Celebrating Agusan Marsh Platinum Anniversary National Conference

Almont Inland Resort, Butuan City

November 11-13, 2019

Theme: “Ramsar Site 1009: Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary – Celebrating Platinum
Anniversary and Facing the Future”.

PROGRAMME

Day 0- November 10, 2019 ARRIVAL OF GUEST AND PARTICIPANTS

Day 1- November 11, 2019
7:30 AM ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION Secretariat
c/o DENR Caraga
OPENING CEREMONIES

9:00 Ecumenical Prayer FSUU- Voice of Light Chorale

Philippine National Anthem
Caraga March
9:10 Welcome Messages ATTY. FELIX S. ALICER
Regional Executive Director
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources-RXIII,

DR. ANTHONY M. PENASO

CSU University President
9:30 Intermission FSUU- Voice of Light Chorale
9:40 Rationale of the Conference AVP - c/o CSU
9:45 Introduction of Keynote Speaker 1 FOR. RICARDO L. CALDERON, CESO III
Assistant Secretary for Staff Bureaus &
Director, Concurrent Capacity
Biodiversity Management Bureau
9:50 Keynote Speech ATTY. JUAN MIGUEL T. CUNA, CESO IV
Undersecretary for Field Operations
Department of Environment & Natural
Resources
10:30 Giving of Certificate of Appreciation to the DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
Keynote Speaker
10:35 Introduction of Keynote Plenary Speaker 2 HON. NILO S. MANPATILAN
Chair, Comm. On Environment
Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur
10:50 Keynote Speech HON. SANTIAGO B. CANE, JR.
Governor, Provincial Government of
Agusan del Sur
11:30 Giving of Certificate of Appreciation to the DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
Keynote Speaker
11:35 Presentation and signing of Caraga Secretariat (document)
Declaration for the wise use of Wetlands. Present (WI, CSU, DENR, Stakeholders)
Poster and Photo Exhibit:Ribbon cutting and DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
walkthrough
Group Photo Opportunity / drone shots DENR Caraga

12:00 LUNCH BREAK / Vlog Presentation/

Promotional Video
1:20 Introduction of Speaker 1 Emcee
1:25 State of Philippine Wetlands MS. MARLYN MENDOZA
Chief, CAWED,
Biodiversity Management Bureau
1:50 Introduction of Speaker 2 Emcee
1:55 Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: Status FOR. EMMILIE T. IBONIA
and Challenges Protected Area Superintendent, AMWS
DENR
2:20 Introduction of Speaker 3 Emcee

2:25 Biodiversity studies in AMWS: What has DR. JOYCELYN C. JUMAWAN

been done so far? Professor, Department of Biology
Caraga State University
2:50 Open Forum (Couch Discussion) Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Parac

Introduction of Speaker 4 Emcee

2:55 Landscape Risk Assessment of Agusan MR. ARNE E. JENSEN

River Basin with Climate Change Impacts Associate Expert
Wetlands International
3:20 Introduction of Speaker 5 Emcee

3:25 Wetland Convergence: The case of Agusan MS. MARIA ANGELITA SALOME C.
Marsh ACOPIADO
PENR Officer
Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur
Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur

3:50 Introduction of Speaker 6 Emcee

3:55 Changing land-cover and climate and its ENGR. JOJENE SANTILLAN
impacts on the hydrologic and inundation Director - CCGEO
responses of the Agusan Marsh: an analysis Caraga State University
based on satellite remote sensing and
numerical simulations
4:20 Open Forum (Couch Discussion) Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Parac
 4:50 Giving of Certificate of Appreciation to the DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
Speakers
6:00 Scientific Poster Evaluation Poster Evaluators
6:30 Welcome Dinner/ Butuan Performers
Cultural Night CSU- Bodjung, chorale
Host: FSUU FSUU Dance Company

Day 1 Host: Dr. Sherryl L. Lipio and Ms. Chime M. Garcia

CSU Faculty C
DAY 2
7:30 AM Registration Secretariat

8:00 Preliminaries

8:15 Introduction of Speaker 7 Emcee

8:20 Advancing ecosystem services through a DR. HILLY ANN ROA - QUIAOIT
multi-sectoral approach in the landscape Executive Director
continuum of the Cagayan De Oro River CDO River Basin Management Council
basin, Mindanao, Philippines
8:45 Introduction of Speaker 8 Emcee
8:50 The link of freshwater systems to marine DR. EPHRIME B. METILLO
systems (Agusan Marsh to Butuan Bay) Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
MSU-IIT
9:15 Open Forum (Couch Discussion) Moderator: FSUU
9:25 Giving of Certificate of Appreciation to the DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
Plenary Speaker
10:10 - 12:30 Parallel Sessions

Theme 1: DR. EVE F. GAMALINDA

Resource and Valuation of Wetlands Session Chair
Theme 2: DR. MELJAN DEMETILLO
Conservation and Management of Session Chair
Wetlands MS. MEYCEL AMARILLE
Session Chair
Theme 3:
Sharing of Best Practices on Wetlands
Education and Ecotourism
12:30 Lunch

1:25 Introduction of Speaker 9

1:30 Responsible Land Governance in Mindanao DR. HERWIG MAYER

Background Principal Advisor
GIZ RLGM
 1:40 Introduction of Speaker 10 Emcee
1:45 Land Administration and Management ATTY EMELYNE V. TALABIS
System Director, Land Mgt ureau
2:00 Introduction of Speaker 11 Emcee
2:05 Voluntary Guidelines on The Responsible MR. NATHANIEL DON MARQUEZ
Governance of Tenure: of Land, Fisheries, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform
& Forest in the Context of National Food in and Rural Development (ANGOC), the
relation to Land Tenure Related Laws in Philippines
the Philippines
2:30 Introduction of Plenary Speaker 12 Emcee

2:35 A Principled Approach to Conflict MR. ARTHUR CASINO

Sensitive Do No Harm in Philippine Senior Advisor
Context (DNH App Launching) GIZ CAPID (Strengthening Capacities for
dealing with conflict induced forced
displacement in Mindanao)
3:00 Introduction of Plenary Speaker 13 Emcee
3:05 Land, Water, and Competing Priority MR. EDDIE QUITORIANO
Rights Regimes Consultant, GIZ CAPID
3:30 Open Forum (Couch Discussion) Moderator: FSUU
3:45 Giving of Certificate of Appreciation to the DENR, CSU, FSUU, WI, GIZ
Plenary Speakers
3:50 Accessing funds for R&D on
environment, biodiversity and
conservation projects
DoF (People Survival Fund)
Part 1 - Presentation of Fund Sources DOST
CHED
NEDA
4:30 Part 2: Open Forum (Couch Discussion) DR. ANNADEL S. CABANBAN
Moderator
5:00 Awarding of Best Papers, Best Presenters Secretariat
and Best Posters
Closing Program
• Closing Remarks DR. ANNADEL S. CABANBAN
Country Representative/ Program Manager
Wetlands International Philippines Program
5:20 Instructions for the field trip to Agusan FOR. EMILLIE T. IBONIA
Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS) Protected Area Superintendent, AMWS
DENR
Day 2 Host: Ms Loren J. Annunciado
FSUU Faculty
Day 3 November 13, 2019 (WEDNESDAY)

5:00 am – 6:00 pm Agusan Marsh Tour DENR Caraga w/ PASU & ASSCAT for
Coordination
Options:
1. Panlabuhan Lake
2. Caimpugan Peatland
3. Lake Tugno and Talacogon
Peatland

Day 4 November 14, 2019 (THURSDAY) Homeward Bound