Cordillera Green Network - Project Report 2023~

Duration of the Project: April 2022 - March 2023 Project Site: Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines Partner Agencies: Municipality of Tadian Agriculture Office(MAO). Environment and Natural Resources Office(MENRO), St. Michael and All Angels Church (SMAA), Tadian Municipal Police Station, Barangays in Tadian Grant: AEON Environment Foundation, Japan Person in Charge : Mhyra P. Seset --- People in Tadian, Mt. Province established a Lakon (or Batangan ) system to improve and develop the lands into forested areas. It’s a kind of woodlands ownership under private individuals, clans, families, churches, schools, and the community. This forest/land management system will ensure that the forested area and watershed are maintained and sustained for the source of fuelwood, timber, and other forest products. Customary timber harvesting and planting laws were imposed for the Lakon owners to respect and practice. This forest/land management system was recognized by the DENR and implemented in

Duration of the Project: July 2020 - June 2022 Project Site: Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines Partner Organization:Shuju Network (Japan) Grant: Green Fund, Japan Person in Charge : Mhyra P. Seset ----- Forest fragmentation is one of the environmental problems arising in Tadian, Mt. Province due to natural calamities, deforestation thru kaingin-making, and human infrastructure development in the community. This scenario between community and forest is inevitable due to the growing population wherein people are becoming aggressive to have a progressive living. Especially now that the country is facing a health and economic crisis, people tend to return to their hometowns in the provinces and try to develop a source of living. Tendencies are forest will be divided into any kinds of land –use such as agricultural or any structural interventions made by the community, and natural resources will be depleted. To combat this kind of environmental issue and support the implemented forest

(System for Land Conservation: Promotion of Sustainable Coffee-based Agroforestry in Camp 3, Tuba, Benguet – Phase II) Duration of the Project: July 2021 - June 2022 Project Site: Tuba, Benguet Province, Philippines Partner Organization:Manalabo (Japan) Grant: Green Fund, Japan Person in Charge : Mhyra P. Seset ----- Cordillera Green Network, Inc. promoted Coffee-based Agroforestry in the selected sitios of Camp 1 and Camp 3, Tuba, Benguet Province. It aims to help sustain the forest cover, conserve watershed reservoirs, uplift economic growth, and enhance farmers' coffee cultivation skills. Sustainable coffee-based agroforestry has promising potential in attaining sustainable development for a community. Conversion of forest to agricultural land will be minimized, biodiversity complexities will be enhanced, and improves hydrology functions; will increase agricultural and forest production will, honor the environmental and social customary laws, reduce disaster risks, and creates g