Dixon T. Gevaña

Dept. of Social Forestry and Forest Governance
College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna 4031 Philippines
College of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna, Philippines 4031
Enhancing resilience through capacity building in LCCAP formulation in the local government of Aurora, Philippines
Keywords:

CDRA · Climate change adaptation · Collaborative capacity building · Human security development · LCCAP · Local government unit

Enhancing resilience through capacity building in LCCAP formulation in the local government of Aurora, Philippines

Climate Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) provide the scientific and legal platform for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Philippines. This APN CAPaBLE project responds to the limited technical capacity of local government units (LGUs) to comply with this requirement through collaborative capacity building. Evaluation of CDRA and...

Pulhin, J.M., Tapia-Villamayor, M.A., de Luna, C.C., Cruz, R.V.O., Peria, A.S., Anacio, D.B., ... Almarines, N.R. (2021). Enhancing resilience through capacity building in LCCAP formulation in the local government of Aurora, Philippines. APN Science Bulletin, 11(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2021.1411

Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar
Keywords:

Community · Mangrove · Participatory · Sustainable rehabilitation

Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar

This study generally aims to synthesize the best practices and challenges in mangrove rehabilitation in the Philippines, Myanmar, Japan, China and India.  It employed an in-depth review of secondary information such as policy documents and project reports, and participatory research activities with various mangrove stakeholders such as key informant interview and focus group discussion. Lessons...

Camacho, L., Gevaña, D., Sabino, L., Ruzol, C., Garcia, J., Camacho, A., . . . Takeuchi, K. (2020). Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar. APN Science Bulletin, 10(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2020.983

Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries
Keywords:

Coastal forest management · Disaster · Indigenous knowledge · Mitigation

Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries

The cross-country study examined community-based coastal forest management and policies on how integrating coastal forest management with human settlement planning and local livelihoods needs can strengthen community resilience towards climate change impacts confounded with other global changes like land use-land cover change, biological invasion and loss of biodiversity and economic globalization and planetary changes like...

Liang, L., Yiu, E., Camacho, L., Gevaña, D., Oo, T., Sein, C., . . . Nagata, A. (2017). Coastal forest management in the face of global change: Experience of four Asian countries. APN Science Bulletin, 7(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2017.70