Our Work

Accomplishments and impact

Since our birth in 2015, we have been trail-blazing in challenging antiquated conservation paradigms and practices that do not deliver meaningful, measurable, and verifiable conservation outcomes. After all, CCIPH was originally conceived as a direct response to the observed lack of sufficient conservation knowledge and capacity driving poor natural resource management in the country.

Apart from helping enable and accelerate the achievement of effective and sustainable biodiversity conservation in the country, CCIPH is at the forefront of implementing programs that identify and address biodiversity opportunities and risks. For example, we have been developing and implementing carbon community-biodiversity balanced projects that are informed by the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Strategy. We also help enhance community resilience to disasters via an ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) approach in the country.

We have developed foundational frameworks that will revolutionize conservation work in the country. We conceptualized and co-developed the following:

Lawin Forest and Biodiversity Protection System of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (https://bit.ly/ LAWINForestandBiodiversity)

Green Assessment and Green Recovery Framework – a biodiversity and ecosystem-based post-disaster assessment tool that will inform rehabilitation, restoration, and recovery to help achieve resilience.

The Sukat ng Kalikasan (Nature Metrics) Framework and Toolkit of the Philippines using the High Conservation Value Areas -Natural Capital Frameworks;

Enhanced (and electronic) Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Systems (e-BMS and e-BAMS) – using technology solutions to streamline biodiversity monitoring and improve Protected and Conserved Areas domain awareness.