One of the most important requirements in order to have funds coming from the hydro-electric power companies (HEPC) for the purpose of rehabilitating and conserving the watersheds is to submit a proposal to them. 

Manila - The 3rd Philippines National Conference-Workshop on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) with the theme "PES for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation" was successfully organized last week (August 12-13, 2010). 

RUPES-ICRAF Philippines and partners are at the final preparation for the 3rd National Conference-Workshop on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) which will be on August 12-13 at Lancaster Hotel of Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. The event will focus on PES for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.

The Katoomba Group is an international network of individuals working to promote, and improve capacity related to, markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES). It regularly hosts events that serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and strategic information about ecosystem service transactions and markets, as well as a venue for collaboration between practitioners on PES projects and programs.

RUPES-ICRAF Philippines scientists, Dr Rodel Lasco and Grace Villamor, wrote an article portraying the experience of the Philippines in payments for carbon storage and watershed protection in a recently published book “Sustainability Science for Watershed Landscapes” by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA).