Ecosystem- based approaches to adaptation in the Philippines ...

Key challenges/evidence gaps1) Quantifying the adaptation service – just how much can e.g.mangrove restoration reduce vulnerability?2) Is the adaptation initiative sustainable under global change?3) How do you project expected project benefits of the adaptationinitiative beyond the project lifetime?4) How do you go about robustly valuing the adaptation serviceand co-benefits?5) What institutions and policies, at what scales, are needed toensure successful EbA?6) How will the EbA initiative be sustained by LGUs andcommunities? Governance issues, politics, land tenure issues.7) Understanding the broader vulnerability/adaptation context – noproject can address all vulnerabilities