#Indigenous Suludnon #farmers use their time-refined agroecological knowledge to grow crops, but climate-driven typhoons & pests & diseases strain their harvests in recent years, affecting their food and income security. Read my latest for @MongabayOrg: https://t.co/sHouQS2hET
Organic farming, and community spirit, buoy a typhoon-battered Philippine town:
After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms, @KeithFabro reports.
https://t.co/1PYfiVoERB
A record number of entries – 611!
From 110 global south countries
From 13 countries for the first time
Stories covering a wide range of topics
The Longlist is big!🌟
Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to those on the Longlist.
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Not much is known about the critically endangered Philippine eagle's range and wild population. Using satellite images and citizen science data, a team of researchers has recently identified forest areas suitable for the eagles, reports @KeithFabro.
https://t.co/wbtacNkVh8
The Philippine eagle has been declared threatened with extinction for nearly three decades, but little is definitely known about its range and its wild population, reports @KeithFabro.
https://t.co/wbtacNkVh8
For Philippines’ unprotected hotspots, new conservation window beckons
Scientists have identified 228 key biodiversity areas in the Philippines, but only 91 are currently part of the country’s network of protected areas. @KeithFabro reports: https://t.co/5NL4bydjLn
Almaciga resin, also known as Manila copal, is used as an additive in industrial products like varnish and linoleum, as well as traditionally for starting fires, caulking boats and fumigating against mosquitoes, reports @KeithFabro.
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The 1st time I saw a tingkep was in a QC store that supports non-timber forest products. Then, in a Palawan agritourism farm. I had no idea it could be protected by a power supply, as this story from one of the Jaime Espina Klima Correspondents Fellows @KeithFabro reveals.
Our 1st coastal #resilience story is out! @KeithFabro explains in @mongabay how outreach initiatives, community partnerships and #indigenous belief are preserving #mangroves in 🇵🇭, and the area’s coastal forests and fisheries are seeing a recovery.
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Four months after Typhoon Rai struck, the community of Macatumbalen in the western Philippines’ Palawan province has been left largely on its own as it attempts to resume forest restoration and replanting, @KeithFabro reports. https://t.co/CPwHpOEPiz
When Typhoon Rai struck the Philippines in December 2021, this community's forest was devastated, harming the ecosystem & local livelihood sources. They’re still trying to recover what they lost
Reporting by @KeithFabro edit by @sanshey & I for @mongabay https://t.co/FW2XByz3Td
Mary Jean Feliciano says the vice-mayoral post will allow her to resume her fight against attempts to change local land use policies, which currently have not zoned any of the municipality to allow for mining, @KeithFabro reports. https://t.co/s10cgWPoxK
“If [local and Indigenous communities] basic right over their resources is taken away, no amount of external intervention can ensure sustainability.” - Minnie Degawan, director of @ConservationOrg Indigenous & Traditional Peoples
Via @Mongabay@KeithFabro https://t.co/EsO2n9CetT
Traditional handicrafts like the Pala’wan people’s 'tingkep' are deeply tied to local ecosystems; supporting traditional practices can aid conservation by creating incentives for keeping forests intact. Read: https://t.co/fvkmpglwWq @MongabayOrg@ConservationOrg@NCCAOfficial
A coalition of environment groups launched Monday its “green scorecard” for the 2022 national elections, which aims to determine the positions and commitments of poll candidates on climate and environmental issues.
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