Manila, Sept. 9 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is working on a national policy on nature-based solutions (NbS) to ensure that forest restoration, watershed protection and other ecosystem-based approaches become core strategies for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the Philippines.

At a multi-stakeholder forum dubbed "Punla" (Seedling) in Quezon City on Tuesday, DENR Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, International Affairs and Climate Change Noralyn Uy said the policy, which is being developed with support from United States Agency for International Development, United Nations Development Programme and other partner organizations, will set Philippine-specific standards, monitoring systems, an...