The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) have partnered to advance research and development (R&D) initiatives, particularly in leveraging satellite data for land cover, topographic, and bathymetric mapping; coastal resource and environmental monitoring; and natural resource management. This collaboration was formalized through a ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) held at the PhilSA Office in Quezon City on 10 February 2025.
In addition to sharing expertise, data, and resources to develop methodologies for mapping using satellite imagery, PhilSA will provide training and technical support to enhance NAMRIA’s capabilities in satellite remote sensing, data processing, and analysis, including advanced image processing techniques.
“Our partnership combines knowledge of space technology and geospatial intelligence, thus creating new possibilities for improving decision making and policy making in multiple domains,” NAMRIA Administrator and Undersecretary Peter N. Tiangco, Ph.D. said.
The partnership will leverage both agencies’ capacity to better address climate change impacts, support biodiversity conservation, and advance scientific research, fostering long-term environmental sustainability.
“We continue to heighten our efforts in bringing space technology closer to Filipinos. In this collaboration with NAMRIA, our teams are employing new and existing know–how to develop additional tools for addressing challenges in managing our natural resources and environment, which will be translated to practice and operationalized,” PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. said.
NAMRIA Administrator and Undersecretary Dr. Tiangco and PhilSA Director General Dr. Marciano signed the agreement, witnessed by PhilSA Deputy Director General Denis F. Villorente and NAMRIA OIC Deputy Administrator Ofelia T. Castro.
The signing of the agreement formalizes the partnership built on previous joint initiatives between the two agencies.
About PhilSA
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is the central government agency of the Philippines that plans, develops, and promotes the national space program in line with the Philippine Space Policy. Created in August 2019 under Republic Act No. 11363 (‘The Philippine Space Act’), PhilSA is an attached agency of the Office of the President of the Philippines for purposes of policy and program coordination and to ensure alignment in national policies and priorities.
About NAMRIA
The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) is an agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) mandated to provide the public with mapmaking services and to act as the central mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility for natural resources data in the form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics.