Strategic Directions |
Investment Priorities |
1. Improve linkage between conservation investments to multiply and scale up benefits on a corridor scale in Sierra Madre, Eastern Mindanao, and Palawan |
1.1 Encourage corridor-level natural-resource conservation efforts led by civil society |
1.2 Support building of alliances between civil society groups and projects favoring corridor-level conservation |
1.3 Support corridor-wide mapping and tracking of conservation investments |
1.4 Strengthen communication and information sharing advantageous to corridor conservation |
2. Build civil society's awareness of the myriad benefits of conserving corridors of biodiversity |
2.1 Build civil society's understanding of the rationale and mechanisms for achieving corridor-level conservation of biodiversity |
2.2 Support initiatives that demonstrate or document benefits of corridor-level conservation |
2.3 Build capacity of civil society to assess costs and benefits of options for natural resource use |
3. Build capacity of civil society to advocate for better corridor and protected area management and against development harmful to conservation |
3.1 Facilitate sharing of lessons learned from conservation efforts within each corridor |
3.2 Build, through civil society, the capacity of local government to properly manage protected areas |
3.3 Support civil society in efforts to influence or mitigate development that will negatively affect biodiversity |
3.4 Build capacity of civil society to participate in development and implementation of management plans for protected areas |
3.5 Support civil society in promoting new protected areas within selected corridors |
3.6 Support initiatives to increase civil society's understanding of laws affecting corridor-level conservation |
3.7 Build capacity of civil society to monitor, document, and report the impact of extractive industries |
3.8 Build capacity of civil society to monitor natural resource use and conservation. |
3.9 Support civil society initiatives which improve effectiveness of the Wildlife Act |
3.10 Support initiatives to evaluate and improve existing policies and laws affecting biodiversity conservation |
4. Establish an emergency response mechanism to help save Critically Endangered species |
4.1 Support projects that help conserve the habitat of Critically Endangered species or mitigate threats to their survival |
4.2 Support activities to highlight the extinction crisis in the Philippines and enlist civil society in species conservation |