For disaster-prone countries like the Philippines affected by landslides, mudslides and widespread flooding, forest enrichment is a good practice option, especially for mountainous regions, to enhance resilience to climate change and livelihood security. Cultivation of Rambutan for forest enrichment addresses slow on setting climate change impacts. The practice has co-benefits to reduce the risk and impact of climate variability and extreme weather events with additional potential to contribute to mitigation by reducing emissions and enhancing carbon sinks. Rambutan is indigenous to the Malay Archipelago and has been widely cultivated throughout the region in Thailand, South Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. Planting Rambutan is a forest management strategy to improve the present stock of a logged-over forest to improve the density, volume and species composition using high value producing fruit trees species. Forest enrichment through the planting of Rambutan increases resilience to drought, heavy rainfall, pest and disease impacts; serves as a source of additional income and optimizes the use of idle lots/plots as well as nearby forest areas with low vegetation cover. Enrichment planting can be successfully used to increase the value of secondary forests and prevent their conversion to other land uses, thus reducing deforestation. Additionally, it helps to stabilize slopes and therewith reduce damages through erosion after heavy rainfall. While reducing the pressure on the forest ecosystem, Rambutan is a high-value fruit tree with promising economic returns.