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Community-based Renewable Energy Systems (CBRES) Model

Community-based Renewable Energy Systems (CBRES) is a model for renewable energy development that has been promoted by SIBAT since 1995. It provides need- based energy, and in the rural context of the country, these are household and community lighting, community services, livelihood, and non-power needs. It can provide reliable, affordable and adequate energy access to communities. Aside from SIBAT’s CBRES, there are 61 community-based renewable energy micro hydro power systems in the Cordillera Administrative Region.

A CBRES is managed by the community. The organization formulates the policies that govern tariff payments, utilization, technical and financial management, protection of the watershed with local support from LGU, provincial agencies, local parish. The CBRES is said to be ecological because micro hydro can help reduce emission by 4 tons carbon dioxide per kilowatt per year when operating for 24 hours per day and it requires the conservation of watershed catchment.

The Community-based Micro hydro Power (MHP) in Kili, Tubo, Abra is an example of CBRES. It supplies power to an off-grid upland community of Maeng Tribe in Cordillera Administrative Region, a community that lives on terraced rice farming. The 16-killowatt MHP was built in 2010 and serves 60 households by tapping the headwaters of Desay

Falls. The CBRES organization leads in the development of policies on tariff, usage, maintenance and care of the system.

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Private Agri Tourism: Malabing Valley Casibu, Nueva Viscaya

JOSEPHINE NAMUJHE is the founder of the Malabing Valley Sustainable Integrated Forest Farmer’s Association (MVSIFFA). The Malabing Valley Multipurpose Cooperative has ventured into non-traditional capacity building activities as a means to organize farmers in the valley, and as a way to protect its natural resources. The cooperative has joined forces with some NGOs and the government in preparing a land use framework for a community-based forest management program aimed at preventing uncontrolled conversion of open access forest lands into citrus and other agricultural activities.

The Malabing Valley Agritourism Project was started in 2013 and is being operated by MVSIFFA, Inc. Tied up with DENR under the NGP contract, the association was in- charge of establishing sustainable development plan to protect, enhance, and increase biodiversity and economic viability of the area. However, like any other association, the main constraint of MVSIFFA is its lack of financial resources to push through their short, medium and long-term plans. For now, the livelihood program of the association is focused on the production of fruit bearing trees like lanzones, durian, rambutan, and bugnay, among others. The medium and long-term projects will be focused on the production of high value crops and processing of forest products into furniture and other crafts.

Below is the presentation of Ms. Josephine Namujhe:

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Role of Communities in Local Conservation Areas

Established in 1986, Kapunungan sa Gagmay ng Mangingisda sa Concepcion (KGMC) is the municipal fisherfolk association of Barangay Concepcion, Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. It is active in coastal protection and management. The association implements marine-based livelihood projects like fish culture in cages, shell culture, crabs and fish mangrove aqua silviculture and sustainable ways of fishing.

Among KGMCs activities are mangrove restoration, protection, development and management; mangrove nursery establishment, development and innovation; mangrove seedlings handling and transporting and planting technique; maintenance and monitoring of mangrove nurseries and planting sites; mangrove protection; fisherfolk community social enterprises establishment and development; promotion of coastal community social enterprises; solid waste management initiatives; marine animal protection; and coastal community organizing, orientation and strengthening on coastal environment and natural resources management.

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Role of Local Communities in Forest Management: Indigenous Community Conserved Areas

In the past years, international policy events have paid great attention to that “historical interface” and to the role of indigenous peoples and local communities in conservation. Communities have managed natural resources with ingenuity and care because on those resources depend their very survival, their security, and many cultural and religious values important for them. Sustainable use has generally been more a matter of survival than choice. The Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) benefits the indigenous people (IP) communities. Under the ICCAs the IPs are recognized as manager and owner of their ancestral domain. Examples of ICCAs are Mt. Candalaga

in Maragusan, Compostela Valley; Mt Apo in Kidapawan, Davao del Sur; Mt. Kimangkil in Bukidnon.

The Foundation for the Philippine Environment has initiatives on sustainable mechanism and provides opportunities. Like participation of IP communities to conserve and manage their environment; capacity-building for IP community leaders; advocacy work at the national, local, and community level; and documentation and dissemination of good practices on ICCAs and sustainable mechanism.

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