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Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines) : a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities

Boissière Manuel, Liswanti Nining. 2006. Biodiversity in a Batak village of Palawan (Philippines) : a multidisciplinary assessment of local perceptions and priorities. Jakarta : CIFOR, 51 p.

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Résumé : Logging activities and conversion for agriculture have had a severe impact on the Philippines' tropical forests. Nevertheless, the nation's natural forests are still an important source of goods and services for many local people, such as the Batak in Kalakwasan village. Living in the Tanabag valley on Palawan Island, this minority group relies heavily on natural resources for its livelihoods. Traditional activities include shifting farming: planting mixed crops near the river and farming mountain rice fields. As a semi-nomadic group, the Batak still frequently move inside their traditional territory to look for specific and seasonal forest products, including wild pigs, honey, beeswax, resin of Agathis, and rattan. Some Batak households have adopted a more permanent lifestyle in the village. But most spend considerable time in temporary and seasonal camps along the river, near their gardens and close to the forests where they can find the products that comprise much of their daily livelihoods. This report identifies which resources and landscapes are important to the Batak people. It also documents their perceptions and priorities regarding forest management. By playing close attention to the Bataks' perspectives, the "Levelling the Playing Field" project (LPF) is able to better understand their opinions and hopes for the present and future use of their natural resources. Further, by understating local perceptions, greater insight is gained into the complex relations between the Bataks and coastal migrants living in the district capital (barangay), and their political and economic marginalization on Palawan Island.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : biodiversité, communauté rurale, sociologie rurale, gestion des ressources naturelles, utilisation des terres

Classification Agris : F40 - Écologie végétale
K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection

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