The Center for Conservation Innovations’ Project Coordinator for Eco-DRR, Sunshine Telio, was invited to be a speaker at an international seminar titled “Application needs and potential of Forest-DRR technology in developing countries.” The event took place last January 31, 2024, at the Premium Ball Room located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo’s TKP Garden City PREMIUM Jinbocho.
Shine presented the project “Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Change in Mountain Watersheds” in the Rural Municipality of Tublay in Benguet. The project aims to implement ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation measures for disaster risk reduction by enhancing the forest’s ecosystem services and benefits. She also highlighted the unique experiences of engaging communities at the grassroots level and the processes the project has undertaken to ensure the appropriateness and applicability of identified ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation measures for DRR and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in Tublay.
While Eco-DRR refers to all ecosystem-based approaches that promote sustainable societies while benefiting both human well-being and biodiversity, Forest DRR is a type of Eco-DRR that specifically focuses on using the protective and mitigating capabilities of forests to reduce the risks and impacts of natural disasters on communities and infrastructure.
The seminar was organized by the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) and supported by Japan’s Forestry Agency, Ministry of the Environment, Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office, and JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency
