About Us

Learn more about the story of Forest Foundation Philippines.

Our Story

Forest Foundation Philippines (doing business as Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation, Inc.) is a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization that serves as a conservation financing platform to facilitate the flow of conservation funds from international and other donors to communities in the Philippines.  

Established in 2002, the Foundation has been managing the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund, created through a debt-for-nature swap between the Governments of the Philippines and the United States. The Foundation works with government agencies and development partners in implementing grantmaking programs such as the Mount Mantalingahan Protected Landscape (MMPL) Endowment Fund, the Philippines-Canada Partnership on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation (PCP4NbS), the Eighth Operational Phase of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP8), and the Integrated Approach in Management of Major Biodiversity Corridors in the Philippines (Biodiversity Corridor Project).

To strengthen collaboration in ecosystem restoration efforts, the Foundation also leverages financial resources and in-kind contributions through public-private-community partnerships.

LEADERSHIP

Vision, Mission, and Goals

Our Vision

Lush ecosystems protected and conserved by empowered people.

Our Mission

To support activities that foster ecosystem protection and conservation.

Goal

Forest Foundation Philippines’ overall, long-term goal is the protection and sustainable management of Philippine ecosystems and its biodiversity. We aim to:

1. GROW ECOSYSTEMS

Enhanced ecosystems that provide products and services

The Foundation supports conservation projects that are guided by data and science.

Initiatives:

  • Scientifically-sound ecosystem assessments
  • Science-based participatory reforestation and restoration
  • Law enforcement

2. GROW OPPORTUNITIES

Improved community livelihoods and economic incentives

The Foundation empowers ecosystem-dependent communities to become guardians of the environment while making a living in an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable manner.

Initiatives:

  • Sustainable livelihoods
  • Sustainable financing

3. GROW PARTNERS

Strengthened organizations and institutions

The Foundation works to build consensus between civil society, government, and communities to develop and implement policies and programs to protect and conserve our ecosystems.

Initiatives:

  • Capability and capacity building
  • Policies

4. GROW ADVOCATES

Enhanced knowledge management and advocacy

The Foundation supports projects that advocate for ecosystem protection and conservation, and empower people, as well as institutions, to protect and conserve our environment

Initiatives:

  • Knowledge management
  • Communications
  • Advocacy
  • Research