The Philippines' Upland Development Program: cushioning-the impacts of global financial crisis and clmate change througjh green jobs

摘要

Anew programme-will create thousands of jobs in restoring forests and watersheds-,- helping to mitigate hunger and poverty. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Philippines has created the Upland Development Program in support ofthe government's Economic Resiliency Plan, launched in February 2009 to cushion the impact of the global financial crisis on the Filipino people. The programme aims to improve incomes in upland areas and mitigate hunger, while also enhancing the country's capacity to adapt to climate change. Forestry has a major place in meeting both challenges, since upland populations are highly dependent on forest resources for subsistence and livelihood, and forests serve as a natural carbon sink.