MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) welcomes this boost in state funding for the development of the bamboo industry in the country which includes its massive use in reforestation work that can also provide sustainable livelihood for forest dwellers. As a sustainable resource, bamboo has huge potential as alternative material for housing and other building. It has various application in many other day to day products that can substitute for current raw materials that are non renewable, including plastics. MAKAKALIKASAN will support its promotion and development but we also remind government that while bamboo can create good "buffers" in boundaries of reforestation site and are excellent to plant in steep slopes to avoid further erosion, it is not a substitute for the needed diversity of many other ecosystem and habitat-specific hardwood varieties for reforestation. We also remind the government to ensure the price and access of people, especially the poor, to bamboo remains affordable and not let its categorization as high-value crop result in sky rocketing of its price simply because we will have more exports for it. Local supply must remain stable and sufficient. Read about MAKAKALIKASAN's Biodiversity Conservation Agenda: http://naturepartyph.weebly.com/biodiversity--habitat-conservation.html
JOIN to ACT through our appropriate FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: www.facebook.com/groups/makakalikasan.assembly Original article The government has allocated at least P22 billion for the development of bamboo industry in the country from 2021 to 2022 as the high value added forest product has good export potential, wide industry applications, and jobs creation. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said at the North Luzon and Central Luzon Virtual Bamboo Summit that for 2021 government agencies are implementing P594 million worth of projects while the Development Bank of the Philippines is making available P10 billion in loans for the industry. For 2022, a total of P1.4 billion-worth of projects have been proposed for that budget cycle, and about P10 billion-worth of loans again will be again made available. Read more
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MAKAKALIKASAN (Nature Party Philippines) supports full empowerment of Indigenous Peoples to manage their ancestral domain, including forest protection, conservation & regeneration. We also support the role of Non-IP (indigenous peoples) forest dwellers acting as stewards of our forest lands subject to the conditions of conservation tenurial instruments issued to them by national government that should regulate them, together with the local government units. Within this framework, we support the setting up of GREEN COMMUNES that that both result to habitat and biological diversity conservation and organic food production. This is part of our GREEN AGENDA under GREEN CITIES and DE URBANIZATION. HABITAT & BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION and SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.
JOIN to ACT our relevant FB Action Group: www.facebook.com/groups/ph.biodiversityconservation www.facebook.com/groups/ph.reforestation www.facebook.com/groups/ph.greencities.deurbanization www.facebook.com/groups/ph.sustainableagriculture To JOIN the MAKAKALIKASAN: www.naturepartyph.weebly.com/join.html To become a Founding Member, please JOIN our ASSEMBLIES: Makakalikasan Assembly Original article Nearly one-third of the land on Earth is forested, but because of agriculture and infrastructure development, nearly 27 soccer fields' worth of forest are destroyed every minute. Globally, forests are home to a significant majority of the world's land biodiversity and absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide every year. Over 1.5 billion people worldwide depend directly on forests for food, shelter, and their livelihoods. In Southeast Asia, countries from Cambodia to Indonesia to the Philippines have returned 8.8 million hectares of forested land to local management, so people who live in forests can lead the protection of their homes. The Mae Tha forest community in northern Thailand, for example, has been able to address droughts and illegal logging. And in Seattle, community members are creating the Beacon Food Forest, an urban permaculture project consisting of fruit and nut trees, berry shrubs, and other edible plants to provide food for the community and rehabilitate native habitats. Read more |
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