Primary goals

• Improve understanding of implementing large-scale rehabilitation of deforested and degraded forest landscapes, and improving the socioeconomic status of upland communities through the provision of sustainable livelihoods and voluntary trading of carbon credits generated through Nature-based Solutions.

Key deliverables

1. Restore deforested and degraded landscapes in the Philippines
2. Through this reforestation, learn more about implementing reforestation projects in tropical countries
3. Fund the reforestation activities and provide sustainable livelihoods for local communities through carbon credits
4. Provide a living laboratory, a unique opportunity for research on key knowledge gaps on how to implement reforestation at scale with communities for socioeconomic and environmental benefits

Progress

This project commenced in February 2022 and will finalise in February 2027.

Lead researchers

• John Herbohn
• Nestor Gregorio
• Grahame Applegate
• Alexandra Catling
• Christo Snyman
• Liz Sousa Ota
• Bob Fisher
• Dora Carias Vega
• Adriana Vega
• Luiz Pereira
• Nick Kokkas
• Calum McRae
• Claudia Romero

Project funded by

• Shell

Sustainable Development Goals

This project works towards these UN Sustainable Development Goals:

• SDG 1: No Poverty
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities 
• SDG 15: Life on Land