Geomatics For Improved Decision-Making in Natural Resources Management and Environmental Design

Training Course on GEOMATICS FOR IMPROVED          

DECISION-MAKING IN NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

The course deals with set of technologies designed for data acquisition, analysis and decision-making including geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS)

and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).

COURSE CONTENT

·    Preparation of Comprehensive Land Use Plan

·     GIS-Based Watershed Management Planning

·     Application to Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 03 Sept. – 30 Sept. 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The training course is designed for personnel from natural resource organizations and related agencies who have basic knowledge on GIS.

THINGS TO BRING

Participants must bring local maps (topography, land-use, etc).

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport  fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

 TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Training Course on BUILDING INSTITUTIONS FOR

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND POVERTY

ALLEVIATION

The course develops participants’ capability to build,  initiate,  facilitate, coordinate, and promote strategies, tools, and programs to ensure rural development in forest zones and fragile habitats constantly challenged by changing climates and priorities.

COURSE CONTENT

· Experience in Working with Rural Community

· Forest and Natural Resource Management Context: Commitments, Issues, and Challenges

· Institution Building

· Action Planning

· Synthesis

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 05 Nov. – 02 Dec. 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Mid-level managers in natural resources development projects.

THINGS TO BRING

Country forester situationer

Report on any community forestry projects done in the country

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses: 

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for  the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

   TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Community Mapping and Planning For Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Training Course on COMMUNITY MAPPING AND PLANNING

FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE

CHANGE ADAPTATION

This course updates professionals who desire to become adept at encouraging local communities to adapt formal science with ethnoscience in mapping and planning for fragile environments.

COURSE CONTENT  

· Description of Participant’s Experiences in Community-Based Mapping and Planning and Diagnosis

· Basic Concepts in Climate Change; Concepts and Tools in Resource Assessment, Community Mapping, and Participatory Planning

· Field Demonstration of Mapping and Planning Capability and Refinement

· Communicating Results to Various Publics

· Preparation of a Project Proposal Relevant to Work Situation 

· Synthesis

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 20 Aug. – 16 Sept. 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Foreign and local forestry and environment-based professionals engaged in rural advisory services (e.g. MENROs, ENROs)

THINGS TO BRING

Data, video, poster, and other materials about the community-based program and the local initiatives (local plans, ordinances, etc.) that incorporates, or may incorporate, community based disaster risk management. These will be helpful for sharing and for writing the re-entry plan.

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

  TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Designing Forest Resource Management System with Climate Change Adaptation, Vulnerability Assessment and Disaster Risk Reduction

Training Course on DESIGNING FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

ADAPTATION, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION                                     

The course is equips forest managers with the state-of-the-art  forest resources management concepts, tools, methodologies and strategies in the context of changing climate and its impacts on forest ecosystems and local communities.

COURSE CONTENT

· Introduction to Climate Change-Adaptive to Forest Resource Management Planning

·  Climate Change-Adaptive Integrated Forest Resources Management Planning                                                        1. Tools for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change

2. Climate Change-Adaptive Forest Resources Management

· Study Tour to Selected Climate Change-Adaptive Forestry Projects in the Philippines

· Preparation of an Indicative Climate Change-Adaptive Forest Resource Management Plan

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 15 Oct. – 11 Nov. 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course is designed for individuals working in forestry and related fields who want to acquire basic knowledge on tools and strategies for managing tropical forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

THINGS  TO BRING

Participants must bring hard and electronic copies of their country’s climate change data relevant to forestry (e.g. statistics and maps).

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

   TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Non-Timber Forest Products Utilization in Climate Change Mitigation

Training Course on NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS

UTILIZATION IN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills on the utilization of non-timber forest products, and hands-on experiences on the propagation and utilization on of non-wood raw materials vis-à-vis environment-friendly processing techniques.

COURSE CONTENT

·      Principles and Techniques of Biomass Determination on Non-Wood Forest Products

·      Basic Properties and Propagation/Harvesting/Extraction Techniques of Selected Non-Wood Forest Products such as Bamboo, Vines, Pandan, Resin/Gums/Rubber, and Essential     Oils

·      Field Trips/Plant Visits/Field Practicum

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 06 Aug. – 02 Sept. 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The training course is designed for professionals who are and will be engaged in the manufacturing processes of non-wood raw materials.

THINGS TO BRING

Participants must bring data on the project area where the prospective participant is working.

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport fees, passport and visa;
b. Daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director 

TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Agroforetsry For Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

Training Course on AGROFORESTRY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS

The course equips participants with the knowledge and skills in planning, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating agroforestry models/systems that are adaptive to global climate change, enhancing  biodiversity conservation, and providing entrepreneurial sources of livelihood.

COURSE CONTENT

· Introduction

· Agroforestry Systems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

· Enhancing Support Systems for Agroforestry as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

· Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating Agroforestry Projects for Climate Change

· Field Practicum

· Action/Re-entry Plan for an Agroforestry Project

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 09 July – 05 Aug 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Mid-level managers of non government organizations (NGOs), People’s organizations (POs), TechnicalOfficers of government agencies and local government units who are doing agroforestry work but are not technically trained on agroforestry as well as extension and upland development workers implementing agroforestry development works.

THINGS TO BRING

Agroforestry project data – Maps (project area, topography, slope, soil and vegetation) and other related information/materials necessary for the preparation of indicative plans.

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY

(TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com

Training Course on AGROFORESTRY FOR CLIMATE

CHANGE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABLE

RURAL LIVELIHOODS

The course equips participants with the knowledge and skills in planning,

designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating agroforestry models/systems

that are adaptive to global climate change, enhancing  biodiversity conservation,

and providing entrepreneurial sources of livelihood.

COURSE CONTENT

· Introduction

· Agroforestry Systems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

· Enhancing Support Systems for Agroforestry as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

· Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating Agroforestry Projects for Climate Change

· Field Practicum

· Action/Re-entry Plan for an Agroforestry Project

DURATION AND DATE

Four Weeks: 09 July – 05 Aug 2013

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Mid-level managers of non government organizations (NGOs), People’s organizations (POs),

TechnicalOfficers of government agencies and local government units who are doing

agroforestry work but are not technically trained on agroforestry as well as extension

and upland development workers implementing agroforestry development works.

THINGS TO BRING

Agroforestry project data – Maps (project area, topography, slope, soil and vegetation) and other

related information/materials necessary for the preparation of indicative plans.

COURSE FEE

The course fee is US$4,000 inclusive of costs of tuition, training-related field/visits, supplies and

materials, minimal group accident insurance and conveyance from and to the Ninoy Aquino

International Airport in Manila. Payment of course fee should be made on or before the start

of the course. Participant and/or sponsor should shoulder the following expenses:

a. Transportation from and to the participant’s point of departure to the Philippines, airport

fees, passport and visa;

b. Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) for meals, lodging and other incidental expenses for the

entire duration of the meeting.

To register and request for more information, please contact:

The Director

TRAINING CENTER FOR TROPICAL RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS SUSTAINABILITY (TREES)

College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Tel. No. +( 63 49) 536-2736 Tel./Fax: + (63 49) 536-2639

Email: trees@uplb.edu.ph or trees.uplb@gmail.com