Introduction: NewCAPP and the MTE. Expanding and Diversifying the National System of Terrestrial Protected Areas in the Philippines Project (now known as New Conservation Areas in the Philippines Project or NewCAPP) is a five-year project intended to establish new management regimes for the conservation of terrestrial areas in Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Philippines. This proceeds from the recognition that despite its critical importance to global environmental sustainability, the Philippine floral and faunal diversity is faced with several threats. The primary government response is the establishment of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) encompassing more than 200 PAs covering more than 5.4M has of land and water bodies. The NIPAS, however, is faced with three main barriers: (1) small coverage of PAs and underrepresentation of Mindoro, Greater Luzon, Greater Mindanao, Greater Negros Panay and Greater Sulu in the PA system; (2) limited capacities of DENR-PAWB and PAMBs for PA management; and, (3) limited financial sustainability owing to inadequate financial planning, budgetary management and revenue generation. NewCAPP was thus designed to pilot new conservation areas that shall be outside the NIPAS but still part of the national protected area (PA) system. It has a three-pronged approach (outcomes): (1) establishing and/or enhancing alternatives/models on the ground; (2) capacitating key actors to enhance the management of these alternatives/models, and thereby also benefiting the managers of NIPAS sites in various parts of the country; and, (3) providing a policy basis for the existence, recognition and sustained support for ? thus, mainstreaming - these models and the existing NIPAS sites. The Project is being implemented in the following pilot sites: (1) Balbalan-Balbalasang National Park (ICCA); (2) Zambales Mountains (ICCA, and LGU-LCA in Mangatarem and Mt. Tapulao); (3) Mts. Irid Angelo and Binuang (ICCA); (4) Mts. Iglit Baco National Park (ICCA); (5) Polilio group of Islands (LGU-LCA); (6) Nug as Lantoy (LGU-LCA); (7) Mt. Nacolod (LGU-LCA); (8) Mt. Hilong-hilong (ICCA); (9) Mt. Kalatungan (ICCA); and, (10) Tawi-tawi Island (LGU-LCA). Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ? Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB) as Executing Partner, the project commenced in September 2010 and will end in September 2014. This is the Mid-term Evaluation (MTE) report of NewCAPP, to determine the project?s progress towards achieving its target outcomes. It also aims to highlight issues requiring decisions and actions, and present initial lessons learned about project design, implementation and management. It covers the first two-and-a-half years of project implementation, specifically from September 2010 until June 2013.