Nature-based Solutions are part and parcel of our daily lives.
The PCP4NbS program seeks to contribute to strengthening climate resilience of communities, particularly rural and indigenous women, while ensuring co-benefits from, and for, natural resources and healthy ecosystems.
What are Nature-based Solutions?
Nature-based Solutions or NbS are widely recognized as cost-effective actions that protect, restore, and sustainably manage natural and modified ecosystems to address societal challenges – such as climate change, food and water security, and disaster risk reduction.
Together, we CAN!
Grounded in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Standard for NbS, the program targets these three objectives:
Conserve and restore our biodiversity
Adapt to our changing climate
Nurture and empower women to lead and participate
PUNLA: A Multistakeholder Forum on Nature-based Solutions
The PUNLA NbS Forum 2025 brought together various sectors to exchange knowledge, good practices, and sow actionable discussions towards a shared understanding of high-integrity NbS in the country. Let’s continue to nurture the growth of communities of practice on NbS to benefit both people and nature.
priority areas
Six priority areas with rich biodiversity and high climate vulnerability
Site-based Grants support gender-responsive and community-based NbS projects to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts.
Thematic Areas
Thematic grants support Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation throughout the Philippines that are rich in biodiversity and highly vulnerable to climate change.
These must result in one or more of the following:
Water regulation and soil protection
Protection from hazards (i.e. fire, strong winds, and waves)
Enhancement of agri-food systems
Regulation of temperature and water in urban areas
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Assessing Baseline Learning Needs in PCP4NbS Program Areas
In partnership with the University of Guelph in Canada and Bayi, Inc., Learning Needs Assessment (LNA) Workshops were conducted with civil society and peoples organizations (including women and young women) in the first three priority program areas: Negros Occidental, Batanes, and Camarines Sur. The LNA Workshop offered safe and engaging spaces to identify learning gaps and capacity development needs, as baseline for the program’s grantmaking capacity development, knowledge management, and advocacy activities. LNAs in the rest of the Program areas will be completed in 2025.
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