Workshop 1A will update members of the RAC on the REA and affirm the NEA through discussions on topics like mining, logging, unsustainable agriculture and fishery practices, indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge, policy and governance, pollution, climate change and renewable energy, peace and development, and population, health and the environment issues in Mindanao. Strategies to address these issues will include policy advocacy, capacity building, research, knowledge sharing, information and education campaigns, taking a rights-based approach, and partnership building. Cross-cutting themes will involve peace, gender, youth, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and cultural sensitivity.