Promoting education for sustainable development through conservation and sustainable use of forest resources and empowerment of the Regional Center for Expertise on Education for sustainable Development in Cebu

Composed of multisectoral partners from the academe, local government units, local government agencies, business, media, youth, and differentially challenged sectors, RCE-Cebu is eager to launch its initial focal projects aimed to address important challenges to sustainable development in the region.

The project intends to develop  ESD knowledge teams and networks within the selected communities that are, in turn, expected to help manage and conserve the proclaimed 123 hectares Experimental Forest Station (DAO 51 Series of 2004) managed by the Ecosystems Research and Development Service (ERDS) of DENR Region 7, an active RCE-CEBU partner.

 

For the selected communities of Minglanilla, in particular, it is important for the community stakeholders to know what poverty responses have been applied by whom and when. It is also important to know if these poverty responses have been inventoried and evaluated in terms of their effectiveness or ineffectiveness for the poor in their communities.

 

Combining the inventory and mapping of resources and resource management as well as poverty indicators with poverty responses for communities may produce a more comprehensive framework for meeting anew the challenges of sustainable development of regions all throughout for and by the community residents themselves, in cooperation with external partners where necessary.

 

1. Community mobilization and capability building initiatives related to:

a.           participatory research and resource management training

b.           knowledge base ( KNOW NETS) and REPORMA checklist construction

c.           save rainwater and forest management project planning, implementation and evaluation

d.           building local and global partnerships

e.           development of community pool of trainors, planners, researchers, others

f.            subsequent project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation

2. Planning and construction of community rain catchments and KNOW NETS

3. Production of ICE (information, communication and education) materials 

4. Implementation of Forest Management Project

Prof. Maria Rosario Piquero-Ballescas and Dr. Robert Roxas

Coordinators of RCE-Cebu

University of the Philippines Visayas, Cebu College (UPVCC)

Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines 6000

TELEFAX: 63-32-323-8104

Emails: cballescas@yahoo.com and robert_roxas@yahoo.com