A Strategic Climate Change Adaptation Model

Academe-LGU
Collaboration:
A Strategic Climate
Change Adaptation
Model
DR. FAY LEA PATRIA M. LAURAYA
President, Bicol University
• Climate Change and the Philippines
• Vulnerability of Bicol Region and Albay to Climate Change
• Bicol University - LGU Collaborative Response to Climate
Change
The Philippines is considered one of the
most disaster-prone countries in the world.
Being an archipelago country, it is in the
receiving end of the effects of global
warming with its threats of sea level rise,
strong rains and typhoons of calamity
proportion which has brought substantial
threats to the natural ecosystems as well as
the economic and social development of the
country which worsen the poverty problem
of the Philippines.
The Bicol region where Albay
province is located suffers the brunt
of tropical storms and cyclones which
annually hit the country, with
destructive winds, heavy rainfall and
storm surges. Thus, Bicol University
challenges itself to provide Science
and Technology- based solution to
the problems brought about by
climate change.
Vision:
An excellent university
characterized by scholarship
engagement for the community
towards sustainable development.
Framework for BU – LGU Collaboration
BU Vision
Looking for
service
partner
Looking for
service
focus
Albay’s Development
Strategy of Action
towards Climate Change
Adaptation
Collaborative
Action
Sangumayon
River Council
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CIRCA
Policy Advocacy
Research *
BCARRD-led
PCAMRD - funded
S&T Adaptive
Technologies
AHEM
EQUAL
• Basic Ed.
Enhancement
• Rewards Sytem
• Ensuring sustainability of climate change adaptation response through
institution building. CIRCA is a consortium between the provincial
government of Albay, DENR-EMB 5 and BU.
• The Bicol University will build up database and conduct applied
research on climate change impacts, practices, and adaptation options
in Bicol Region.
• It will enhance Academic Programs on Climate Change Adaptation to
increase awareness of the youth to the dangers of climate change. The
Center will collaborate and develop curricular materials that can be
integrated into existing academic programs.
• The Sagumayon River Management Council was
established with various agencies such as Bicol University,
DENR-EMB V, CHEVRON, ENRO and different LGUs.
• It will Rehabilitate the Sagumayon River as an eco-tourist
attraction in the Province of Albay showcasing a society
that works as one for a balanced ecosystem towards the
improvement of life for succeeding generations.
BCARRD-led , PCAMRD funded S&T Support to
Climate Change Adaptation
Coconut-based S&T interventions
for the Rehabilation of based Coco-based S&T – based
Rehabilitation of Albay (PCAARC, BU, CSSAC, LGU-Ligao,
farmer cooperators)
• Component 1. HIGH VALUE VEGETABLES AS INTERCROP AND
IN PROTECTIVE CULTURE WITH NATIVE CHICKEN PRODUCTION
TO REHABILITATE TYPHOON DEVASTATED COCOBASED FARMS
• Component 2. Utilization of coco-coir in rehabilitating
lahar-laden farms.
• Fertilization to enhance recovery of typhoon-damaged
coconut palms
• Conservation of typhoon-resilient coconut varieties
• The consortium is one of the participants to a PCARRD-led
National Program for Sustainable Upland Farming Through
the Establishment of “Barangay Sagip Saka” (Conservation
Farming Villages - CFVs), program.
• The program aims to establish a model conservation forest
village in Ligao City, Albay. Specifically, it is projected to
enhance adoption of sloping land management (SLM)
technologies through productivity and farm efficiency.
BCARRD-led , PCAMRD funded S&T Support to
Climate Change Adaptation
• Enhancing Research Utilization for Sweetpotato Livelihood
Among Households in Albay Through Sweet potato Production
and Utilization (LGU Albay, VSU, TAC, DA, DepED, LGU Tiwi,
Ligao, Tabaco, BU)
Sweet potato will be marketed as a typhoon-resilient crop and
a super (healthy) food.
S & T-Based Rehabilitation of the AFNR Sector for Disaster Resilient
Livelihoods (DENR-ERDS V, BU, PSU, DENR-MGBV, PAG-ASA V,
Philvocs V, LGUs: Albay, Daraga, Camalig, Guinobatan, Malinao,
Legazpi City
• Project Component 1: Stabilization Strategies for Riverbank and
Floodplain Areas in Albay (DENR-ERDS)
• Project Component 2: Geo-hazard Mapping and Risk Management for the
Rehabilitation of Calamity Stricken AFNR Sectors of LGU Albay (MGBDENR)
• Project Component 3: Socio-economic and Ecological Impact Assessment
of Calamity-Stricken Community-based Mangrove Rehabilitation Project in
Malinao, Albay (PSU, BUTC, DENR-ERDS)
• Project Component 4: Piloting of the Enhanced Potting Preparation (EPP)
Technology for Household Food Security and Livelihood in Relocation Sites
BUCAF
• Project Component 5: Integrated R & D Project for Typhoon Damaged
Karagomio Stands in Albay (DENR-ERDS)
BUCAF has been conducting a seasonlong training on organic farming and
protective culture for vegetables in
Dona Mercedes, Guinobatan, Albay.
BUCAF is also putting into operation
the Mt. Masaraga Community-Based
watershed
and
Biodiversity
Conservation and Management and
Sus-tainable
Upland
Agricultural
extension projects in Herrera, Ligao
City.
BCARRD-led , PCAMRD funded S&T Support to
Climate Change Adaptation
• Climate Impact & Adaptation in the Coastal Environment
– Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
– Biochronology analysis in scallops ( Use of scallops in determining
the impact of climate changes to temperature through the analysis
of oxygen isotope in shell calcite)
• International R&D Collaboration (Bicol University Tabaco Campus, Graduate
School of Kuroshio Science, Kochi University, National Sun Yat-sen University,
Kaoshiung, Taiwan, ROC) on the socio-economic development and status of
resources in the countries covered by the Kuroshio Triangle0
Capability Building Program for Health Emergency and
Disaster Risk Management
•Emergency Supplemental Feeding Program
•Emergency Paramedic Training Unit
•Cooking Demo and Preparation of Nutri-Pak
•Relief Operations in Rapu-Rapu
•Livelihood Skills Training such as Herbal Soap Making,
Carpentry, Hollow Blocks Making and Preparation of Meals
made of Nutri-Pak and others.
Programs are intended for and responsive to the needs of the
community for people empowerment and self-reliance like
programs for transfer of technology and know-how and
dissemination of research outputs.
The Architectural Development of the Bicol University is refocusing
to community architecture with emphasis with the designs that
withstand strong typhoons.
Bicol University hosts the ANEC which will lead the energy
adaptation
 The
AHEM
University plays an active role in the region
in emergency and disaster risk management
both as training unit and in offering graduate
programs in coordination with Provincial
Government of Albay, Bicol Regional Training
and Teaching Hospital and the Department of
Health–Health Emergency Management.
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Ten Outstanding Teachers for Albay (TOTAL)
Three Outstanding Principals in Albay (TROPICAL)
KADUNONG (Outstanding LGUs with best practices in education)
Ten Outstanding Students
Scholarships
• AHECS (Albay Higher Education Comprehensive Scholarship)
• GRASS (Graduate Assistance Scholarship System )