Their Story
The Center for Conservation Innovation Ph Inc. (CCIPH) is a non-profit NGO that was set up to help enable and accelerate the achievement of effective and sustainable biodiversity conservation. CCIPH is an enabler and aims to be a consolidator and broker of conservation capacity, innovations and successes through the development of partnerships and capacity- building for science-based, nature-inspired, and socially appropriate conservation strategies.
Established in 2015, CCIPH is the new legal local entity that evolved from the Fauna and Flora International Philippines (FFI PH). CCIPH will continue the program of work of FFI in the Philippines as an independent NGO. It therefore carries with it the experience, expertise and competencies of the same FFI PH team that have been one of the prime movers on Addressing Biodiversity Risks, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Finance, Forest Carbon Financing including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+).
Currently, CCIPH provides technical support and organizational capacity development on various aspects of biodiversity conservation. CCIPH fosters collaboration with individuals, organizations, and national and local governments units working towards the enhancement of biodiversity conservation practice knowledge, technically and organizationally. CCIPH deploys a wide-range of expertise and responds to various needs in conservation work and organization development. Specifically, it has provided the skills and knowledge in identifying conservation targets and measures; enhancement of protected area management plans; identification of High Conservation Value Areas; community and livelihood enterprise development; species distribution modelling; provision of technical support on the roll-out of a landscape and wildlife threats monitoring and reporting system, LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection System in the establishment of the Philippines’ forest MRV. CCIPH also helps strengthen biodiversity and analytical skills of academic institutions and students by providing the ecological assessment tools and skills training.
