Sanctuaries for threatened species and communities in Northeast Luzon, Philippines
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £140,000
WHERE Philippines
Summary
The Northern Sierra Madre in Northeast Luzon holds the last great forest of the Philippines and important wetland areas but these, and their species, are threatened by agricultural conversion and unsustainable hunting and fishing. This project will engage communities in the management of local sanctuaries for threatened species. The project also promotes a nature-based solution to habitat degradation and poverty: agroforestry-based livelihoods as an alternative to unsustainable slash-and-burn farming in the sanctuaries.
College of Forestry and Environmental Management, Municipal Government of Baggao, Cagayan, Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, Naguilian (CENRO), Isabela State University, College of Development Communication and Arts & Sciences, Government of the Philippines - DENR
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