OUR VISION & mission

Our Vision

REECS is an internationally recognized consulting corporation committed to building resilient societies by providing policy and sustainable solutions to governments, private business, and communities on the environment, economy, and governance with state-of-the-art technology, local knowledge, and professionalism.

Our Mission

By 2025, we will be a major contributor to green economies and effective environmental governance towards inclusive development.

Marian S. delos Angeles

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Dr. Marian delos Angeles is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Resources, Environment, and Economics Center for Studies (REECS). She brings in more than 30 years’ experience in natural resource and environmental economics for development policy, particularly on instruments for conservation financing, payments for ecosystem services, wealth accounting and valuation of ecosystem services for decision-making, extended or social benefit-cost analysis, impact analysis, and capacity building. She has worked with various Philippine national government agencies, non-government organizations, academic institutions, and development agencies.
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Most recently, she is involved as a Natural Capital Specialist for the USAID-funded SIBOL (Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans, and Landscapes), which supports the Philippines’ efforts towards the sustainable management of its natural resources and the conservation of the country’s rich biodiversity. She also serves as a pro bono consultant (Team Leader) for the Climate Change and Environmental Governance project for Iriga City, Camarines Sur (Partnership for Transparency Asia).

Gem B. Castillo

PRESIDENT

Dr. Gem Castillo is currently the President of the Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies (REECS). He is concurrently the President of the Resources and Environmental Economics Foundation of the Philippines (REAP) and the National Director of the Economy and Environment Group Philippines (EEG), the country institution partner of the Economy and Environment Partnership in Southeast Asia. He is a local and international expert in natural resource and environmental economics. As an expert, he has been involved in a wide range of topics such as wealth accounting and valuation of ecosystem services, the economics of environmental governance, forest land use planning, the economics of coastal resources management, and payment for environmental services among others.

As the National Expert, he was involved in piloting the World Bank Program on Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) in the Philippines. He also served as the Project Leader of a multi-disciplinary team that completed the Philippine Country Study on The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity (TEEB) program of the UN Environment Program. He received his degrees of BS Forestry and MS Forest Resources Management with a specialization in Forest Economics from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He was accorded his doctorate degree in Forest Economics, and Certificate in Resource Economics by Michigan State University.