Measuring What Matters: Biodiversity, Carbon, and Community MRV in Mindoro
About This Session
Join the Nature Tech Collective for a fireside conversation with Wovoka exploring how long-term carbon finance, biodiversity monitoring, and community-led governance are coming together to restore one of the Philippines’ most important biodiversity corridors: Mindoro Island.
This session will spotlight Wovoka’s Mindoro project — a landscape-scale, 30–40 year restoration initiative designed to tackle deforestation and rural poverty while protecting endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Through deep partnerships with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, NGOs, and government agencies, Wovoka is building a durable model for conservation that aligns biodiversity outcomes, livelihoods, and high-integrity carbon removals.
Drawing on real-world implementation, we’ll explore how Wovoka integrates technology-enabled MRV, community capacity building, and blended finance to move beyond short-term NGO projects toward self-sustaining, community-managed forest systems.
Key Topics We’ll Cover
Restoring a Biodiversity Corridor in Mindoro
Learn why Mindoro is one of only two biodiversity corridors in the Philippines, the ecological significance of its endemic species, and how decades of logging and land conversion shaped today’s restoration challenge.
Community-Led Conservation & Indigenous Stewardship
Explore how Wovoka works with Indigenous Peoples and local communities through FPIC processes, community consultations, and capacity building to mobilise on-the-ground restoration and long-term forest governance.
Carbon Finance as a Long-Term Conservation Mechanism
Understand how 30–40 year carbon projects are used to replace short-lived conservation funding, creating stable livelihoods, sustained restoration activities, and durable environmental outcomes.
Measuring Biodiversity, Carbon & Social Impact
Dive into Wovoka’s MRV approach, combining community-based monitoring with technology such as camera traps, eco-acoustic sensors, multispectral drones, GIS, and remote sensing to track forest cover, biodiversity, and social impact.
From Pilots to Scale: Technology & Partnerships
Hear how Wovoka partners with organisations like Space Intelligence, Kennep, and local conservation foundations to establish baselines, strengthen verification, and scale biodiversity and carbon monitoring across the island.
Financing Biodiversity: Blended Capital & Buyer Engagement
Discuss the role of blended finance, grants, and high-integrity carbon buyers in supporting biodiversity outcomes, non-timber forest products, seed banks, and community-led economic activities.
Who Should Attend
Nature tech companies working on MRV, biodiversity monitoring, or remote sensing
Carbon project developers and ecosystem restoration practitioners
Investors and buyers seeking high-integrity, biodiversity-positive carbon removals
NGOs and foundations supporting community-led conservation
Indigenous rights advocates and landscape governance practitioners
Policy and standards stakeholders focused on biodiversity, carbon, and social integrity
Part of the “Project Implementation” Series
This session is part of NTC’s ongoing Project Implementation series, highlighting how nature tech solutions are deployed in real-world landscapes, how cross-sector partnerships enable scale, and what it takes to deliver credible, long-term impact for people, biodiversity, and climate.
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