Towards gender-responsive Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
Philippines-Canada Partnership on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Adaptation
The Philippines-Canada Partnership on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Adaptation (PCP4NbS), a program led by Forest Foundation Philippines and funded by the Government of Canada, 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.
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PCP4NbS supports local organizations in implementing holistic, community-based, gender-responsive NbS for climate adaptation, in areas in the Philippines that are facing biodiversity-related challenges, and are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts.
Grounded in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Standard for NbS, the program targets the three wins of biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and ensuring gender equality in natural resource management.
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Project Launch
In May 2024, Forest Foundation Philippines officially launched the PCP4NbS, a four-year program supported by CA$ 8 Million (PhP 332 Million) from the Government of Canada. Watch the highlights of the Program Launch here.
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Project Launch
In May 2024, Forest Foundation Philippines officially launched the PCP4NbS , a four-year program supported by CA$ 8 Million (PhP 332 Million) from the Government of Canada. Watch the highlights of the Program Launch here.
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PROGRAM PARTNERS
Forest Foundation Philippines is a non-governmental organization that serves as a conservation financing platform to facilitate the flow of conservation funds from international and other donors to communities in the Philippines. The Foundation is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation
Foundation Inc.
Global Affairs Canada is a Canadian government department that promotes Canadian interests and values globally. This office manages diplomatic relations, trade, consular services and leads international development, peace, and security efforts.
The department prioritizes gender equality, health, education, humanitarian aid, and climate action, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. In 2024, Canada and the Philippines celebrated 75 years of relations, with Canada contributing over $1 billion in aid to the Philippines since 1986.
LATEST program updates
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Forest Foundation Philippines and Canada approve 12.41 Million in New Grants for Nature-based Solutions
Two new Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects were approved under the Philippines-Canada Partnership on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Adaptation (PCP4NbS), with a combined grant amount of PHP 12.41 million. The first is “Improving Climate Resilience of Headwater Barangays in Sumlog-Cuabo River Watershed (Resilient Headwaters)”, implemented by Kasilak Development Foundation, Inc. (KDFI) in Davao. The project aims to enhance the resilience of upstream communities through watershed protection and nature-based approaches. Also approved is “Strengthening Hilongos’ Ecosystems through Women’s Involvement in Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (SHE WINS-DRRCA)”, to be implemented by Oxfam Pilipinas, Inc. The project highlights the critical role of women in strengthening ecosystem resilience and reducing climate and disaster risks. Read more here.
Meet our Angat Bayi FLF4NbS Fellows!
Meet the fellows of our Angat Bayi: Feminist Leaders Fellowship for Nature-based Solutions (AB FLF4NbS)! A collaboration between Forest Foundation Philippines and Bayi, Inc., the AB FLF4NbS brings together 23 fellows from across the Philippines – women elected officials and women leaders from civil society organizations in Agusan del Sur, Basilan, Batanes, Camarines Sur, Davao Oriental, Eastern Samar, Lanao del Sur, Leyte, Misamis Oriental, Negros Occidental, Palawan, Surigao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Norte – to enhance women’s leadership, cross-cultural, cross-ecosystem learning exchange on gender-responsive NbS, and engender environmental governance. Read more here.
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The Philippines Takes Nature-based Solutions from Local Practice to National Policy
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with the support from Forest Foundation Philippines, the Government of Canada, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the NbS Support Network, launched the country’s first national-level Nature-based Solutions (NbS) policy at the USBONG Transdisciplinary Forum on Nature-based Solutions last June 30, 2026, mandating the integration of nature-based approaches into the country’s climate, biodiversity, and disaster risk reduction programs. The USBONG NbS Forum marked a commitment to growing and sustaining conversations on NbS as one of the vital approaches to addressing interconnected societal challenges. USBONG brought together diverse stakeholders to deepen understanding of high-integrity, gender-responsive NbS in the Philippine context, strengthen connections, and advance systems, partnerships, and enabling conditions needed for sustained and scalable action. Learn more here, and about NbS in the Philippines here.
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