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CLIMATE CHANGEMeasuring the size of the tree to determinethe amountof carbon it can capturephoto courtesy of Leonard Reyes2011 saw the expansion of NTFP-EP’s climate changeprogram.In the Philippines, NTFP-EP continued support to theCoDe REDD network on community and conservationbasedREDD+. This was primarily through theimplementation of the Philippine National REDD+ Strategy(PNRPS) through policy support, capacity building andinformation dissemination. NTFP-EP was also involvedin the implementation of two (2) field-based REDD+demonstration sites.It was also in this period that NTFP-EP’s role as partnerin the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) wasexpanded. NTFP-EP was asked to coordinate civil societyengagement within the ASFN focusing on social forestryand climate change. NTFP-EP would take on a moreintensive role in the Philippines, Cambodia and Sarawak.NTFP-EP helped facilitate the first NGO open spacesession within the ASFN meeting held in Brunei in June2011. NGOs and communities for the first time were ableto air their forestry concerns to the ASEAN. In October,NTFP-EP was also allowed to present in the high levelmeeting of the Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEANMinisters in Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF). Therecommendations on improved cooperation, acceleratedcommunity forestry agreements, and REDD+ safeguards,among others, were well received and paved the way forthe planning for a CSO 101 brown bag for the ASEANsecretariat and member states in early 2012.In the second semester of 2011, the regional Fauna andFlora International (FFI) REDD project on communitycarbon pools was approved and NTFP-EP began its roleas community forestry learning program facilitator. Duringthis time, policy consultations were conducted in Indonesiaand the Philippines and capacity building needs and policydirections were identified.NTFP-EP 2011 Annual Report | 9