Description

Biodiversity conservation and management (flora & fauna) in protected areas and ecosystems with high biodiversity outside protected areas are the concerns of the National Protected Areas and Wildlife R&D Commodity. Approaches to R&D include watershed (through watershed management), ecosystems approach, and mountain ecosystem approach. However, the socio-economic and institutional aspects are part of biodiversity conservation and management; thus, it has to be considered.

The commodity's research thrusts and priorities (2001-2004) are:

R&D

• Conduct biodiversity conservation and utilization in Western Visayas and Central Luzon
• Pursue reproductive biology and ecology of rare and endangered wildlife species
• Conduct survey, inventory and population census of wildlife species

R&D Utilization

• Operationalize the watershed model for decision support system
• Assess technologies on the management and protection of Protected Areas and Wildlife

Capability Building

• Strengthen capabilities for integrating and institutionalizing biodiversity conservation and management
• Community employment/workshops on participatory planning
• Conduct trainings on biodiversity conservation

Policy Advocacy

• Review and analysis of the policies on wildlife conservation and management
• Formulate an integrated policy and legislative framework for the conservation, sustainable use, and equitable sharing of the benefits of biodiversity.