Multi-Actor Partnership Towards Enhanced Local Climate Action (MAP-ELCA) is a three-year project that aims to champion successful local climate action and biodiversity protection cases through multi-sectoral collaboration in Eastern Visayas, specifically in these bioregions: (1) Guiuan, Eastern Samar; (2) Salcedo, Eastern Samar; and (3) Paranas, Samar.
It launched last July 28, 2023 in Tacloban City, which was attended by local government and civil society representatives committed to pursue climate action and biodiversity conservation in the region.
MAP-ELCA is a project under Investing in Sustainability and Partnership for Inclusive Growth and Regenerative Ecosystems (INSPIRE), which is implemented by the Gerry Roxas Foundation (GRF) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Stories of Interest
MAP-ELCA Youth Campaigners Established Following a Training on Campaign Strategy, Organizing, and Leadership
DOWNLOAD PDF Written by Ma. Czarinna de Cadiz | Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), together with its partners from AktivAsia Philippines and the Paranas Local Government Unit, conducted a four-day Foundational Training on Campaign Strategy, Organizing, and Leadership [...]
Mapping Mangroves: Utilizing UAV Technology for Local Biodiversity Conservation
by Ma. Czarinna de Cadiz DOWNLOAD FULL STORY Mangrove forests are an important ecosystem and environmental support for communities located in coastal areas. The capacity of mangroves to mitigate floods and storm surges, maintain coastlines and coastal ecosystems, as well as their high carbon sequestration capacity, [...]
Salcedo Youth Advocates for Local Climate Action
by Ma. Czarinna de Cadiz DOWNLOAD FULL STORY It comes as no surprise that the generation projected to confront the catastrophic effects of climate change has expressed significant concerns about its impacts on their lives and future. A key study that surveyed the youth population from [...]
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A decade after Haiyan: What’s next for ICSC in Eastern Visayas?
by Niña Nicole Cerilla EDITOR’S NOTE: Nini is a climate policy analyst of ICSC. Tacloban City holds a core memory for Filipinos who lived through 2013: that year, the most catastrophic typhoon in Philippine history, Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda), struck many communities in the Philippines, hitting first [...]
Eastern Visayas local gov’ts, civil society lead in climate action, biodiversity conservation
Paranas, along with Guiuan and Salcedo in Eastern Samar, are the bioregions of the Multi-Actor Partnership on Enhanced Local Climate Action (MAP-ELCA) project of the Manila-based think tank Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), which was launched in Tacloban City today.