Pilot testing of the Forest Nursery Accreditation System in the Philippines DENR Region I0

In the Philippines, seedling nursery accreditation is being carried out only on nurseries producing seedlings of fruit trees and this is administered by the Department of Agriculture. No accreditation of forest nurseries is being practiced by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The need to have such accreditation was identified in the series of workshops on the ACIAR Seedling Enhancement Project conducted in Philippines Regions 8 and 10. The accreditation of forest seedling nurseries was pilot tested in Region 10 specifically in the CENRO Office in Malaybalay City. Further progress continues to be made on refining the accreditation scheme, although additional resources and planning efforts are required to fully implement the scheme