PHILIPPINES: Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services
Knowledge Sharing Workshop with
Media & Government Information Officers
February 18, 2015, 9am – 12 noon
NEDA Ortigas – Pasig Office
Event Programme
I. Welcome Remarks by NEDA DIS Director
Nerisse Esguerra
II. Presentation by Key Speakers
Overview of Natural Capital Accounting ~ Stefanie Seiber, World Bank Phil-WAVES Task Team Leader Stefanie Sieber
Natural Capital Accounting in the Philippines ~ NEDA Deputy Director General Emmanuel Esguerra
Setting up Minerals Accounts ~ Philippine Statistics Authority Director Rey Talento
III. Open Forum: To be moderated by NEDA DIS
Director Nerisse Esguerra
IV. Closing/Announcements
V. Lunch
Articles in Philippines media following debriefing:
- NEDA, World Bank partner to assess the Philippine’s natural capital wealth (Manilla Times)
- NEDA, World Bank to assess natural wealth (Manilla Standard Today)
- Philippines rekindles efforts to measure natural resources for policy development, economic planning (GMA News)
- Philippines bats for 'ecosystem accounting' (Rappler)
- Philippines pursues project that boosts natural-resource use, achieves inclusive growth (Philippines News Agency)
- Conservation Matters (opinion piece) with Errol A. Gatumbato, Environmental accounting in development planning (Visayan Daily Star)