1. Upscaling Rainforestation as
Forest Restoration
Strategy in the Philipppines
Maria Juliet C. Ceniza
Director
Institute of Tropical Ecology
VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Visca, Baybay, Leyte

2. Rainforestation Initiatives

3. Milestones of Rainforestation:
1990 – concept “ Close canopy and high diversity
farming systems”
1992 – “Rainforestation Farming”
• VSU RF demo site established
1995 – 10 pioneer farmer cooperators’ and demo
sites were established, eg. Cienda, Marcos,
Catmon, Mailhi, Pomponan and others

5. Map of Leyte showing the
Location of the RF sites

6. VSU RF
November 1991 September 2006

7. Cienda RF
March 1996 March 2006

8. Catmon, Ormoc 2009
Established in 1997

9. Milestones of Rainforestation:
1996 – to date
•monitoring and assessment of these pilot and
demo sites
•Conduct of research on impacts of
Rainforestation, silvicultural management
and socioeconomic and marketing studies
•Start of cross visits and orientation trainings of
interested clienteles

10. 2002 – 2004
•MOA signing between VSU and HARIBON
•RF Orientation and Cross visit DENR staff from
Manila
•DENR Issued MC 2004-06
•Adopting Rainforestation as reforestation
strategy in denuded forest lands
•Signed by former DENR Sec. E. Gozun

11. 2004
•Roundtable discussion on up-scaling
Rainforestation
•VSU, HARIBON, DENR, FMB, ERDB, UPLB,
SLSPU
•Founding of the RFRI (Rainforest Restoration
Initiatives)
•“ROAD 2020”

12. 2007
• RF Orientation and hands-on training and
cross visits in several sites:
• Negros Islands in partnership with
HARIBON
• Palawan and Mindoro in partnership with
FPE
• Guinsagon, St Bernard, So. Leyte in
partnership with EURONATUR and Daimler
Chrysler and Landestiftung

13. 2005
National Consultation on Rainforest Restoration
defining Rainforestation typologies: organized by
HARIBON
•Rainforestation evolved from farming to a
strategy to fit various landscapes types, thus
known as RF typologies
•Inputs from experts, adoptors and various
stakeholders, GOs and NGOs

14. 2009
Januay
MOA signing with ELTI
April, May and December
•VSU_ELTI 1st 2nd 3rd National RF Trainers’
Training (Visayas/Mindanao cluster and
Luzon/Palawan clusters, mix participants from
different island groups, respectively)

15. 2010 July
• Conference on “Mainstreaming native
species-based restoration” in Manila;
organized by , ELTI and RFRI members,
•Webcasted in UP Mindanao and UP
Cebu
•RFRI Launching of the Rainforestation
Website www.rainforestation.ph

16. Baybay, Albuera ,Ormoc
& San Miguel, Leyte
• VSU demo farm = 5.44 has
• 20 RF adopters = 29.50 has
• Private adopters = 7.00 has
• TransCo = 10.00 has
• CBFM (Cienda) = 15.00 has
• NSTP = 2.70 has
TOTAL = 69.60 has
Maasin, Macrohon, St.
Bernard & Silago, So. Leyte
• Diocese of Maasin = 5.00 has
• 6 PO’s in St. Bernard = 9.00 has
• GTZ supported = 340.00 has
• NatureLife Int’l. = 5.00 has
TOTAL = 359.00 has
Biliran, Biliran
• Private adopters = 9.00 has
• NIT-Biliran = 11.00 ha
TOTAL = 20.00 has

17. E. Samar, W. Samar & N. Samar
• Calbiga LGU = 5.00 has
• San Roque LGU = 100.00 has
• ESSU Salcedo Campus = 3.00 has
Bohol Province
• CVSCAFT = 2.00 has
• SWCF = 1.00 has
Cebu Province
• CBCF site = 3.00 has
• Pilar LGU = 2.00 has
Negros Occidental Province
• Haribon/JF Ledesma = 2.00 has
• Haribon/NEDF = 1.50 has
• BIND = 1.00 has
• NFEFI = 1.00 has
• NEDF/PTFCF = 15.00 has
Negros Oriental Province
• PNAGMANKI = 3.00 has
• Haribon/Ting Matiao = 0.70 ha
• LGU Valencia = 12.00 has
• LGU Bacong = 25.00 has
• ELTI = 25.00 has
Sibalom, Antique
• Haribon/PENRO = 10.00 has
TOTAL = 212.70 has

18. Surigao Provinces
• HARIBON sites = 10.00 has
Caraga Province
• NORMISIST = 2.00 has
Bukidnon Province
• FPE supported site = 1.50 ha
• Del Monte Philippines = 10.00 has
• CENRO Malaybalay = 20.00 has
Misamis Oriental Province
• Haribon/LGU = 3.00 has
• ICRAF = 3.00 has
• Landcare/PTFCF = 4.00 has
• MOSCAT = 1.00 ha
North Cotabato Province
• FPE-PO supported = 2.00 has
• Tribal Filipino Program = 1.00 has
• PTFCF/PAMAAS = 7.00 has
South Cotabato Province
• AVLADA/T’boli LGU = 5.00 has
Sultan Kudarat
• Tribal Filipino Program = 3.00 has
TOTAL = 72.50 has

19. Cagayan Valley Province
• PROCESS/VSO = 1.00 ha
• Calayan LGU = 10.00 ha
• ISLA Biodiversity = 5.00 has
Zambales Province
• HARIBON sites = 2.00 has
• FPE sites = 5.00 has
Pangasinan Province
• HARIBON sites = 15.00 has
Quezon Province
• gtz-Quezon = 2.00 has
• HARIBON sites = 2.00 has
• PTFCF/Polillo LGU = 2.00 has
Camarines Sur Province
• FPE/Barit Waterworks = 19.00 has
Mindoro Occidental
• HARIBON sites = 15.00 has
Mindoro Oriental
• FPE site = 1.00 ha
Palawan Province
• WPU = 3.00 has
• FPE site = 5.00 has
TOTAL = 87.00 has

20. Bilar, Bohol
Established in 1998

21. Bacong, Negros Oriental
Established in 2002

22. Valencia, Negros Oriental
Bacong, Negros Oriental

23. Kidapawan, North Cotabato
Established in 2002

24. National
Rainforestation
Trainers Training

25. Major Accomplishments
• After 16 years of Rainforestation
advocacy and implementation, a
830.80 total of hectares were
established
• Issuance of DENR MC 2004-06
• Rainforestation is used as a
strategy in establishing
biodiversity corridors in existing
national parks and certificates of
ancestral domain claim or title
• Rainforestation is used as a
strategy for the implementation
of ROAD 2020
• Therefore, Rainforestation
evolved in different typologies

26. Rainforestation Typologies

27. Trees-Fruit Trees-Abaca Coconut-Trees-Abaca
RF in Production Areas (Agroecosystems)

28. RF in Production Areas (Timber Production)

29. RF in Protected Areas (Habitat Restoration)

30. RF in Protected Areas (Watershed Rehabilitation)

31. RF in Protected Areas (Riverbank Stabilization)

32. RF in Protected Areas (Landslide Prone Areas)

33. RF in Protected/Production Areas (Bufferzone)

34. RF in Urban Areas (Eco-park)

35. RF in Urban Areas (Arboretum)

36. RF in Urban Areas (Highway Beautification)

37. • Development and publication of
Rainforestation guides and brochures
and the Rainforestation Training
Modules

38. Challenges
• Intense Rainforestation orientation and
advocacy to decision makers (i.e., politicians)
and implementers (i.e., DENR)
• Frequent revision and conflicting DENR policies
even with other government policies (i.e.,IPRA
vs CARP vs NIPAS, etc.. UDP project); and
• Changes of government priorities (i.e., mining);

39. Challenges
• Limited financial resources to extend the
technology to other islands of the country;
• Restricted jurisdiction on massive country-
wide implementation (AFMA); and
• Limited knowledge on species-area
matching

40. Challenges
• Basic researches:
a. Proper identification and phenological observation on
the remaining indigenous mother trees (e.g.,
dipterocarps) between islands;
b. Species-species-area matching, country-wide or
further;
c. Perfection of the seedling recovery chamber; and
d. CO sequestration of indigenous species

41. ....an URGENT
CALL!!!
..let’s restore our
RAINFORESTS!!!

42. ....SAVE LIVES!!!

43. … the lives
you save
maybe ours!!!
please do your
part!!
Save the Environment
Save the ME!!

44. Thank you for listening ...
... may umaga pang darating!!!

45. Daghang Salamat!
Maraming Salamat!
Thank you!