The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN-German Programme on Response to Climate Change (GAP-CC)/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in cooperation with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will hold the Special ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD) Kick-Off Workshop on the Promotion of Climate Resilience in Rice and Other Crops on 21–22 January 2014 at the Ebina Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.
SEARCA and ERGONS Project Marketing Consultants, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Climate Change Commission (CCC), and the Provincial Government of Rizal, will conduct a one-day training orientation on Vulnerability Assessment and NRM Methodologies on 18 December 2013 in Antipolo City, Rizal. The activity would serve as a venue for skills development and knowledge sharing to enhance the understanding, technical knowledge, and capacities of key technical staff/units of UMRBPL partner-local government units (LGUs) and Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) members.
VIENTIANE, Lao PDR - The SEARCA graduate alumni have long recognized that climate change is a serious issue in the region as its affects smallholders and eventually food security. This was affirmed during the 1stRegional SEARCA Fellows Association (RSFA) Regional Conference on Food Security and Climate Change with the theme “Enhancing smallholders capacity towards food security and climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia” on 4-5 December 2013, which was hosted by the National University of Laos (NUOL) at Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
BOGOR, Indonesia – The ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) is a government-driven social forestry network that links government forestry policy-makers directly with members of the civil society, research organizations, academe, the private sectors, and experts of related fields sharing the common vision of growth of social forestry in all ASEAN Member Countries. ASFN aims to promote policy and practices of social forestry for sustainable forest management and participation in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
As the IDRC-funded project titled “Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Southeast Asia” nears its conclusion, SEARCA and UPLB Project Team held the Final Project Evaluation Workshop on 26 November 2013 at SEARCA, College, Laguna, Philippines.
STA. CRUZ, Philippines – The SEARCA-UPLB Project Team of the IDRC-funded project titled “Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Philippine Component” conducted a consultation and project information dissemination meeting with the LIMASMARINA River Basin Council, Inc. (LIMASMARINA) at Max’s Restaurant, Sun Star Mall, Sta. Cruz, Laguna on 17 October 2013. LIMASMARINA is composed of the municipalities of Liliw, Majayjay, Sta. Cruz, Magdalena, Rizal, and Nagcarlan. In the meeting, the results of the project were presented and strategies on how to obtain funding support for the climate change adaptation proposals prepared during the training-workshop on “Adaptation Project Proposal Development and Fund Mobilization” held on 25 to 28 June 2013 at Richmonde Hotel were discussed.
JAKARTA, Indonesia-- Twenty-five officials and executives from six Southeast Asian countries representing the various stakeholders of the ASEAN Multisectoral Framework for Climate Change (AFCC) participated in theWorkshop Embedding Knowledge Management in the ASEAN, to include the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC), ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN), ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest and Climate Change (ARKN-FCC), ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS), ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN), ASEAN Expert Group on Forest Product Development (AEG-FPD), ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries (ASWGFi), ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and Development Group (ATWGARD), and ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN). Joining them are representatives of strategic partners from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and the Coral Triangle Centre (CTC).
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Twenty-three researchers, technical officers/experts, and academics from five Southeast Asian countries have convened at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for the Training-workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Watersheds for Water, Food, and Environmental Security in Southeast Asia. The training-workshop, which is mainly sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) with SEARCA, is taking place on 15–18 October 2013 at SEARCA, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
According to Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., SEARCA Director, in remarks read by Dr. Virginia R. Cardenas, SEARCA Deputy Director, organizing this training-workshop with APAN is important because the sound management of watersheds, which make up the bulk of land area in Southeast Asia, is critical in addressing challenges in water availability for food production. Dr. Rex Victor O. Cruz, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and Philippine Representative to the Governing Board of SEARCA who is also Technical Coordinator of the training-workshop, further underscored the value of healthy, sustainable, and resilient watersheds in soil conservation, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation, which bear upon the health of the economy and of the people of a country.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Eight technical officers and eight executives representing the ASEAN Sectoral Working Groups in Forestry and in Crops in seven Southeast Asian countries participated in the second roll-out of the Training Workshop for AFCC Working Groups: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Plans and Investments. The Training Workshop took place at the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), Bangkok, Thailand from 24-26 September 2013. The participants come from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Funded by the German-ASEAN Programme on Response to Climate Change: Agriculture, Forestry, and Related Sectors (GAP-CC)/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and RECOFTC as partners, the workshop seeks to establish a climate proofing methodology at the regional level, which will be piloted for development plans and projects in the agriculture and forestry sectors to ensure food security.
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — Fifteen representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Sectoral Working Group (ASWG) in fisheries and in livestock participated in the first of two workshops on “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Plans and Investments” held on 3–5 September 2013 at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
The theme will be the same for the second workshop to be hosted by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC) based in Bangkok, Thailand on 24–26 September 2013, with participants from the ASWG in crops and forestry.
SEARCA and ERGONS Project Marketing Consultants, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Climate Change Commission (CCC), and the Provincial Government of Rizal, will conduct a one-day training orientation on Vulnerability Assessment and NRM Methodologies on 18 December 2013 in Antipolo City, Rizal. The activity would serve as a venue for skills development and knowledge sharing to enhance the understanding, technical knowledge, and capacities of key technical staff/units of UMRBPL partner-local government units (LGUs) and Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) members.
VIENTIANE, Lao PDR - The SEARCA graduate alumni have long recognized that climate change is a serious issue in the region as its affects smallholders and eventually food security. This was affirmed during the 1stRegional SEARCA Fellows Association (RSFA) Regional Conference on Food Security and Climate Change with the theme “Enhancing smallholders capacity towards food security and climate change adaptation in Southeast Asia” on 4-5 December 2013, which was hosted by the National University of Laos (NUOL) at Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
BOGOR, Indonesia – The ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) is a government-driven social forestry network that links government forestry policy-makers directly with members of the civil society, research organizations, academe, the private sectors, and experts of related fields sharing the common vision of growth of social forestry in all ASEAN Member Countries. ASFN aims to promote policy and practices of social forestry for sustainable forest management and participation in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
STA. CRUZ, Philippines – The SEARCA-UPLB Project Team of the IDRC-funded project titled “Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Philippine Component” conducted a consultation and project information dissemination meeting with the LIMASMARINA River Basin Council, Inc. (LIMASMARINA) at Max’s Restaurant, Sun Star Mall, Sta. Cruz, Laguna on 17 October 2013. LIMASMARINA is composed of the municipalities of Liliw, Majayjay, Sta. Cruz, Magdalena, Rizal, and Nagcarlan. In the meeting, the results of the project were presented and strategies on how to obtain funding support for the climate change adaptation proposals prepared during the training-workshop on “Adaptation Project Proposal Development and Fund Mobilization” held on 25 to 28 June 2013 at Richmonde Hotel were discussed.
JAKARTA, Indonesia-- Twenty-five officials and executives from six Southeast Asian countries representing the various stakeholders of the ASEAN Multisectoral Framework for Climate Change (AFCC) participated in theWorkshop Embedding Knowledge Management in the ASEAN, to include the ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change (AWGCC), ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN), ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest and Climate Change (ARKN-FCC), ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS), ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN), ASEAN Expert Group on Forest Product Development (AEG-FPD), ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries (ASWGFi), ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and Development Group (ATWGARD), and ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN). Joining them are representatives of strategic partners from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and the Coral Triangle Centre (CTC).
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Twenty-three researchers, technical officers/experts, and academics from five Southeast Asian countries have convened at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for the Training-workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Watersheds for Water, Food, and Environmental Security in Southeast Asia. The training-workshop, which is mainly sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) with SEARCA, is taking place on 15–18 October 2013 at SEARCA, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Eight technical officers and eight executives representing the ASEAN Sectoral Working Groups in Forestry and in Crops in seven Southeast Asian countries participated in the second roll-out of the Training Workshop for AFCC Working Groups: Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Plans and Investments. The Training Workshop took place at the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC), Bangkok, Thailand from 24-26 September 2013. The participants come from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — Fifteen representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Sectoral Working Group (ASWG) in fisheries and in livestock participated in the first of two workshops on “Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Development Plans and Investments” held on 3–5 September 2013 at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
