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Integration of Traditional and Modern

Bioproduction Systems for a Sustainable
and Resilient Future Under Climate &
Ecosystems Changes (ITMoB)

PROJECT BRIEF
 Project Overview Project Sites
The study sites were selected based on the availability of historical data, accessibility,
presence of a supportive LGU partner, the former site of the government-funded
project (DOST, DA-BAR), and presence of traditional, hybrid/integrated, and modern
bioproduction systems.

1. Baroro Watershed
• Aggregate area of about 19,407.40 hectares
• It covers the municipalities of San Gabriel, Bagulin, San Juan, San Fernando,
Bacnotan and Santol in the province of La Union.
• Primary water source for both irrigation and domestic purposes in all the covered
municipalities except for Bagulin and Santol.
• Agricultural areas and production and protection forests constitute the primary land
uses in the watershed.
2. Pagsanjan-Lumban Watershed
• Aggregate area of about 40,049.19 ha with an estimated perimeter of 241 km.
• It covers eight municipalities including Cavinti, Kalayaan, Luisiana, Lumban,
Magdalena, Majayjay and Pagsanjan in the Province of Laguna and the municipality
of Lucban in the province of Quezon.
• Part of the Laguna Lake Basin, the second largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia
and largest in the Philippines.

Background and Rationale

Ecosystem goods and services undergird the sustainability of human systems
(Costanza et al., 1997 in MEA, 2005). However, most ecosystems are threatened by
climate change, variability and extreme events, and changes in land use that
compromise its ability to provide the goods and services that are essential to resilient
human systems including economic development. Wide variety of interventions have
been initiated by the government and non-government organizations, and
communities and individuals to restore affected ecosystems and reduce the impacts of
loss of ecosystem services but overall are still limited and not nearly enough. Political,
institutional, cultural, and technical constraints that hinder the effectiveness of
responses need to be addressed. Such issues make the enhancement of
understanding on the interactions of human systems (i.e., bioproduction systems and
other uses of land) with the natural systems (i.e., climate) crucial to the design of robust
political, institutional, socio-economic, and technical solutions to the problems at hand.

This project is a multilateral cooperative research between Japan, Indonesia and the
Philippines under the e-ASIA Joint Research Project. However, the outputs
enumerated in this proposal is exclusive to the Philippines only and hopes to contribute
to the goal of NCCAP (National Climate Change Action Plan).

Integration of Traditional and Modern Bioproduction Systems for a Sustainable and Resilient Future Under Climate &
Ecosystems Changes (ITMoB)
 Objectives / Work Packages Project Approaches

Methodology

The figure summarizes the project's overall

methodology with three key sub-models: climate
change downscaling, demographic model, and
land change model. Depending upon the specific
crop for each of the bioproduction systems,
historical data will be obtained to build a climate-
resilient environment and translate it into future
ecosystem services. IPCC's representative
concentration pathways (RCP) and shared
socioeconomic pathways (SSP), as well as
IPBES's Nature Future Framework (PBL, 2019),
will be used to develop future scenarios in three
countries through interactive stakeholders'
participation. Three sub-models will be
developed to assess and project impacts of a)
climate change, b) demographic change, and c)
land-use change on the selected bioproduction
systems under multiple scenarios.

Integration of Traditional and Modern Bioproduction Systems for a Sustainable and Resilient Future Under Climate &
Ecosystems Changes (ITMoB)
 Project Beneficiaries Long-term Impacts

Projects Outputs (6Ps)

References
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2005. Ecosystems and human
well-being. Washington, D.C: Island Press.
PBL. 2019. Report on the workshop 'From visions to scenarios for
nature and nature's contributions to people for the 21st century.
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague.

Integration of Traditional and Modern Bioproduction Systems for a Sustainable and Resilient Future Under Climate &
Ecosystems Changes (ITMoB)