Preparation
of the Second National Report
to the Convention on Biological Diversity
January - April 2002 |
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The Philipine Sustainable Development Network Foundation, Inc. was commissioned by
the Protected Aread and Wildlife Bureau of the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources to prepare the second Philippine National Report to the
Convention on Biological Diversity.
One of the activities undertaken was the holding of a series of consultation workshops in
March 2002 with the Philippine Council fo Sustainable Development Sub-Committee on
Biodiversity, and with the representatives from various agencies, organizations and
institutions in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The Second Philippine National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity was
submitted to the CBD Secretariat on 15 April 2002.
This activity is one of the major components of the Add-On Enabling Activity on
Biodiversity of the United Nations Development Programme.
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Planning Workshop on
the Development of a
Philippine Biodiversity Information Network
15 -16 February 2001
Visitors' Center, Ninoy Aquino Nature Center
North Avenue, Quezon City |
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The Philippine Sustainable Development Network Foundation, Inc. conducted a
Planning Workshop for the Development of a Philippine Biodiversity Information
Network (PBIN) for the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
(PAWB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the ASEAN
Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC). This was an initial effort
towards bringing together stakeholders to share and exchange information that would
support decision-making to conserve biodiversity. This activity was also held in
compliance with one of the recommendations of the workshop on "Standardization of
Biodiversity Reporting and Information Sharing" participated in by ASEAN
countries in Cisarua, Bogor, Indonesia on 27-28 June 2000. The two-day workshop had
the following objectives: a) to draft a biodiversity information sharing framework among
stakeholders with details on procedures, protocols, ownership, access, regulatory
measures, and organizational roles and responsibilities; b) to draft an Agreement among
stakeholders to support the adoption and operationalization of a Biodiversity Information
Network; and, c) to draft a 5-year plan on the establishment and operation of a
PBIN.
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| Preparatory Workshop with PAWB
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 In preparation for the
planning workshop, in December 2000 at the Richmonde Hotel in Pasig City, the PSDN
facilitated a one-day workshop for the PAWB that assessed and consolidated its data
holdings, identified its data needs as well as its role in the proposed Biodiversity
Information Network. The workshop was also able to come up with PAWB’s positions, as
the National Biodiversity Reference Unit (NBRU) in the country, with regards to an
information sharing protocol. This preparatory workshop essentially prepared PAWB for its
inputs and role in the planning workshop and in the network as well. |
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| Lectures |
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To give a
backgrounder and update the participants on ARCBC’s efforts towards information
sharing, lectures on "The Purpose and Potential of Sharing Information"
and "Sharing Information Using Metadatabases and Web-Based Technologies"
were included in the design. |
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| Presentation of Participants |
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information on the data holdings and needs of organizations present in the workshop as
well as to have an idea of their capacity to network and their present mode of sharing
information, the participants (representing government, non-governmental, research and
academic institutions) presented brief profile of their respective organization. |
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| Plenary Workshops |
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Plenary workshops were conducted to craft the key agreements for an information sharing
protocol and to draw up a five-year action plan. |
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| Statements |
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Mr. Gregorio Texon of the ASEAN Regional Center for Biodiversity Conservation
expressing the ARCBC’s support to efforts that pertain to the country’s
compliance to the Convention on Biological Diversity and other similar regional and
international commitments. |
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Ms. Theresa Mundita Lim, Assistant Director of PAWB welcomed the participants and
emphasized the value of information in the protection and management of the country’s
biological heritage and the importance of sharing these information. DENR
Secretary Jomari Gerochi’s message, read by PAWB Assistant Director Theresa Mundita
Lim, stressed that the workshop will add another important dimension to the cooperative
efforts in biodiversity conservation by exploring ways to improve the sharing of
biodiversity information among stakeholders. He also underscored the fact that in view of
the advances in information technology, information sharing will allow optimizing the
utilization of data holdings and thus the need to forge a framework for data sharing has
become imperative. |
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Pilot Testing of
Prototype Database on Philippine Biodiversity
May 2000
Selected DENR Regional Offices |
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In May 2000, the PSDN, in partnership with the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (PAWB-DENR), pilot tested
the prototype database on Philippine biodiversity in selected regional offices of the
DENR. The pilot testing involved the installation of the prototype database in the
computers of the regional offices and training of users regarding its operation with the
aim of obtaining inputs for its refinement and further development. The database
is composed of data sets on species, protected areas, indigenous peoples, legislation,
centers of plant diversity, defined relationships, forms and reports, and an opening
database window among others.
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database is now running on-line as part of the Clearing House Mechanism for
Biodiversity and the National Biodiversity Reference Unit (NBRU). |
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Mr. Eldrid Madamba,
Project Information Specialist, showing the rudiments of the database to the Planning
Staff of DENR Region V in Legazpi City |
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| DENR Region V Planning personnel, who
participated in the database operation training, pose with Ms. Amy Lecciones, PSDN
Executive Director and Mr. Eldrid Madamba, Project Information Specialist |
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