(Mainly Capacity and information needs assessment)

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3. Progress so far(Community DRA and CD)
1-1 Problem
Analysis

2 RegionalDRA

3 Community
DRA

1-2 Institutional Capacity Development• Scoping of Disaster and Climate Vulnerability Assessment Needs ofTublay, Philippines” in September 2021
• Analyzing existing DRR policies and plans of theTublay Municipality• Vulnerability and risk assessment andEcosystem Services Valuation workshop• Prioritizing reforestation areas in the Tublay
Municipality• Identifying Eco-DRR intervention options• Development of Eco-DRR management Plan
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Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
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4. Planned activities(Support SFM of communal forests)

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4. Planned activities(Reforestation and forest fire management)
1-1 Problem
Analysis

2 Regional
DRA

3 Community
DRA

1-2 Institutional Capacity Development

Reforestation
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4-1 Forestbased Watershed
Management
4-2 NWFP
Value Chains
Improvement

Forest fire management
144. Planned activities(Coffee agroforestry and Agro-ecotourism)
1-1 Problem
Analysis

2 Regional
DRA

3 Community
DRA

1-2 Institutional Capacity Development

Coffee agroforestry
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4-1 Forestbased Watershed
Management
4-2 NWFP
Value Chains
Improvement

Agri-eco-tourism
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Presentation Outline
1. Project brief
2. Target site (example of The Philippines)
3. Progress
4. Planned activities
5. Needs on the ground
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1. In general, high expectations and interest in Japanese technology
such as Chisan (landslide prevention and forest conservation
technology of Japan), early warning systems, and methods ofnatural resources management.
2. Need of assessment of climate and disaster risks using GIS.
3. More interest in agricultural activities than environmental
protection, necessary to combine forest management andagricultural value chains improvement (agroforestry).
4. F-DRR concept, not included in the disaster risk management plan,need to incorporate into the plan.

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185. Needs on the ground
1. In general, high expectations and interest in Japanese technology
such as Chisan (landslide prevention and forest conservation
technology of Japan), early warning systems, and methods ofnatural resources management.
2. Need of assessment of climate and disaster risks using GIS.
3. More interest in agricultural activities than environmental
protection, necessary to combine forest management andagricultural value chains improvement (agroforestry).
4. F-DRR concept, not included in the disaster risk management plan,need to incorporate into the plan.

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5. Needs on the ground(Possible private sector intervention in future)
1. In general, high expectations and interest in Japanesetechnology such as Chisan (landslide prevention and forest
conservation technology of Japan), early warning systems, andmethods of natural resources management.
 The Japanese technology is costly but considering
maintenance costs and the durability of the landslide
prevention works, the Japanese technology could be lessexpensive in the long run.
2. Need of assessment of climate and disaster risks using GIS.
 Japanese high technology such as remote sensing and GIS
could have a comparative advantage.

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THANK YOU !!

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