We, as junior professionals working for the WWF, concentrate on coolhunting and research on issues, especially when they might be relevant to, or affect the reputation of our organization.
In the first week of our project we found the issue ‘food safety in Europe’. We talked about food we saw in the supermarket, especially fish. Because this topic seemed to be very interesting and because it is relevant to WWF, we decided to concentrate on the issue ‘fish farming’. We investigated how fish farming works and had a look at different sides to this issue, for example we dealt with arguments of people that are against it and arguments of people that are in favor with it. To get these information, we included both online and offline media. After that we engaged ourselves with different stakeholders.
In this report we describe the issue and the research we did to find the different arguments and the main stakeholders in the issue arena. WWF is already engaged in fish farming and spreads awareness about what are the consequences. To improve their actions, we will give advice on whether and how WWF should engage in this issue at the end of this report.
After every step of our research, we made a review and a retro to reflect the way we worked and to improve it. These can be found in the appendices.
The adverse impact of ecosystem degradation and poor governance on marginaliz...NAAR Journal
Bangladesh has been achieving remarkable success in economic growth in the last two decades. Does this economic success bring a sustainable and positive result for marginalized people? This study aims to investigate whether the local economic activity positively changes their socioeconomic position. The study reveals that cropland lost on an average of 0.2636 Bigha per household and disappeared 2.59 local fish species in local water bodies. Moreover, more than three-fourth respondents perceived that their access to local ecosystem services is decreasing and the services are degraded. However, more than half of the respondents paid $6.82 each time as a bribe in accessing to local ecosystem services. Combine of these issues is negatively influencing their income, employment opportunity, and household expenditure so that the marginal community becomes more marginalized and wealthier become wealthier. This study may help to find out a new trajectory of sustainable economic activity in the coastal areas with reducing ecosystem services degradation and vulnerability of marginalized people.
We, as junior professionals working for the WWF, concentrate on coolhunting and research on issues, especially when they might be relevant to, or affect the reputation of our organization.
In the first week of our project we found the issue ‘food safety in Europe’. We talked about food we saw in the supermarket, especially fish. Because this topic seemed to be very interesting and because it is relevant to WWF, we decided to concentrate on the issue ‘fish farming’. We investigated how fish farming works and had a look at different sides to this issue, for example we dealt with arguments of people that are against it and arguments of people that are in favor with it. To get these information, we included both online and offline media. After that we engaged ourselves with different stakeholders.
In this report we describe the issue and the research we did to find the different arguments and the main stakeholders in the issue arena. WWF is already engaged in fish farming and spreads awareness about what are the consequences. To improve their actions, we will give advice on whether and how WWF should engage in this issue at the end of this report.
After every step of our research, we made a review and a retro to reflect the way we worked and to improve it. These can be found in the appendices.
The adverse impact of ecosystem degradation and poor governance on marginaliz...NAAR Journal
Bangladesh has been achieving remarkable success in economic growth in the last two decades. Does this economic success bring a sustainable and positive result for marginalized people? This study aims to investigate whether the local economic activity positively changes their socioeconomic position. The study reveals that cropland lost on an average of 0.2636 Bigha per household and disappeared 2.59 local fish species in local water bodies. Moreover, more than three-fourth respondents perceived that their access to local ecosystem services is decreasing and the services are degraded. However, more than half of the respondents paid $6.82 each time as a bribe in accessing to local ecosystem services. Combine of these issues is negatively influencing their income, employment opportunity, and household expenditure so that the marginal community becomes more marginalized and wealthier become wealthier. This study may help to find out a new trajectory of sustainable economic activity in the coastal areas with reducing ecosystem services degradation and vulnerability of marginalized people.
Multiplicity of Rural Development Projects, Farmers’ Organizations and Impact...AI Publications
This study focuses on the multiplicity of rural development projects, Farmers' Organizations and their impact on local development. Its objective is to analyse the effects of the multiplicity of rural development projects on the behaviour of FO members and on local development. Thus, it is a question of analysing the motivation, perception, activity management and adaptation strategies of FOs in the face of this multiplicity of projects and evaluating their impact on local development. To achieve this, the theory of motivation and perception, and then that of forum shopping, were used in this study. The methodology consisted of a literature review, data collection in three boroughs and the use of questionnaires to conduct surveys. In the end, it appears that, despite the 24 existing rural development projects supporting FOs, 98.2% of people are motivated to join more than one project, 96.4% have a good perception of the multiplicity of projects, 94.6% managed their activities well, and 92.7% develop livelihood strategies to better adapt to this multiplicity of projects. After receiving support from the FOs, local development was observed in the Division, i.e. 81.6% in terms of health, socio-economic, cultural, political or administrative aspects in the locality. Local development is therefore significant in the Division of Menoua although it is influenced by the behaviour of FO members who face a multiplicity of rural development projects.
The impact of the natural disaster on the Tangible and Intangible Culture Her...Kyaw Myo Ko
In natural disasters people are often being displaced and the consequences and misery of those displaced by natural disasters and conflicts are often very similar. People lose their home and their possessions; they experience trauma and depression and are in need of similar protection and assistance needs. Given this context, this paper shares personal experiences and evolving and emerging challenges in preserving and promoting the Tangible and Intangible Culture Heritage, in particular in the field of Myanmar traditional performing arts which can be lost by different means and causes. The paper, as an example, discusses the experiences and lessons learnt from different cultural heritage restoration projects undertaken in Myanmar during the period from 2008 to 2012 which were supported by the Cultural Emergency Response Programme (CER) of the Prince Claus Fund in the Netherlands. The paper highlights what efforts could be made to prevent further damage and to restore the traditional skills, knowledge, techniques and cultural related objects that have been damaged and destroyed by natural disaster in the communities of Myanmar. Disaster management for cultural heritage can be handled differently in each area or country in terms of resources and capacity available. Therefore the aim is not only to describe the damage by the natural disaster but also to share my opinion and experience related to cultural related objects, monuments and artists that have been affected by natural disaster. In particular, the paper intended to express what we have learnt from the experiences in the major disasters in Myanmar, what special skills and knowledge are needed to alleviate negative impacts as the protection of cultural heritage.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
A key concept on the subject DRRR. This entails the definition of vulnerability, types of vulnerability and the key concepts of vulnerability. A summary definition of risk and hazard are also observable.
A B S T R A C T
Taking plants from their original habitat and keeping them in pots is an illustrative example of manmade, power-oriented and unnatural habitation. Naturally, a plant cannot survive in a segregated environment of a pot. For this reason, diverse supportive activities such as watering, feeding or protecting must be planned. These supplying infrastructures create a great power for the caretaker over the life of the potted plant. Using the example of potted plants, this article tries to shed light on social and ecological problems of urbanization.
CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 122-129. Doi:10.25034/ijcua.2018.3676
www.ijcua.com
Lecture disasters in urban area - Master Degree Urban Engineering, Lille1 Un...Isam Shahrour
Lecture for the Master Degree « Urban Engineering and Habitat » concerning disasters in urban area. The lecture covers the causes of natural disasters as well as their impact on economy, citizens, buildings, infrastructures. It concerns also the management of disasters.
Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementRyann Castro
Please Feel Free to Download and Share. Just Acknowledge me as the Owner. May it serve you well.
R.A. 10121
THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MAY 27, 2010
An Act Strengthening The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework, and Institutionalizing the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes (DRRM Act 2010)
YOUR COLOUR IS GREEN - PAPER OF LUISA VINCIGUERRA ITALYLuisa Vinciguerra
WOMEN IN THE GREEN ECONOMY. ROLE AND PROMOTION STRATEGIES OF INNER WHEEL, is the title of the Paper of Luisa Vinciguerra, connected with the Power Point Presentation.
Australia’s food and land use system faces
a storm of converging pressures. The world’s
population is growing, expected to reach close
to 10 billion by 2050, and will have growing and
changing demands for food and fibre. At the
same time, the accelerating impacts of climate
change present major risks for farming – without
adaptive action climate change could reduce
agricultural productivity and farmer profitability
by up to 40-60 per cent by 2060i.
Meanwhile, competing demands could reduce
the amount of land available for food production.
This includes demands for timber production,
bioenergy, and urban and industrial development.
Climate change will also have profound impacts
on natural systems2. There is an urgent need for
land management changes to reduce emissions,
sequester carbon in soils, trees and other
vegetation, and to protect, restore and build
resilience of natural systems. How will we
meet these competing demands on a limited
land resource?
Producers of food, fibre and timber manage more
than half of Australia’s landmass, and are therefore
critical to any future change in land use3.
Awareness and adoption of sustainable
practices is increasing in the face of climate
risks, unreliable weather patterns, competition
for water, consumer concerns about health,
environmental and animal welfare impacts of
farming, and increasing accountability
demands from governments. Indeed, some of
the most innovative and inspiring examples
of sustainable food production and land use
originate in Australia.
The finance sector is also beginning to shift, with
investment in sustainable land use increasing
eightfold globally in the decade to 20154, and
$4.5 trillion annual global business opportunities
from investment in sustainable food and land use
identified by 20305.
This momentum is positive. However, a barrier
to improving the sustainability of land use is
the immaturity of tools and systems to enable
adequate, consistent measurement of ‘natural
capital’. These tools are a way to value the
environment and integrate this value as part
of land management, financial and policy
decision-making.
Multiplicity of Rural Development Projects, Farmers’ Organizations and Impact...AI Publications
This study focuses on the multiplicity of rural development projects, Farmers' Organizations and their impact on local development. Its objective is to analyse the effects of the multiplicity of rural development projects on the behaviour of FO members and on local development. Thus, it is a question of analysing the motivation, perception, activity management and adaptation strategies of FOs in the face of this multiplicity of projects and evaluating their impact on local development. To achieve this, the theory of motivation and perception, and then that of forum shopping, were used in this study. The methodology consisted of a literature review, data collection in three boroughs and the use of questionnaires to conduct surveys. In the end, it appears that, despite the 24 existing rural development projects supporting FOs, 98.2% of people are motivated to join more than one project, 96.4% have a good perception of the multiplicity of projects, 94.6% managed their activities well, and 92.7% develop livelihood strategies to better adapt to this multiplicity of projects. After receiving support from the FOs, local development was observed in the Division, i.e. 81.6% in terms of health, socio-economic, cultural, political or administrative aspects in the locality. Local development is therefore significant in the Division of Menoua although it is influenced by the behaviour of FO members who face a multiplicity of rural development projects.
The impact of the natural disaster on the Tangible and Intangible Culture Her...Kyaw Myo Ko
In natural disasters people are often being displaced and the consequences and misery of those displaced by natural disasters and conflicts are often very similar. People lose their home and their possessions; they experience trauma and depression and are in need of similar protection and assistance needs. Given this context, this paper shares personal experiences and evolving and emerging challenges in preserving and promoting the Tangible and Intangible Culture Heritage, in particular in the field of Myanmar traditional performing arts which can be lost by different means and causes. The paper, as an example, discusses the experiences and lessons learnt from different cultural heritage restoration projects undertaken in Myanmar during the period from 2008 to 2012 which were supported by the Cultural Emergency Response Programme (CER) of the Prince Claus Fund in the Netherlands. The paper highlights what efforts could be made to prevent further damage and to restore the traditional skills, knowledge, techniques and cultural related objects that have been damaged and destroyed by natural disaster in the communities of Myanmar. Disaster management for cultural heritage can be handled differently in each area or country in terms of resources and capacity available. Therefore the aim is not only to describe the damage by the natural disaster but also to share my opinion and experience related to cultural related objects, monuments and artists that have been affected by natural disaster. In particular, the paper intended to express what we have learnt from the experiences in the major disasters in Myanmar, what special skills and knowledge are needed to alleviate negative impacts as the protection of cultural heritage.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
A key concept on the subject DRRR. This entails the definition of vulnerability, types of vulnerability and the key concepts of vulnerability. A summary definition of risk and hazard are also observable.
A B S T R A C T
Taking plants from their original habitat and keeping them in pots is an illustrative example of manmade, power-oriented and unnatural habitation. Naturally, a plant cannot survive in a segregated environment of a pot. For this reason, diverse supportive activities such as watering, feeding or protecting must be planned. These supplying infrastructures create a great power for the caretaker over the life of the potted plant. Using the example of potted plants, this article tries to shed light on social and ecological problems of urbanization.
CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 122-129. Doi:10.25034/ijcua.2018.3676
www.ijcua.com
Lecture disasters in urban area - Master Degree Urban Engineering, Lille1 Un...Isam Shahrour
Lecture for the Master Degree « Urban Engineering and Habitat » concerning disasters in urban area. The lecture covers the causes of natural disasters as well as their impact on economy, citizens, buildings, infrastructures. It concerns also the management of disasters.
Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementRyann Castro
Please Feel Free to Download and Share. Just Acknowledge me as the Owner. May it serve you well.
R.A. 10121
THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MAY 27, 2010
An Act Strengthening The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework, and Institutionalizing the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes (DRRM Act 2010)
YOUR COLOUR IS GREEN - PAPER OF LUISA VINCIGUERRA ITALYLuisa Vinciguerra
WOMEN IN THE GREEN ECONOMY. ROLE AND PROMOTION STRATEGIES OF INNER WHEEL, is the title of the Paper of Luisa Vinciguerra, connected with the Power Point Presentation.
Australia’s food and land use system faces
a storm of converging pressures. The world’s
population is growing, expected to reach close
to 10 billion by 2050, and will have growing and
changing demands for food and fibre. At the
same time, the accelerating impacts of climate
change present major risks for farming – without
adaptive action climate change could reduce
agricultural productivity and farmer profitability
by up to 40-60 per cent by 2060i.
Meanwhile, competing demands could reduce
the amount of land available for food production.
This includes demands for timber production,
bioenergy, and urban and industrial development.
Climate change will also have profound impacts
on natural systems2. There is an urgent need for
land management changes to reduce emissions,
sequester carbon in soils, trees and other
vegetation, and to protect, restore and build
resilience of natural systems. How will we
meet these competing demands on a limited
land resource?
Producers of food, fibre and timber manage more
than half of Australia’s landmass, and are therefore
critical to any future change in land use3.
Awareness and adoption of sustainable
practices is increasing in the face of climate
risks, unreliable weather patterns, competition
for water, consumer concerns about health,
environmental and animal welfare impacts of
farming, and increasing accountability
demands from governments. Indeed, some of
the most innovative and inspiring examples
of sustainable food production and land use
originate in Australia.
The finance sector is also beginning to shift, with
investment in sustainable land use increasing
eightfold globally in the decade to 20154, and
$4.5 trillion annual global business opportunities
from investment in sustainable food and land use
identified by 20305.
This momentum is positive. However, a barrier
to improving the sustainability of land use is
the immaturity of tools and systems to enable
adequate, consistent measurement of ‘natural
capital’. These tools are a way to value the
environment and integrate this value as part
of land management, financial and policy
decision-making.
Food systems and natural resources-2016 Food Security and Climate change im...New Food Innovation Ltd
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Design principles for intelligent research investmentriel-presents
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WhatisFederalism? Key Characteristics by Prof. DrAndreas Heinemann-Grüder of University of Bonn / Germany. Presentation for the HSF-PPI Seminar on Understanding Federalism for Media Practitioners.
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Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
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An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...
PPI-NAC Seminar on Environmental Reporting, Palawan Leg
1. PHILIPPINE PRESS INSTITUTE
The national association of newspapers
Since 1964
Room 206 BF Condominium, Intramuros, Manila
Tels. 527-9632/527-4478. Fax 5273390
http://www.philpressinstitute.com
PPI SEMINAR WORKSHOP ON
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
WITH FOCUS ON VALUATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL
in partnership with NICKEL ASIA CORP.
The Legend Hotel Palawan
January 31 - February 3, 2017
Theme: Taking Stock of Our Natural Capital (and the Role of the Press)
Rationale:
Economic progress is often measured in GDP terms. Often overlooked in policy making discussions, as
well as media coverage, is the value of the benefits and services derived from the nation’s natural as-
sets, such as fresh water, timber, and forests. Such benefits, however, are often ignored. This kind of
situation has significant implications on economic policies and consequent impacts on communities,
especially those that are highly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance.
Relying on GDP alone as a gauge of development ignores the important role of natural capital in the
economy and human well-being. Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz said: “Gross domestic product, the
leading economic measurement, is outdated and misleading ... It's like grading a corporation based on
one day's cash flow and forgetting to depreciate assets and other costs.”
Including natural capital in economic performance measures helps to ensure the continued flow of the
benefits and services derived from natural resources, including ecosystems, and stem the loss of such
benefits through sound and inclusive policy making that translates, among others, into well-crafted con-
servation and rehabilitation programs.
The World Bank defines natural capital as “the resources that we easily recognize and measure, like
minerals, energy, timber, agricultural land, fisheries and water. It also includes all the ecosystem ser-
vices that are often ‘invisible’ to most people, such as air and water filtration, flood protection, carbon
storage, pollination of crops, and habitats for wildlife.
“These values are not readily captured in markets, so we don’t really know how much they contribute to
the economy. We often take these services for granted and don't know what it would cost if we lost
them.”
Valuing natural capital — in physical and monetary terms — also helps ensure that the contributions of
specific natural resources to livelihoods and the economy are visible and that economic policies ac-
count for natural wealth to foster sustainable development.
“Valuing natural capital enables governments to account for nature’s role in the economy and human
well-being. For businesses, it enables efficiency, sustainability, and managing risks in their supply
chains,” says Conservation International. “Natural capital accounting helps policymakers understand
the dependence of economic development on natural resources, both for supplying materials and ser-
vices as well as for absorbing waste and pollution.”
1
2. “Including the value of the environment in wealth estimates and macroeconomic indicators helps gov-
ernments to ensure that their development strategies deliver sustainable and inclusive growth,” says
GLOBE International .1
Valuation of natural capital assumes increased urgency amid the growing demand for ecosystem prod-
ucts and services, owing to a growing population and increasing human and economic activities, which
have detrimental impacts on ecosystems.
While the concept of accounting for natural capital was adopted by the Philippine government more
than three decades ago, little has been done to implement it, experts say.
Media’s Role
Media would do well to understand and appreciate the concept of natural capital (including ecosystem
products and services) and its role in economic (not only in environmental management) planning and,
overall, public governance. By doing so, they can help bring it into increased public and policy makers’
consciousness, and become instrumental in the formulation of better and more responsive policies, and
more efficient management not only of the environment but also of the economy.
Media, by the very nature of their profession, are in a strategic position to help reframe discussions on
natural resources as critical components of inclusive wealth, human well-being, and sustainability .2
Objectives
In this light, the Philippine Press Institute will embark on media a seminar-workshop aimed to achieve
the following:
1. To help media understand the concept of valuing natural capital, and its role in sound economic
management
2. To expose the media participants to the environmental realities against the backdrop of natural capi-
tal valuation, thus forming the basis for other stories
3. To generate heightened media reportage on natural capital and ecosystem products and services
4. To help ramp up the generation of natural capital and ecosystem accounts by publishing media re-
ports highlighting the urgent need to mainstream natural capital accounts into economic policy mak-
ing and development planning
Highlights
Based on the foregoing objectives, PPI training participants will be introduced to the concept of valuing
natural capital, and helped to understand why mainstreaming this tool into policy making and national
economic accounts is vital to fostering sustainable growth.
For the media, understanding these tools is expected to inform their reporting on the environment, and
inspire and challenge them to explore issues highlighting the link between the economy and the envi-
ronment in ways that will help raise public awareness of the relevant issues, and better governance.
Media participants during each regional leg of the training will go on a tour of relevant sites so they can
observe the state of specific natural resources such as agricultural land, forests, and mining sites, and
their impacts on communities. Field visits should also afford them the chance to engage select commu-
nities in discussions on the issues at hand, particularly on local government policies.
There will also be discussions with experts on relevant public policies and whether these are informed
by the state of, and relevant data, if any, on, specific natural resources and ecosystem services, consis-
tent with the principles of natural capital valuation.
Global Environmental Change, www.elsevier.com/locate/gl oenvcha2
2
3. PROGRAM
Day 1 (January 31)
MORNING Arrival of Participants
AFTERNOON
12:00 pm LUNCH
2:30 - 3:30 pm Welcome Remarks, Ariel Sebellino, PPI Executive Director
Introduction to the Seminar, Tess Bacalla, PPI Training Director
Introduction of Participants
4:00 - 4:30 pm Findings: Local Media Coverage of the Environment
Ariel Sebellino, PPI Executive Director
4:30 - 5:30 pm Scanning (and Valuing) the Landscape (and Seascape):
Media Coverage of the Environment
Ryan D. Rosauro, News Correspondent, Philippine Daily Inquirer
and Chair, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
6:00 pm DINNER
Day 2 (February 1)
MORNING
4:00 am Travel to Rio Tuba
AFTERNOON
1:00 pm Travel to Puerto Princesa (with stopover at Espanola)
Day 3 (February 2)
MORNING
6:00 - 7:00 am BREAKFAST
8:00 - 8:30 am Natural Capital: Counting It In
Dr. Allaine Baaco, Western Philippine University (WPU)
8:30 - 9:30 am Putting a Price Tag on Ecosystem Goods and Services
Ricky Nuñez, Country Director, Conservation International Philippines
9:30 - 10:00 am Piloting Ecosystem Accounts in Palawan: A Quick Glimpse for the Media
John Francisco Pontillas and May Lacao, Palawan Council for Sustainable
Development and Technical Working Group Members for Southern
Palawan (World Bank-led WAVES global partnership)3
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services, https://www.wavespartnership.org3
3
4. 10:00 - 11:00 am Transforming Economic Policy through Natural Capital Valuation:
Prospects for the Philippines
Dr. Gem Castillo, President, Resource and Environmental Economics
Foundation of the Philippines, Inc., and National Expert, WAVES
11:00 - 11:20 am Q&A
11:20 am - 12:00 pm Forum with Indigenous Community Representatives on
Oil Palm Plantations in Palawan
Motalib Kemil, President, Coalition Against Land Grabbing (CALG)
John Mart Salunday, President, Nagkakaisang Tribu ng Palawan (NATRIPAL)
12:00 - 12:15 pm Q&A
12:15 - 1:15 pm LUNCH
AFTERNOON
1:30 - 2:30 pm State of the Environment in Palawan: Policy and Enforcement
Issues4
Atty. Roberto Chan, Executive Director, Palawan NGO Network, Inc.
3:00 - 5:00 pm Field Visit (Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa)5
6:00 pm Back to Hotel / Dinner
Writeshop (Group Activity)6
DAY 4 (February 3)
MORNING
9:00 - 9:30 am Quo Vadis Media?
Tess Bacalla, PPI Training Director
9:30 - 10:30 am Presentation and Critique of Group Stories
10:30 - 11:30 am Closing Remarks and Awarding of Certificates
12:00 LUNCH
AFTERNOON Free time for participants
DAY 5 (February 4) Departure
Venue is the Palawan Environmental Enforcement Museum, Puerto Princesa4
Two areas will be visited in the same barangay: sanitary landfill and abandoned mine5
Group stories due for submission at 11 pm6
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