Albay in Action on Climate Change:

The Local Government Takes the Lead

Nong Rangasa
Center for Initiatives and Research on Climate Change Adaptation
Province of Albay, Philippines
CLIMATE CHANGE
is REAL!
CLIMATE ACTION IS
RIGHT

It is also GOOD and SMART.

THINK GLOBAL
ACT LOCAL
ADAPTATION
 CIRCA and APSEMO
of Albay, Philippines are
among the sound
practices in Asia and in
the world.

World Bank, UN-ISDR 2008

 Albay is model
province for climate
change adaptation

UNDP MDGF, Ms. Nileema Noble

 CHANGE STRATEGY FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE

ƒ Make it a goal
ƒ Ordain policies (including budget)
ƒ Execute programs and projects
ƒ Build institutions
 OVERARCHING GOVERNING
PHILOSOPHY OF ALBAY

ƒ Strong on Economy
ƒ Strong on Education
ƒ Strong on Environment
ƒ Strong on Ethics
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

ƒ Albay Mabuhay
(economic strategy)

ƒ Albay May Buhay

(social development)

ƒ Albay May Hanapbuhay

(socio-economic plan)
 ALBAY STRATEGY

ALBAY MABUHAY- is our central economic strategy. These

are strategic initiatives to grow the economy including Daraga
International Airport and Eco-Cultural Tourism.

• Our provincial goal is redefined as “climate-proof, disaster

proof development.

• Development is operationally defined by adopting UN Millennium

Development Goals and improvement in Human Development
Index.

• Action on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

(CRR/DRR) are embedded into the central economic strategy; not
as an afterthought or as contingency.
Potential Impacts of
Climate Change
on MDGs
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs

UN-MDGs Potential Impacts of Climate Change

1. Eradicate extreme Climate Change is predicted to:
poverty and hunger
1. More degrade the forests, fish,
Objectives: pastures, and crop land that many poor
families depend on for their food and
ƒ Reduce by half the
livelihood;
proportion of people
living on less than a 2. Damage poor people’s home, water
dollar a day; supply and health, which will
ƒ Reduce by half the undermine their ability to earn a living;
proportion of people and
who suffer from hunger;
3. Exacerbate social tensions over
and
resources use, which can lead to
ƒ Eliminate corruption and
conflict, destabilising livelihoods and
push for good
forcing communities to migrate.
governance.
source: UN/Stern Review/Albay Declaration
 ALBAY STRATEGY

ALBAY MAY HANAPBUHAY-Socio-economic Plan: livelihood programs

and agriculture, forestry and fisheries support.

Cooperative & Livelihood

Development
Livelihood assistance
• Cooperative
Promotion,
. Organization and
Development
• Livelihood
Development
• Employment
Assistance Services
• Non-Formal Education
Skills Training and
Development Project
(PGA-TESDA)
• Project Planning,
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Turn-over of Sibid-sibid in Rapu-rapu Island
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs

UN-MDGs Potential Impacts of Climate Change

2. Achieve universal Climate Change could undermine
primary education children’s ability to attend school.
1. More children are likely to be taken
Objective:
out of school to help fetch water, care
ƒ Ensure that all boys and for ill relatives, or help earn an income;
girls complete a full
2. Illness and malnourishment among
course of primary
children could reduce their school
schooling.
attendance, and impair their learning
when they are in class; and
3. Floods, mudslides, super typhoons
destroy school buildings, and force
permanent migration.

source: UN/Stern Review/Albay Declaration

ALBAY STRATEGY
ALBAY MAY BUHAY-Social Development: programs for health,
EDUCATION, housing for resettlement, water, sanitation and hygiene

President Gloria M. Arroyo & Vice President De Castro visit in Albay

ADAPTATION ACTION
• FIRST MURAL PAINTING COMPETITION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION – Inter Colleges and
Universities in Albay with the theme: Ten Commandments for
Sustainable Development 1st

2nd

The longest Mural Painting on CCA in the Philippines 3rd

Mainstreaming
Mainstreaming Climate
Climate Change
Change in
in the
the Philippine
Philippine Educational
Educational System:
System:
TRAINING OF TRAINOR’S
Aug.
Aug. 2-4,
2-4, 2008
2008 at
at Bicol
Bicol University
University Amphi
Amphi Theater
Theater
Albay Mabuhay Village
Daraga, Albay
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs

UN-MDGs Potential Impacts of Climate Change

3. Promote gender equity Climate Change is expected to
and empower women exacerbate current gender
inequalities:
Objective:
1. Women tend to depend more on
ƒ Eliminate gender the natural environment for their
disparity in primary and livelihoods than men do; and
secondary education
preferably by 2005, and 2. Women and girls are typically the
at all levels by 2015. ones to fetch water, and often
food. In times of climate stress,
they must cope with fewer
resources and a greater workload.

source: UN/Stern Review/Albay

Review Declaration
Women Empowerment
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs
UN-MDGs
4,5,6. Reduce child
mortality, improve
maternal health and
combat major diseases
Objectives:
ƒ Reduce by two thirds the
mortality rate among children
under live;
ƒ Reduce by half the proportion of
people who suffer from hunger;
ƒ Reduce by the three quarters
the maternal mortality ratio;
ƒ Halt and begin to reverse the
spread of HIV/AIDS; and
ƒ Halt and begin to reverse the
incidence of malaria and other
major diseases.
source: UN/Stern Review/Albay
Review Declaration
Potential Impacts of Climate Change
Climate Change will lead to more
deaths and illness due to heat-
waves, mudslides, floods,
droughts, and super typhoons.
1. Increase the prevalence of diseases
spread by mosquitoes (such as
malaria and dengue fever) or spread
in water (such as cholera and
dysentery). Children, youth and
pregnant women are vulnerable to
these diseases; and
2. Expected to reduce the quality and
quantity of clean & safe drinking water,
exacerbate malnutrition among
children and elderly .
ALBAY STRATEGY

ALBAY MAY BUHAY-Social Development: programs for HEALTH,

education, housing for resettlement, water, SANITATION and
HYGIENE Hospital Services
– Upgrading of Ziga and Duran to
secondary/tertiary level
» Base Hospitals accredited
for nursing affiliation
» Departmentalized into
surgery, obstetrics,
pediatrics, medicines
– P540M BRTTH modernization
» P380m new equipment
under BOT with Philips of
Netherland
» P78M for upgrading of
facilities
» P26.5M for PhilHealth ward
» Increase in MOOE from
P17M to P36M
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs
Potential Impacts of
UN-MDGs
Climate Change
7. Ensure environmental sustainability Climate Change will
Objectives: alter the quality and
productivity of
ƒ Integrate the principles of sustainable development into natural resources
country;
and ecosystems.
ƒ Reduce by half the promotion of people without
These changes will
sustainable access to safe drinking water;
ƒ Achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least also reduce bio-
100 million slum dwellers by 2020; cultural diversity
ƒ Develop further an open trading and financial system that and compound
is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory. Includes existing
a commitment to governance, development and poverty environmental
reduction-nationally and internationally; and degradation.
ƒ Address the least developed countries special needs.
This includes tariff-and quota free access for their
exports: enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor
countries: cancellation of official development assistance
for countries committed to poverty reduction.
source: UN/Stern Review/Albay
Review Declaration
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d f or Wor
Foo
 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on UN-MDGs
Potential Impacts of
UN-MDGs
Climate Change
8. Develop Global Partnership Encourage government
Objectives: to engage its bilateral
and multilateral
ƒ Address the special needs of landlocked and
small islands to help preserve bio-cultural
partners in additional
diversity; demand ODA towards
ƒ Deal comprehensively with developing programs on Climate
countries debt problems through national and Change Adaptation
international measures to make debt particularly in land and
sustainable in the long term; water use, land use
ƒ In cooperation with the developing countries, change and forestry, in
develop decent and productive work for youth; reducing emissions
ƒ In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, from deforestation and
provide access to affordable essential drugs in degradation (REDD).
developing countries; and
ƒ In cooperation with the private sector, make
available the benefits of new technologies
especially information and communications
technologies.
source: UN/Stern Review/Albay Declaration
ADAPTATION
ADAPTATION ACTION
ƒ Ordain Policies
ƒ Local Policies
ƒ National Policies
ƒ Execute Programs and Projects
ƒ IEC
ƒ Adaptation
ƒ Mitigation

ƒ Institutional Strategy
ƒ APSEMO
ƒ CIRCA
MAINSTREAMING CCA
Climate change adaptation is proclaimed as a
governing policy of the provincial government in
the inaugural speech
Albay is first province to do so.
Launched A2C2 or Albay in Action on Climate
Change
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

LOCAL POLICIES BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Dated August 8, 2007 proclaims climate change
adaptation as provincial policy. All behaviour,
projects, programs grants of license and permits
SP Resolution 2007-
should be consistent with adaptation. Incompatibility
04
to adaptation is basis for not granting or cancelling
business permit [can not do business with provincial
government].
Dated Sept. 12, 2007 (Supplemental Budget)
SP Appropriation
identifies A2C2 as a budgetary item and with
Ordinance 2007-01
corresponding funding for activities.

SP Ordinance to (Solid Waste Management Law) banning “open

strengthen Sec. 48. burning” and provides local mechanism for
Item 3 Chapter 6 of enforcement. Training of barangay tanods to record in
RA 9003 barangay logbook any violations.
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

LOCAL POLICIES BRIEF DESCRIPTION

To enjoin energy users to use clean energy, esp.
NAPOCOR to sell clean energy to the ALECO and
other province’s energy users within five years.
Constructive compliance by increasing utilization of
Tiwi Geothermal currently at 75MW out of 232MW
(not to mention BACMAN).

Updating and review of Comprehensive Land Use

SP Ordinance 2007-
Plan (CLUP) for disaster risk reduction and climate
51
change adaptation.

Reorganization of Provincial Land Use Committee

under Provincial Executive Order 2007-07.
Committee meeting on September 6, 2007.

Reorganization of PLUC Technical Working Group

under Provincial Executive Order.
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

LOCAL POLICIES BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Some resolutions from the Albay Declaration are the

following:
ƒ Prioritize climate change adaptation in local and
national policies;
ƒ Promote “climate-proofing” development;
ALBAY ƒ Advocate the creation of oversight bodies in the
DECLARATION on government;
Climate Change ƒ Mainstreaming of climate change trough local and
Adaptation regional partnerships for sustainable development;
ƒ IEC thru schools and media;
ƒ RD and E;
ƒ Source out funds for activities and programs that
will directly benefit local communities;
ƒ Promote environmentally sustainable practices.
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

NATIONAL POLICIES BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Resolution adopting the Albay Declaration on

Climate Change Adaptation as a framework for the
Mainstreaming of Global Warming Concerns into
SRN 191 the National and Local Planning, Accounting and
Budgeting Systems and to support Local
Government, Private and Civil Society initiatives for
Climate Change Adaptation (by Sen. Honasan).

A Resolution urging the House of Representatives

to adopt the Albay Declaration on Climate Change
Adaptation as a framework for the Mainstreaming of
HR Nos. 303 and 304 Global Warming concerns into the National and
Local Government, Private and Civil Society
initiatives for Climate Change Adaptation (by Cong.
Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo).
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

NATIONAL POLICIES BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Resolution urging her Excellency President Gloria

Macapagal Arroyo to adopt the Albay Declaration
on Climate Change Adaptation as a framework for
the Mainstreaming of Global Warming Concerns
SRN 201
into the National and Local Planning, Accounting
and Budgeting systems and to support Local
Government, Private and Civil Society initiatives for
Climate Change Adaptation (by Sen. Legarda).
Resolution urging Her Excellency President
Macapagal Arroyo to adopt the Albay Declaration
on Climate Change Adaptation as a framework for
the Mainstreaming of Global Warming Concerns
HR No. 385 into the National and Local Planning, Accounting
and Budgeting systems and to support the
initiatives of Local Governments, individuals,
Private Sector and Civil Society for Climate Change
Adaptation (by Cong. Orlando B. Fua).
ADAPTATION POLICY FRAMEWORK

NATIONAL
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
POLICIES

Resolution adopting the Albay Declaration on Climate

Change Adaptation as a framework for the
Mainstreaming of Global Warming concerns into the
SRN 208 National and Local Planning, Accounting and
Budgeting systems and to support Local Government,
Private and Civil Society initiatives for Climate
Change Adaptation (by Sen. Legarda).

Resolution adopting the Albay Declaration on Climate

Change Adaptation as a framework for the
Mainstreaming of Global Warming concerns into the
HR No. 386 National and Local Planning, Accounting and
Budgeting systems and to support Local Government,
Private and Civil Society initiatives for Climate
Change Adaptation (by Cong. Orlando B. Fua).
MAINSTREAMING CCA

First National Conference on CCA (NCCCA) on

October 22-24, 2007 at Albay Astrodome.
MAINSTREAMING CCA ON EDUCATION

The Province of Albay resolved that the environment and

climate change education shall be included in the curricula of
all schools, colleges and universities.

Civil Service Commission (CSC) issued memorandum to all

directors, local chief executives or agency heads of national government
agencies, local government units, state universities and colleges as well as
government-owned and controlled corporations with original charters in
Bicol region to popularized the CCA Pledge of Commitment by it recited
in their respective offices during flag ceremonies, flag retreat and opening
ceremonies of various functions.

The Pledge also incorporates the A2C2 TEN

COMMANDMENTS for Sustainable Development, which
encompasses ten primary measures to help cope with
climate adaptation.
 MAINSTREAMING CCA:
Memorandum Circulars

• Commission on Higher Education (CHED)

• Department of Education (DepEd)
• Civil Service Commission (CSC)
• TESDA, PNP
• Department of Interior and Local Government
“Encourage all local chief executives to implement
Climate Change Adaptation and DRR measures; and
• Executive Order 774 issued by Her Excellency
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
MOU/MOA b/w PGA-CIRCA & UPLB
Signing of
Memorandum of
Agreement and
Understanding
between the
Province of
Albay-CIRCA and
University of the
Philippines Los
Baños-UPLBFI
for the
Mainstreaming
of Climate
Change into
Curriculum of
primary,
secondary and
tertiary
education to be
replicated to the
provinces across
the country.
 MAINSTREAMING CCA
First Scientists and Community Development Practitioners on
DRR/CRR and CCA roundtable discussion on April 17-18, 2008
 MOA PALIT-ILAW PROJECT
The Province of
Albay thru
CIRCA is first
LGU to sign
MOA with
Department of
Energy through
its Philippine
Efficient
Lighting
Transformation
Project for the
effective
implementation
of its campaign
on Energy
Efficient
Lighting
Systems (EEL)
“PALIT-ILAW”
 MOA SIGNING WITH SEN. LEGARDA
Commits Php 5M for funding of CIRCA projects and operating
expenditures of CIRCA
BALI, INDONESIA
ADB PEP Meeting
MIT-UGDI, Bangkok
ASEAN + 6 City on CC
ADAPTATION ACTION
 Albay only province featured in
the UN Human Development Report 2007/2008
ADAPTATION
INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGYACTION

ƒ APSEMO-DMO/DRR
(Albay Provincial Safety and Emergency Management Office)

ƒ CIRCA -CRR/CCA
(Centre for Initiatives and Research on Climate Adaptation)
ƒ Mainstreaming of CRR
ƒ Mainstreaming CC into Curriculum
ƒ Mainstreaming REDAS
ƒ Updating comprehensive land use/development
plans with CC & Climate related hazards
ƒ Climate information
ƒ Localized climate forecasting and statistics
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
 CLIMATE-PROOFING DEVELOPMENT
VISION
Adaptation Deficit
Analysis

CLIMATE PROOFING
Farmers/Fisherfolks

Implementation/ Adaptation
Mainstreaming Planning

ICRAF – Integrated Climate Risk Assessment for small Farmers and

Fisherfolks

GREEN AND DECENT JOBS

What is CIRCA?

CIRCA seeks to mainstream interventions on climate

change through institutional memory. It is a living research
and training institution, of its “Albay in Action on Climate
Change (A2C2)” program by strengthening capacity for
research, training, project and program implementation in
progressive sustainable agriculture, forestry, fisheries,
energy and eco-cultural tourism.

This is in partnership with the Bicol University, one of the most prestigious state
universities in the Bicol region, the Environmental Management Bureau of the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region V (EMB-DENR) and the
Albay in Action on Climate Change (A2C2) of the Provincial Government of Albay (PGA)
in collaboration with the World Agroforestry Centre.
CIRCA Strategic Guidelines

• Grounded action
• Living research and training
• Problem solving / solutions oriented
• Research based
• Knowledge community based
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
• Multi-stakeholders
• Functional linkages (teamwork)
 What is the role of CIRCA?
The main OBJECTIVE of the CIRCA is to enhance the
“Ability to Cope” of Albay residents in particular and
Filipinos in general to climate risks brought about by a
changing climate.
The Seventh-Point Agenda:
1. Enhance awareness of the various sectors on the
threats by a changing climate;
2. Develop academic curriculums for climate change
adaptation in all schools, colleges and universities and
mainstream them in educational institutions in the
province;
3. Enhance the capabilities of farmers and fisher folks to
adapt to climate change;
 What is the role of CIRCA?

4. Promote climate risk adaptation by enhancing

resilience of the most vulnerable groups;
5. Enhance the interdisciplinary knowledge-base of
the province on climate change adaptation;
6. Conduct and explore concrete policy studies that
will support better climate risk adaptation; and
7. Initiate and support mitigation projects in the
province of Albay
Partnership with SUCS: “Towns and Gowns”

BU Polangui
Energy Adaptation
Comprehensive will lead on

BU Tabaco Campus will

Fisheries Adaptation
lead on

Agriculture and
BU CAF will lead on
Forestry Adaptation
ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
anthropogenic and environmental adaptation efforts
Impacts and
of CIRCA for the benefit of the present and future
Adaptation
generations up to the 7th generations;

programs aimed to improve the social, environmental,

Development economic, and eco-cultural status of the communities
involved in the program;
active involvement and genuine participation of the
community in the development and implementation of
Quality and curricula, researches, strategies, technologies,
Outreach management plans, programs, projects and
approaches that promote climate change adaptation;
and
research, training and systematic observation,
formulation, implementation, reporting and
Policy and
institutionalization of appropriate plans, programs,
Governance
policies and institutional mechanisms to adapt to
Direction
climate change, variability and extremes through
private and public partnerships initiatives.
 THE CHALLENGE

For both national and local governments,

the current challenge lies in finding
innovative ways to provide initial funds and
resources for local climate adaptation,
especially for modelling DRR and CRR in
Albay and replicating it in other provinces
throughout the country.
GROUNDED ACTIONS

• Integrated Climate & Disaster Risk

Reduction
• Mangrove Reforestation/ Adopt-A- Tree
• Linis-Kalog / Adopt-A-Creek & River with
Food for Work
• Geothermal development / utilization
• Windfarm in Cagraray Island
 ADAPTATION ACTION

1. Integrated Climate Risk/ Disaster Risk Reduction

(DRR) and Response in Local Governance;

• Provincial Climate and Disaster Risk Adaptation

• City/Municipal Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction
and Adaptation
• 720 Barangays Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction
and Adaptation in partnership with the Department of
Interior and Local Government-Albay (DILG-Albay)
ƒ Introduction to Climate and Disaster Risk Adaptation
ƒ Barangay Climate and Disaster Risk Adaptation
ƒ Barangay Climate Risk Adaptation Assessment
ƒ Barangay Climate Risk Adaptation Planning
Training of 720 Barangays
 ADAPTATION ACTION

Mainstreaming DRR/CRR
ƒ Training/Workshop of 720 barangays
ƒ SMART INFOBOARD (SMS Broadcast Facility)
ƒ Free SMART Sims totaling 15,750 officials
for the Disaster & Climate Risk Reduction
Monitoring system.
SMART SIM PACK
for the EARLY WARNING
MONITORING SYSTEM

10% DISCOUNT
LCC Malls (supermarket & department stores)
Max’s Restaurant (Pacific Mall)
McDonalds Restaurant (Pacific Mall)
Donbern@com (Pacific Mall)
 ADAPTATION ACTION

ALBAY REDAS & GIS Software Training

ƒ Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment System (REDAS)
software in partnership with DOST-PHILVOCS

DOST-PHILVOCS Conference Room, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

ADAPTATION ACTION

Climate Risk Reduction/DRR and Climate Change

Adaptation Training for Agriculture/GIS Software
In partnership with DOST-PAGASA.

Albay Capitol People’s Hall, Legazpi City, Philippines

ADAPTATION ACTION

Climate Proofing CLUP

ƒ Grant from UNDP MDGF
ƒ Training of 18 municipalities in preparation
of CLUPs and integration at provincial level
ƒ Integration of climate and disaster risks

Soil Analysis
ƒ Grant from DA BSWM for the soil testing of
15 LGUs with 3 already done (Polangui,
Ligao and Tiwi)
ADAPTATION ACTION

Philrice Bicol Institute

ƒ Satellite of Philrice (Munoz, N. Ecija)
ƒ P20m budget from Philrice while province
provides land as counterpart
ƒ Possibly in Ligao, Libon or Polangui
ƒ Development Goals:
ƒ Flood-resistant rice varieties
ƒ Drought-resistant rice varieties
ƒ Adaptive upland rice varieties
 ADAPTATION ACTION
2. Green and Decent Jobs, as an integrated approach to economic
and social development. The old ways of thinking and the obsolete schools
of thought must now give way to the framework of sustainable
development. Old behaviours must change and climate-damaging policies
abolished;
(Targets: the poor, the vulnerable, the unemployed, the workers in the informal economy, the victim of trafficking,
the homeless and the working youth and children)

3. CRABS Project to enhance the Eco-Cultural Tourism

potential of the beautiful islands of Cagraray, Rapu-Rapu,
Batan and San Miguel;
4. Ten Million Mangrove Trees to protect the Coastal areas of
municipalities and cities of Albay including the 4 islands; and

5. Eco-Cultural Tourism (social, economic, ecological, natural, cultural

and historical assets).
 ADAPTATION ACTION

MANGROVE PLANTATION:
Partnership with PNOC-EDC On-going

Partnership with DENR On-going

Partnership with San Carlos Agro-Industrial
Proposed
Multi Purpose Cooperative (SACAMICO)

Expansion of Manito Mangrove Plantation

(Poblacion-Cabacongan-Itba-Cabit ) On-going
880 hectares.
 ADAPTATION ACTION
AREA PROJECT NAME OF BENEFICIARY STATUS as of
BARANGAY January 2008
10 has. Mangrove Manito Proper SAMA-SAMA Completed last
December
2007
10 has. Pili Plantation Bamban SAMA-SAMA On-going
6 has. Pili Plantation Buyo Calpi On-going
(SAMA-SAMA)
10 has Pili Plantation Parina PARFA On-going
10 has Pili Plantation Inang IMFA On-going
Maharang
10 has Pili Plantation Cabit CAFA On-going

Total Project Cost = P 1.68 Million (@30K/ha)

Note: Pili Plantation Establishment (enrichment) is also part of
Typhoon Damage Rehabilitation project of BGPF.
Site of PNOC-EDC/BGPF Mangrove
Reforestation Project in Manito, Albay
Total Area = 19 Has Old + 10 Has New (2007)

Target area for expansion:Poblacion-cabacongan

then It-ba to Cabit (880 hectares)
ADAPTATION ACTION In partnership with PNOC-EDC

Poliqui Bay, Manito, Albay – 90 Hectare Mangrove Plantation

ADAPTATION ACTION In partnership with PNOC-EDC

Poliqui Bay, Manito, Albay – 90 Hectare Mangrove Plantation

ADAPTATION ACTION In partnership with PNOC-EDC

Poliqui Bay, Manito, Albay – 90 Hectare Mangrove Plantation

 ADAPTATION ACTION In partnership with PNOC-EDC

Poliqui Bay, Manito, Albay – 90 Hectare Mangrove Plantation

After 3 months
July 20, 2008

90 hectares Mangrove
Plantation at Poliqui Bay,
Manito, Albay
 ADAPTATION ACTION
Environmental Management
Department - Watershed
Management Section

Tree Planting (PGA Employees)

Newly established 10
hectares Pili plantation
of Sama Sama in
December 2007
PROPOSED MANGROVE CONSERVATION PROJECT

San Carlos Agro-Industrial Multi-Purpose

Cooperative (SACAMICO) Mangrove Plantation
Project
Project Area: 135 hectares
Project Cost: 10M
Location: Barangays of San Lorenzo, Bacolod, San Miguel, San
Antonio, Sulong, Salvacion, Cagraray Island, Buhatan, Baybay,
Bolo, Lourdes, Baybay, Balading, Banquerohan, Bagacay,
Marigondon, Apud, Rawis
Municipalities of Bacacay,, Malilipot, Malinao, Sto. Domingo, Tiwi,
Pioduran, Libon, Tabaco City and Legazpi City
Province of Albay
PROPOSED MANGROVE CONSERVATION PROJECT

Cagraray and San Miguel Islands in partnership with

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Project Area: 225 hectares
Project Cost: 5.6M

Location:
Barangays of Nahaponan, Cawayan, Pigcobohan,
Tambilagao, Namanday, Buang, San Antonio and Salvacion
Municipalities of Bacacay,Tabaco City and Malilipot
Province of Albay
 ADAPTATION ACTIONS
LINIS KALOG (Kanal at Ilog): Clean up of
Rivers, Canals, Shorelines in partnership with:
BICOL UNIVERSITY DENR-EMB
AQUINAS UNIVERSITY DIVINE WORD
COLLEGE
DPWH DSWD
DILG, PNP, BFP ABS-CBN BICOL
AFP PHILIPPINE NAVY
LGU LEGAZPI PHIL. COAST GUARD
ADOPT-A-CREEK / RIVER PROGRAM
Legazpi City Mayor Noel E.
Rosal
CIRCA-ED Nong Rangasa

PNP-RD, Bondoc
ADOPT-A-CREEK / RIVER PROGRAM
 MITIGATION ACTION

Kayabon Geothermal Project: up to 240MW

power project of PNOC EDC located in Manito
Albay. Initially, 40MW is being developed.

It is a constructive compliance to compensate

Albay’s carbon footprint.

Albay will be biggest geothermal producer of

the country: Tiwi- 135MW, Bacman- 240MW
and Kayabon- 240MW.
 Manito-Kayabon -Mar 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011
ACTIVITIES 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 12 12 3 4

proposed budget approved (AFE)

Kayabon A road/site/sump prepn
Kayabon B road/site/sump prepn
reinjection road/pad/sump const'n
Production Well Dril ing
RI Well Dril ing
PP/FCRS Construction
NEW PROPOSED KAYABON SITE
WELL DRILLING
WELL TESTING
MULTI-SECTORAL MONITORING
MITIGATION

CAGRARAY ISLAND

WINDFARM with
SUECO
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

ƒ Philippines policy imperative is

climate adaptation
It is not because we
ƒ Adaptation is “no regrets”
inherited this world, but
ƒ 70% overlap between adaptation
because we borrowed it
and disaster risk reduction
from our children
ƒ No free-rider: Mitigation is a moral
obligation of the nation to the
future and to the rest of the world
ƒ Enforcement of environmental laws
is best contribution
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

ƒ It is a worldview
ƒ It is a way of life
ƒ It is “institutions”

Walk then talk

GREEN ALBAY … GREEN BICOL

THANK YOU
For reference please contact:

NONG C. RANGASA
Executive Director
CENTRE FOR INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Provincial Capitol Annex 2, Legazpi City, 4500 Philippines
Telefax: +63 52-4803649; 4350260 Mobile: +63906-3339400
www.albaycirca.org
Website:
Email Address: info@albaycirca.org

GREEN PHILIPPINES