The Network discusses the main obstacles to the fulfillment of fundamental human rights in coastal-marine communities. Issues such as land tenure, the fundamental right to water and food, and access to fisheries are fundamental to the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainability of Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, a tool assumed by the country for its prompt and fair implementation.

Restoration of the forest has a higher success rate if native trees are used/planted.  Native tree species will allow the forest to recover and conserve natural habitat. This will optimize the supply of forest benefits and ecosystem services; reduce the risks of natural hazards such as landslides; and enhance options for sustainable livelihood.

The AAS Program of the Forests for Life Movement bridges the support from the corporate and individual donors to the community partners on site. AAS is being tapped by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs of the different companies, and supported by concerned individual donors and volunteers. These partners provide resources to implement the stages of forest restoration, from seedling production, site preparation, actual tree planting and the three-year maintenance and monitoring.

It is imperative that restoration sites are selected in a participative approach. These are selected in consultation with various government agencies such as the DENR, LGUs and other agencies. Hand-in- hand with the site selection is the People's Organization selection. Also, selection of the site in identified Key Biodiversity Area supports the government priorities to ensure long term solutions in mitigating climate change.

Forests For Life is an environmental conservation movement/network that envisions the restoration of Philippine rainforests using native tree species with support from various sectors. It began as a movement called ROAD to 2020, which worked with communities, local government units, indigenous peoples, academe, like-minded groups and the youth to bring back the lost forests. Through the movement, Haribon was able to empower local communities, build native tree nurseries, provide guidance in establishing conservation areas, influence policies, organize tree planting drives and encourage the public to take part in citizen science. To date, 13,416 Volunteers and 14 community partners in 30 Municipalities have been mobilized, which significantly shows raised awareness on biodiversity.

Intervene to stop imminent industrial extraction threats, including existing and proposed oil and mining concessions, and territorial rights rollbacks, via both legal and policy arenas and an international markets campaign.

Given immediate threats from the current round of oil and mining leases, we will continue to scale up existing work to address urgent threats while developing this longer-term strategy.

The purpose of the communications group is to make the Initiative favorably viewed in public opinion polls in Ecuador and Peru; to have opinion leaders, scientists, ministers and key political leaders in both countries publicly declare their support for the Initiative and their opposition to expanding mining and oil activities; to obtain significant stories in both countries’ mainstream media and on social media; and to achieve international visibility in social media and conservation/environmental publications and networks, and among private and public conservation foundations and funding institutions.

LUFASI having an isolated 20ha forest lodged in the middle of a highly commercialised and densely populated Lekki peninsula of Lagos burdens its health. The forest has a partially completed boundary fence, which has reduced the authorized entry by 40% . This along with the scheduled patrols stopped loggers and poachers from game hunting in the forest for business and traditional purposes. Although there are stringent rules regarding unauthorized entry, there is still encroachment by the nearby community members which heavily disturbs the forest and the biodiversity present. The public would either enter to get firewood, manage small farms within the forest or use it as a corridor to the other side of the park. The completion of the perimeter fence will minimize the intrusion to 96% and allow the density of the flora and fauna population to increase thereby creating an ecological balance in the forest. LUFASI invokes the importance of green spaces to their tourists and visitors through the construction of sustainable bamboo and Ekki walking bridges and pathways to give the park a more natural and aesthetic appeal. We want to further improve by clearing and developing more nature trails showcasing the beauty and importance of the forests to biodiversity and us humans.

The local government unit (LGU) identified the partners to work with based on their expertise and presence in the area. For the development of the proposal for funding for the establishment of the Siargao Climate Field School for Farmers and Fisherfolk, Surigao State College of Technology (SSCT) was identified as implementing partner. SSCT has a campus in Del Carmen and they conducted consultations with farmers and fishers as they developed the proposal. SIKAT, an NGO experienced in implementing community-based coastal resource management programs, and other NGOs provided valuable input to the proposal. 

As implementing partner, SSCT will incorporate Climate Field School's module in their related programs such as Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Bachelor of Agricultural Technology. The climate field school module would include modules on understanding and using weather forecast in decision making which makes the commitment made by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration to provide resource persons for the module highly significant.  The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and other academic institutions are also being tapped to conduct competency exams and to monitor results, respectively.

The approach focused on 3 essential ecosystem functions: water, biodiversity and soil. The following steps were used to define criteria for each group:

1. Identification of ecosystem service relevant parameters and criteria (> 100 criteria)
2. Pre-screening: spatialization of parameters at national, regional and local scale (41 spatially available criteria)
3. Consultation: selection of final criteria based on 3 groups (water, biodiversity, soil) during group work, direct consultations; prioritization, indicator weighting and determination of criteria values (28 prioritzed criteria). Criteria examples: rainfall, hydrological resources, population density, land use, soil carbon and productivity 
4. Multicriteria analysis based on quantitative and qualitative values; preparation of 14 scenario maps, combining different groups (water, biodiversity and soil) with four priority levels; identification of priority area of 11,122,540 ha
5. Verification of results based on data from the national restoration opportunities assessment method (ROAM) study and other sources
6. Validation of results by the national FLR committee & platform and selection of 8 priority watersheds