Theme for 2012:
Wetland Tourism
Message from Ramsar Convention
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Wetlands Caravan
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 The Wetlands Caravan: The Evolving CEPA Action Plan for the Wise Use of Philippine
Wetlands
aimed to work with the communities in achieving the Ramsar Convention's goal through
localized action plans that will help catalyze change in the people's behavior
towards wetlands.
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The Wetlands Caravan for Candaba
Swamp last 03 February 2011 had
three components: a bird watching at
Candaba, a Community Learning Forum
with the upland farmers, and a visit
to the backyard nurseries at
Barangay San Juan Baño. The
connection between forests, water
and wetlands was the theme of the
event.
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The Wetlands Caravan for Agusan
Marsh was held on 20 - 24 June 2011.
Thirteen teachers and three DENR personnel
attended the Training of Trainors;
and thirty-three high school
students joined the Ecological Camp
held at the Provincial Training
Center. Community Fora were
also conducted at Bunawan and San
Francisco on 04 October 2011 to
solicit the support of the community
in the implementation of the
campers' projects.
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Tree-preneurship
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Rehabilitation of the Arayat
Watershed for the Protection of
Candaba Wetlands |
The Project to rehabilitate the
Arayat watershed will employ
approaches and methods that are
highly participatory, transparent,
build on or complement existing and
proposed effort and promote
community empowerment.
Its objective is to minimize the
degradation of the Arayat-Candaba
watershed through restoration of
habitats of important flora and
fauna in the upland ecosystems.
The Project will harness enthusiasm
and energy of the community by
training them to become "TREE-PRENEURS".
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Community Forum
Setting the Project into full
operation, a community forum was
held to orient
the participating families about the
project.
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Training on Nursery Development
Training on seed propagation,
collecting
and planting of wildlings, soil bed
preparation, etc. were held for the
participating families.
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Training on Plantation Establishment
and Maintenance
Training on site preparation and
weed control, planting techniques,
etc. was held for the participating families.
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Latest Event: Payout for
Tree-preneurs/Plantation Group (20
December 2011) - maintenance of
respective plantation lot
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National Conference on
Wetlands, Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation
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 The Conference was held on 12-14 January 2009 at Silliman
University in Dumaguete City. It aimed at setting the stage for
the development of a national policy on wetlands, and a national
strategy and action plan for the wise use of wetlands and wetlands
resources, incorporating concerns on biodiversity conservation and
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more at the Conference Website
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National Workshop to
Formulate the Philippine National Wetlands CEPA Strategy and Action Plan
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The Workshop was held on 08-09
November 2011 at Bureau of Soils and
Water Management Bureau in Quezon City.
The CEPA Strategy and Action Plan
will respond to the need to
communicate the National Wetlands
Action Plan (updated version) to the
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C L E A R -
Conservation of Laguna de Bay's
Environment and Resources
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 The
6th CLEAR Youth Network Congress was held on 13-14 August 2011 at
Angono, Rizal. This year's theme Forests for Water and Wetlands
brought attention to the role that forests have in wetlands and in our
lives. The Congress provided a venue for the youth
to exchange ideas, information, practices and activities on lake
conservation, and to build their capacity to implement lake conservation
activities efficiently and effectively.
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CLEAR (Conservation of Laguna de Bay’s Environment and Resources)
partnership of Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands,
Laguna Lake Development Authority, and Unilever Philippines,
in partnership with the municipal government of San Pedro, Laguna,
conducted on 29 September - 01 October 2010 a 3-day ecocamp for 27 students from various
high schools of San Pedro.
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Youth in Action for
Lake Conservation
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more about
the project
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Awarded "Best Practice in Lake
Conservation" were the youth groups from the
municipalities of Binangonan and Pateros. On 20
December 2010, projects "Target Basura... Bull's Eye" and "Lonely River, Tayo
ang Saver" were
both declared winners by the judges.
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press release
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Project: Youth in Action for Lake Conservation was launched on 23
February 2009. The project is implemented by SCPW, with
support from UPS Foundation, Inc., in lakeshore cities and municipalities of Laguna de
Bay: Angono, Binangonan, Muntinlupa, Pateros and Taguig.
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Youth Ecological Camp
and
Community Lake Forum
were conducted in five participating cities
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MUNTINLUPA CITY, MetroManila
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TAGUIG CITY, MetroManila
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BINANGONAN, Rizal
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PATEROS, Metro Manila
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ANGONO, Rizal
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Candaba Wetlands Centre
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Wetlands of Candaba
Information Centre |
The Information Centre is intended
to provide basic information about
the importance of wetlands,
specifically the Candaba swamps, so
that their functions and ecological
services are appreciated by the
general public.
A marker unveiling ceremony was held
at the Total North
Gas Complex (North Expressway) to
launch the establishment of the
Wetlands of Candaba Information Centre.
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Candaba
Wetlands Center
Design Competition |
 Architecture students
from various architectural schools
in
Luzon joined in the competition on designing the Wetlands
Center. The competition aimed to engage
students in developing a center that
will employ experiential learning on
the importance of wetlands.
Top three winners were awarded with
trophies and cash prizes; scale
models of the top three entries were
on exhibit during an Awarding
Ceremony on 18 May 2010. The
group of architectural students from
University of Santo Tomas got the
first prize.
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Ramsar Convention Bulletin Board |
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Agusan Marsh
Wetlands of Candaba |
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Natural Solutions: Protected areas
helping people cope with climate change, a well-referenced publication,
solidly supports the idea that protected areas
have a key role to play globally in responding to climate change. The
authors provide a strong justification for looking at the role of protected areas in climate change
mitigation and adaptation, the opportunities to use protected areas to address
climate change, the implications of climate change for protected areas design,
management and governance, and finishes with a section on policy recommendations
to ensure that protected areas become a vital part of national and international
policy instruments. To download,
click here |
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Water at a Crossroads, the official synthesis
of the 5th World Water Forum, magazine-style report,
provides an analysis of the major issues and the
important decisions, interweaving technical
solutions, social considerations and political
commitments, aiming to improve everyone's
understanding of the water challenges we face today
and the solutions at hand.
To download, click here
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