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SRJS_ToC_PH_Partnerships for climate resilience, water and f Comprised of over 7100 islands, the Philippines is one of the world’s 17“megadiverse”countries and is a biodiversity hotspot. Much of the remaining 7 million hectares of natural forest is located in upland protected areas and indigenous peoples’ancestral domains, functioning as key watersheds. The densely-populated country is a major producer of nickel ore, gold and copper. This mining and other forms of land conversion have taken a heavy toll on the country’s ecosystems, threatening biodiversity, water provisioning, food security and climate resilience for its growing population, including in Southern Palawan, the Abra-Agno River Basins in the Cordillera and Mt. Malindang Watershed, Zamboanga peninsula. In these landscapes, mining concessions largely overlap with key biodiversity areas, protected areas, watersheds, indigenous peoples’ancestral domains and agricultural land. Mining has led to the contamination of rivers and coastal waters, which impacts drinking water, irrigation for farmlands, fish from rivers, coastal ecosystems and marine fisheries. The Philippines is now ranked as the world’s most affected country by climate change. It is extremely prone to natural disasters and the impacts of droughts and other extreme weather events, such as typhoons, is exacerbated by the ecological damage caused by mining, which is further increasing the vulnerability of its population to natural disasters.
GLA2 - Forests for a Just Future - Programma The Green Livelihoods Alliance (2021 - 2025) is an alliance of Gaia Amazonas, IUCN NL, Milieudefensie, NTFP-EP, SDI and Tropenbos International, with Fern and WECF as technical partners. The Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) aims to ensure that tropical forests and forest landscapes are sustainably and inclusively governed to mitigate and adapt to climate change, fulfil human rights and safeguard local livelihoods. In twelve countries in South America, Africa and Asia, as well as internationally, the Alliance works with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) and social movements to: - increase the participation of IPLCs in policy and decision-making regarding land rights and forest governance - strengthen lobby and advocacy to hold governments and industries accountable for deforestation and human rights violations. A crucial prerequisite is to ensure the operational space and security of IPLC leaders, CSO activists, women’s rights and environmental and human rights defenders (EHRDs).
MoMo 4 Climate Programma Project Mobilising More 4 Climate (MoMo4C) is a five-year program that aims to bring together entrepreneurs, firms, policymakers, investors and civil society organisations to make green business propositions that tackle the impacts and causes of climate change at a landscape level in developing countries, and to attract investments to implement these initiatives.
SRJS_ToC_GS Securing key ecosystems in the Guyana Shield in The Guiana Shield is still largely covered by tropical rainforest. The region represents 18% of the world’s tropical forest carbon and 20% of the world’s fresh water. The area is characterized by long stretches of coastal mangroves, wetlands, productive marine and coastal nursery and feeding grounds that attract great numbers of fish, birds, sea turtles, dolphins, sharks and rays. It has a small human population mostly living near the shore. Increasing population, high levels of poverty, unsustainable economic development through forestry, mining and agriculture and a massive influx of external investment in infrastructure, are putting the natural resources of the Guiana Shield under threat. The region is prone to rapidly expanding mining activities, mainly from medium and small-scale operators, causing deforestation and pollution of rivers from the use of mercury in the extraction process. Other threats include the expansion of infrastructure, such as roads and dams, especially in coastal areas, sea level rise and the foreseen development of large cattle farms in the Rupununi savannah in Guyana. While oil reserves in the deep sea present economic opportunities, they pose a challenge in terms of conservation of marine habitats and risk of pollution.
SRJS_ToC_CP Inclusive and sustainable ecosystem governance i The Pantanal is a cross-border ecoregion between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the world’s largest and best preserved wetland, with lagoons, flooded grasslands and rivers covering an area of 158,000 km2. It borders with the Gran Chaco ecoregion that spans 1,000,000 km2 between Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the second largest forest area in South America after the Amazon and is made up of a range of habitats, from dry thorn forests and cactus stands to savannahs that are flooded in the wet season. Both ecoregions are brimming with wildlife, including jaguars, water birds, plant, fish and reptile species. The areas are under increasing threat, with the Chaco region being in the top five of highest rates of deforestation in the world. Agricultural expansion, largely driven by unsustainable cattle ranching for international markets, is the biggest threat to natural ecosystems in the Gran Chaco. Although large areas of the Pantanal are still relatively intact, it is increasingly threatened by expanding unsustainable farming practices, illegal mining, hydroelectric power plant construction and waterway modifications. These developments are compromising the functioning of important ecosystem services that these areas provide, such as water regulation and availability. The Pantanal is a large climate buffer that stores water in the wet season and releases it in the dry season. Changing this system will affect the entire region. Climate change is intensifying pressures on the regions, with droughts being one of the main expected climate impacts, as well as decreases in water provision and problems of salination. In both regions, natural evaporation is already higher than precipitation levels. This is weakening the resilience of these landscapes to adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change. The increasing demand for agricultural land for cattle ranching has led to land rights clashes with indigenous communities, as communities and subsistence farmers are increasingly being displaced from their traditional farming grounds to make way for agricultural giants. This is impacting local food security, water availability and conservation.
GLA-ToC-VN-CH -Inclusive and sustainable forested landscape The Green Livelihoods Program in Viet Nam works in the Srepok River Basin in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. The Central Highlands straddle five provinces and represent a distinct agro-ecological region in Viet Nam. The Srepok river flows through four of these provinces in Viet Nam before it continues into neighbouring Cambodia. The area was chosen for several reasons. First, the Central Highlands are one of the 7 key agro-ecological regions of Viet Nam, with a wide variety of land-use types such as agricultural production (especially agro-commodities such as coffee, rubber, tea, cacao, pepper, cashew, etc.), forestry plantations, animal husbandry, irrigation systems, hydro-power plants, protected areas, watershed protection forest, production forest, and residential areas. Secondly, the region faces major challenges in natural resources governance as a result of rapid expansion of intensive agriculture that contributes to the destruction of natural forests and pressure on other ecosystems: the Central Highlands are rich in biodiversity but many animal and plant species are threatened. Thirdly, the Vietnamese Government has selected the Central Highlands as one of two key regions (besides North-West region) in Vietnam in need for intensive investments toward sustainable development
SRJS_ToC_IP International programme The international program of the SRJS is based on the principles “from local to global” and “linking & learning”. It aims to reinforce the effectiveness of the ecoregional programs. This international dimension is particularly important given that many of the landscapes and projects in the program involve intergovernmental cooperation and regional CSO networks that have often strong cross-border linkages and relate to international (trade and aid) flows. The Theory of Change (ToC) of the international program, entails desired outcomes at different levels. It includes changed policies of practices of businesses and governments, building on the intermediate outcomes of the strategies, ranging from business engagement to lobby & advocacy for compliance to legal standards and innovative monitoring.
GLA II - IUCN NL - Colombia In Colombia,  the Forests for a Just Future Programme addresses the issue of deforestation -one of the country’s most serious environmental problems- and degradation, and unsustainable  management of forests and wooded landscapes, in a context of climate change, gender inequality and inequity, and threats to the protection of human rights, as well as rights related to territory and local livelihoods.

This project is mainly developed in the Colombian Amazon: in the Northwest Colombian Amazon also known as the deforestation arc, which covers the departments of Caquetá, Guaviare and south of Meta; and also the Northest Colombian Amazon, which covers the departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía. The project also includes some actions in the Andean region (Santander), and Bogotá, as an advocacy hub to take actions  with the National Government and State entities.
GLA II - IUCN NL - Bolivia The GLA programme in Bolivia seeks to influence the policies and practices of public, private and civil actors that contribute to the inclusive and sustainable management of forest landscapes, through the development of capacities for lobby and advocacy at different scales. The GLA Alliance believes that the Greater Chiquitanía can maintain its valuable ecosystems and provide the people with income, health and well-being. The GLA Alliance has built and supported a network of organisations that are now actively involved in issues related to landscape governance. The programme has mainly focused on three intervention pathways: 1) Innovation for sustainable forest management, 2) Integral management of natural ecosystems, and 3) Efficient implementation of local environmental regulations.
GLA-ToC Inclusive and sustainable forest management to safeg Forests in the Philippines have been in steady decline, which has a tremendous impact on millions of people who depend on these forests and the vital ecosystem services they provide. The program focuses on three landscapes: Sierra Madre Mountain Range (Luzon), CDO-Tagoloan river basins landscape continuum and part of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). These landscapes not only serve as homes to many communities - including indigenous peoples - who depend on them for their daily subsistence, but are also critical for the adjacent provinces and regions. All three landscapes are subjected to forest and habitat degradation, which threatens the sustainability of livelihoods, food security, water provisioning and biodiversity. The landscapes face multiple sources of threats, such as uncontrolled resource extraction, unsustainable and overlapping land use and militarization/conflict. Overcoming these threats is hampered by limited opportunities of local communities to influence decision making on sustainable governance. Policy makers are often detached from the ground and are thus unable to formulate effective policy reforms for sustainable development. The Long-term goal of the program is to safeguard the International Public Goods (climate, water, food security and biodiversity) of forest-dependent and indigenous communities in the target communities. This would be possible if these forest landscapes are conserved and restored, and the different stakeholders agree to manage the resources in a sustainable way including respecting the tenure and resource use rights of forest dependent communities. The program aims to achieve this by strengthening the lobby and advocacy capacity of civil society organisations as well as forest-dependent and indigenous communities. Forest dependent communities and civil society have an opportunity to influence existing policies and practice through thorough and consistent lobby work at the local and national level. Where relevant, the programme will also develop a proof of concept by creating pilot-models of sustainable landscape management which would benefit forest dependent communitie
GLA II - IUCN NL - Philippines The programme aims to support IPLCs to install and strengthen sustainable and inclusive forest management mechanisms in four major forest landscapes: Sierra Madre of Luzon, Southern Palawan, Northern Mindanao and South Central Mindanao. It seeks to strengthen inclusive forest governance in indigenous and community-conserved areas. National lobby efforts are directed at influencing the government to address destructive mining as a key driver of deforestation, enact green bills (alternative mining law, forestry, land use), and defend environmental human rights defenders, IPLC governance and forest conservation. Such issues shall be amplified in social and mainstream media, and national level alliances and networks.

Key strategies are strengthening the capacity of IPLCs and Civil Society in documenting human rights violations, community journalism, gender equality and social inclusion, climate change, rights and security to build alliances and engage in effective lobby and advocacy to improve policy development and enforcement, transparency and support for forest restoration and sustainable, viable and climate resilient livelihoods
GLA-ToC Inclusive and sustainable forest management to safeg Forests in the Philippines have been in steady decline, which has a tremendous impact on millions of people who depend on these forests and the vital ecosystem services they provide. The program focuses on three landscapes: Sierra Madre Mountain Range (Luzon), CDO-Tagoloan river basins landscape continuum and part of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). These landscapes not only serve as homes to many communities - including indigenous peoples - who depend on them for their daily subsistence, but are also critical for the adjacent provinces and regions. All three landscapes are subjected to forest and habitat degradation, which threatens the sustainability of livelihoods, food security, water provisioning and biodiversity. The landscapes face multiple sources of threats, such as uncontrolled resource extraction, unsustainable and overlapping land use and militarization/conflict. Overcoming these threats is hampered by limited opportunities of local communities to influence decision making on sustainable governance. Policy makers are often detached from the ground and are thus unable to formulate effective policy reforms for sustainable development. The Long-term goal of the program is to safeguard the International Public Goods (climate, water, food security and biodiversity) of forest-dependent and indigenous communities in the target communities. This would be possible if these forest landscapes are conserved and restored, and the different stakeholders agree to manage the resources in a sustainable way including respecting the tenure and resource use rights of forest dependent communities. The program aims to achieve this by strengthening the lobby and advocacy capacity of civil society organisations as well as forest-dependent and indigenous communities. Forest dependent communities and civil society have an opportunity to influence existing policies and practice through thorough and consistent lobby work at the local and national level. Where relevant, the programme will also develop a proof of concept by creating pilot-models of sustainable landscape management which would benefit forest dependent communities.
GLA II - IUCN NL - Coordination, Admin & PMEL This activity file monitors the program management costs of the GLA program
SRJS_ToC_ID_B Protecting Kayan River Basin and delta in Bulu The Bulungan district in North Kalimantan is characterized by rich biodiversity and includes ecosystems such as lowland tropical rainforest, mountain forest, peat swamps, mangroves and karst. The main watershed is the Kayan river, which ends up in the wide Kayan delta. This watershed is of vital importance to communities living along the river and in the delta, as they depend on it for fresh water, fisheries and agriculture. The Kayan watershed area has become a center for investment. Large areas have been converted into industrial plantations for palm oil and timber, mining sites, fishponds and farmland areas. The ecological damage caused by deforestation and the destruction of mangroves to create fishponds and provide wood for charcoal and construction materials is affecting livelihoods of local communities. For example, the disappearance of mangroves is destroying spawning grounds for fish and crustaceans, which are a key food source. This destruction is also making the area more susceptible to the effects of climate change. Extreme weather patterns, such as heavy downpours and prolonged droughts, combined with deforested hillsides may cause deadly landslides. The disappearance of coastal and riverine woodland is leading to the loss of natural protection against flooding, as well eroding river banks and advancing siltation. The vital ecosystem functions the forest provides are not taken into account in government policies that encourage investment in natural resources. Palm oil and timber plantations and logging concessions often overlap with community (forest) areas. Weak enforcement and lack of comprehensive laws and local regulations on sustainable natural resource management and traditional land rights, have made communities' position visàvis industrial companies vulnerable. Though many communities depend on the forest for their livelihoods, the land rights of local people, especially women and vulnerable groups like indigenous peoples, are not formally registered and the groups have very little say in decision-making on land use and natural resources.
MoMo 4 Climate - IUCN NL Mobilising More 4 Climate (MoMo4C) is a five-year program that aims to bring together entrepreneurs, firms, policymakers, investors and civil society organisations to make green business propositions that tackle the impacts and causes of climate change at a landscape level in developing countries, and to attract investments to implement these initiatives.
SRJS_ToC_PH_Cordillera Partnerships for climate resilience, The Cordillera region is known as the watershed cradle of Northern Luzon, with its high-biodiversity forests sustaining 6 of Northern Luzon’s major river systems. The region is provisioning environmental services not only to Cordillera communities, but also to the surrounding lowland provinces. Local economy is largely agricultural based (rice, vegetables) although small-scale gold mining is also a common source of local income. At the same time, the region remains a resource base for extractive industries such as mining and energy projects, which threaten the ecosystems and undermine the provision of valued ecosystem services.
GLA Programme Milieudefensie-IUCN Strategische Partnerschappen "Samenspraak & Tegenspraak"/Milieudefensie
SRJS_ToC_KH Securing livelihoods in the upper Mekong region The Mekong River is the largest and most important river in Cambodia. The Mekong Basin is home to over 40 ecologically critical and threatened animal species, such as the emblematic Mekong Dolphin and many endemic fish species. 60 million people in the Mekong Basin depend on the river for their food and income, as a large part of people’s diets and livelihoods rely directly on fish. The river also provides irrigation water for the country’s agriculture. Due to the fast-growing economy, increasing population and growing urban centers, the demand for food and water has skyrocketed. At the same time, ecosystems that ensure the continuous supply of clean fresh water and fish are under threat from various economic activities, such as hydropower dams, large-scale irrigation development, deforestation, mining, intensive agriculture and unsustainable fish harvesting. The increasing competition for scarce natural resources is leading to tensions between their different users. Over the years, the Cambodian government has issued more than 50 economic land concessions (ELC) for large-scale agricultural production, often on land already occupied by indigenous peoples. With no capacity to defend their ancestral land rights, thousands of families have been evicted from their land without any form of compensation, leaving them with no access to their traditional sources of livelihood and subsistence. Intensive large-scale agricultural production undercuts the price of communities’agricultural products and releases toxic pesticides and chemical fertilizers into the water systems, negatively affecting fisheries and the health of the population. Hydropower dams and mining operations threaten the supply and water quality in the Mekong. This is aggravated by the effects of climate change, with seasons fluctuating between long dry spells and widespread and severe flooding. Flooding is a top risk in Cambodia and a leading cause of deaths. Experts warn that fisheries production in the Mekong and the Tonle Sap will be reduced by 50% over the next 30 years when all the projected dams upstream are finally constructed.
GLA II - IUCN NL - DRC The DRC programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance focuses on the restoration, protection and sustainable management of the ecosystems in the Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega landscapes. It’s about natural resource management in a sustainable, concerted and inclusive manner, which guarantees the livelihoods of local communities and indigenous peoples and the stability of protected areas.

The programme adopts three envisaged pathways of change:

 - Restoring social peace and stability in the East landscape: local communities and indigenous populations in the Virunga and Kahuzi Biega landscapes are acting freely, responsibly and are reconciled. Activities to achieve this include: education of youth, women and land chiefs in sustainable management of natural resources, meetings with the traditional leaders and bringing different stakeholders in the landscape together.

-Re-establishing social and environmental justice: establishment of an environmental juridical clinic providing legal support and strengthened advocacy for the restoration of state authority in the Virunga landscape, so that stakeholders adopt best practices in their daily lives, livelihoods are improved and the living conditions of the local population and indigenous populations have increased.

-Assuring the sustainable use of natural resources and restoring ecosystems: benefits of protected areas should contribute to the sustainable development of local populations, stakeholders are involved in decisions making process and new alternatives are developed.
MoMo 4 Climate - IUCN NL (Murchison, Uganda) Mobilising More 4 Climate (MoMo4C) is a five-year program that aims to bring together entrepreneurs, firms, policymakers, investors and civil society organisations to make green business propositions that tackle the impacts and causes of climate change at a landscape level in developing countries, and to attract investments to implement these initiatives.