Climate-Related Modernisation of National Forest Policy and Piloting REDD Measures in the Philippines

The project objective is to orientate Philippine forestry policy towards climate protection goals by preventing deforestation (REDD) and in particular by developing a REDD strategy that considers the causes of deforestation and encompasses incentive systems for preventing deforestation and rehabilitating degraded forest areas and mangroves. Priority is given to efforts that promote good governance, participation of local and indigenous communities in forestry policy-making processes and clarification of land-use rights as well as conservation of biodiversity and poverty reduction.