COMMUNITY BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE IKALAHAN
| Autor: | Delbert Rice |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Forests, Trees and Livelihoods. 11:127-148 |
| ISSN: | 2164-3075 1472-8028 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14728028.2001.9752381 |
| Popis: | The experience of the Ikalahan, a tribe living on the high slopes of the mountains in Northern Luzon, Philippines is described from 1973, the date of the creation of the Kalahan Education Foundation (KEF), which was formed to represent the Ikalahan at the signing of two Memoranda of Agreement with the Philippine Government. The one gave them exclusive tenure over nearly 15,000 hectares of ancestral land and the other established their own High School. The Trustees of the KEF, tribal leaders, have followed five principles in the development of strategies to sustain and conserve the ecology of the mountain forests and the culture of the people. These principles are based on an appreciation of the need to maintain a healthy, diverse environment, providing good air and climate, clean water and a good livelihood for all its member species, including humans. The administrative structure of the KEF is described along with its activities, including improvement of the traditional swidden farming for food,... |
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