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"Restoring a forest to its primeval power of sustaining biodiversity, while at the same time tailoring the restoration to satisfy human needs, requires the cooperation of all stakeholders," Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza said. We need nothing less than a totality of commitment, coherence of actions, and a clear division as well as sharing of labor that leaves no gaps.

In addition to the benefits for species protection and local economic development, this work supports CIs larger efforts to stem global deforestation and climate change. It is a little-known fact that deforestation is responsible for almost a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions - more than double the amount from the worlds cars and trucks.

The project aims to obtain third-party certification from the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, a standard that evaluates forest-based carbon mitigation projects to foster the integration of best-practice and multiple-benefit approaches into forest-based projects. The certification will include quantification of the carbon benefits over the term of the project.

Toyota Funding of $1.5 million Makes Philippine Forestry Project Possible

With Toyota providing $1.5 million in funding, the first three-year phase of the project will allow the promotion of forest conservation in the PPLS and demonstrate the compatibility among multiple uses of forests, including biodiversity protection, watershed management, ecosystem services for the benefit of local communities and CO2 offsets. The project is expected to continue for an additional three years after evaluation of the first phase.

The multiple uses for the project has two main objectives:

• Objective 1: Reforesting and/or re-vegetating approximately 2,995 acres to re-establish forest cover, with communities maintainin
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