Goals & Objectives of the Project
To contribute to the realization of various ecosystem services from the protection and development of Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center (NAPWC)
Main Activities
Objective 1: To develop payment for ecosystem services scheme in NAPWC
- Conduct ecosystem services valuation and feasibility assessment of the project site
- Develop payment scheme such as recreational and wellness programs
- Forge partnership will communities, various government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders as part of the sustainability mechanism
- Institutionalization and establishment of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanism
Objective 2: To assimilate nature in an urban setting and establish a healing forest and experimental learning, promoting the contribution of forests and biodiversity to human health and well-being
- Improvement of the arboretum and facilities for forest healing and experimental learning
- Development of educational and wellness programs
- Conduct training programs related to forest healing and experiential learning programs
- Exchange of knowledge and learning from the experiences of expert countries on forest healing programs and establishment of arboretum
Objective 3: To develop poliy recommendations enhancing policies that promote cultural ecosystem services in an urban setting
- Conduct writeshops and workshops to formulate policies and guidelines
- Conduct policy/guideline consultation workshops
- Endorsement of the draft policy/guidelines
Expected Outputs
- Enhanced level of appreciation of the public relative to the cultural ecosystem of urban green spaces, urban parks and forests
- Intensified degree of awareness of the public on the various endemic, native, and indigenious tree species and native flowering tree species in the Philippines
- Improved protection and conservation activities of NAPWC
- Improve air quality and increased carbon sequestration potentially within the vicinities of NAPWC
