Collaborative Protected Area Management in the Philippines

1:10,000 scale model of Mt. Pulag National Park, Benguet, Ifugao and Nueva Vizcaya, PHI (Yr 1999).

Note: The model (360 km²) includes portions of four Ancestral Domain Claims.

Participants: Representatives from the Ibaloi, Kalanguya, Kankana-eys and Karaos Indigenous communities, Local Government Officials, DENR, NAPOCOR

Method/tools: P3DM and GIS

Thematic maps: Examples from the field

Details of the exercise:

In line with the 1992 Earth Summit, the European Union and the Government of the Philippines, initiated and co-financed the National Integrated Protected Areas Programme (NIPAP). This is a six-year (1995-2001) intervention aimed at establishing eight protected areas within the framework of the Philippine protected area system. The system strongly supports the participation of local communities in planning and implementing policies and actions to conserve biodiversity. The challenge faced by the Programme has been how to give due weight to the interests of local communities in delineating protected area boundaries, identifying resource-use zones and formulating policies on protected area management.

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Model produced by local stakeholders in the framework of the EU & GoP funded
National Integrated Protected Area Programme (1995-2001)