Forestry and Environment

	Description
	In consonance with the National Environmental R&D Program which adopts the framework of sustainable development initiatives embodied in the Philippine Agenda 21, the National Environmental Management R&D Commodity team was formed by PCARRD in 1988. In terms of nature, the commodity is more of an area of concern rather than a true to form commodities as those in forestry, crops and livestock. The commodity represents the incorporation of environmental concerns for the upland and forest ecosystem, natural resource ecosystem and the general environment (i.e. across two or more ecosystems and global environmental concerns).		Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java(tm).

	Specifically, the National Environmental Management R&D Commodity covers the following concerns or research thrusts: Environmental impact assessment of different interventions/activities across ecosystem Pollution and waste management system for natural resources and other non-agricultural ecosystems (e.g. urban areas) Disaster/hazard mitigation and rehabilitation/protection of environmentally critical areas Environment and natural resource accounting with focus on intangible aspect/benefits Development, documentation, evaluation and application of environment friendly and indigenous resource management practices and technologies Global warming and climate change, specifically carbon sequestration