Rainforestation and Sustainable Development: From the Lens of the Four Individual Adopters from the Visayas Region in the Philippines
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1907.02.03Keywords:
environment conservation, economic, environmental and social benefitsAbstract
Rainforestation (RF) is a reforestation strategy designed to address the problem of dwindling Philippine forest landscapes by planting native trees to unproductive and idle lands. It was introduced in the early 1990’s to ensure that forests only have species that are endemic in the country. Using the method of hermeneutic phenomenology, this paper concludes that the Philippine indigenous tree species have enhanced the viability of Rainforestation as a major conservation strategy in the Philippines as compared to the exotic trees used by the government in the 1970s and 1980s and therefore, is very significant in promoting biodiversity and sustainable development.
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inquirer.net/1019373/rare-bird-sighted-after-111-
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rainforestation sites in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines.
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community-based forest management program
as a strategy on forest restoration in Cienda and
San-Vicente, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines. Asian
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Sociology, 15(4), 1–20.
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implementation and Durkheim's Notion of
Mechanical Solidarity: From the experiences of
the pioneering adopters of the Cienda San Vicente
Farmers Association in Baybay City, Leyte. Journal
of Agriculture and Technology Management, 21(1),
1–16.
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development through environmental education:
From the perspectives of past and present
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restoring our dying forests. (Policy Paper no. 3).
Manila, Philippines: Haribon Foundation.
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(Haribon Policy Paper no. 2). Manila, Philippines:
Haribon Foundation.
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on International Agricultural Research for
Development. Retrieved from: http://www.
rainforestation.ph/Resources/pdf/publications/
Goltenboth_2005_Ecosystem_Approach.pdf
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Appropriate and Applied Ecological Approach for
Landscape Rehabilitation and Impact Mitigation
of Climate Change in the Humid Tropics. Annals of
Tropical Research, 33(2), 85–106.
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restored forests containing primary, secondary
growth, or residual forests. (Vol. 3). Manila,
Philippines: PANAO. Rain Forest Restoration
Initiative.
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trees? Examining the state of the Philippine
forests. Retrieved from http://www.kalikasan.
net/features/2011/06/05/where-are-the-treesexamining-state-philippine-forests
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and Health Research. Boston, Massachusetts:
Kluwer Academic.
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Trainers Manual. Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines:
Visayas State University Institute of Tropical Ecology.
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Amazonia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science,
1–11. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/616383
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reforestation program planting the right trees?.
Retrieved August 2, 2017, from http://www.
rappler.com/nation/51200-national-greeningprogram-native-trees
Schneider, T., Ashton, M., Montagngini ,F., & Milan, P.
(2013). Growth performance of sixty three species
in smallholder reforestation trials on Leyte,
Philippines. New Forests. Springer Science Media
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Human science for an action sensitive pedagogy
(2nd ed.). London, United Kingdom: Althouse.
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Philippines Experiences Strong El Niño
Retrieved from: http://www.philstar.com/
headlines/2015/09/29/1505260/pagasaphilippines-experiencing-strong-el-nino
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Fernandez, G. C., & Bande, M. J. M. (2019). Rainforestation and Sustainable Development: From the Lens of the Four Individual Adopters from the Visayas Region in the Philippines. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 7(2), 29–46. https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1907.02.03
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