MINAH Presentation of Rep. Teddy Baguilat_final

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A presentation by Teddy Brawner Baguilat

(Congressman, Philippine House of Representatives)


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Located in in the Cordillera

Administrative Region in thenorthern part of Philippines

400 kms north of Philippine capitalof Manila

Subdivided into 11 municipalities:

1. Aguinaldo2. Alfonso Lista3. Asipulo4. Banaue5. Hingyon6. Hungduan

7. Kiangan8. Lagawe9. Lamut10. Mayoyao11. Tinoc


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TUWALITRIBE

AYANGANTRIBE

KALANGUYATRIBE

TRIBES IN IFUGAO


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For many years, people outside ofIfugao have known only aboutBanaue Rice Terraces. In truth, the

terraces span a wide area consistingof five clusters of terraces, located infour different municipalities ofIfugao.


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The Bangaan Rice Terraces is nestled in amphitheater-like semi-circular terraces with a villageat its base.

Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/


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The Bangaan Rice Terraces backdrops a typical Ifugao traditional village

Sources: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/http://www.flickr.com/photos/eazy360/4580539770/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/


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The Mayoyao Rice Terraces is characterized by terraces interspersed with traditionalfarmers bale (houses) and alang (granaries).

Sources: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/http://migrationology.com/2009/08/not-just-a-tourist-but-a-family-friend-mayoyaos-paradise-rice-terraces/
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/


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The Nagacadan Rice Terraces a rice terraces clustermanifested in two distinct ascending rows ofterraces bisected by a river.



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The Hungduan terrace cluster uniquely emerges into a spider web.



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Work on the terraces started 2,000 years ago

Shaped out of the mountains using bare hands

and primitive tools They reach a higher altitude and are built on

steeper slopes than most terraces in Asia


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Among the factors that make the Ifugao Terraces a remarkable workof engineering is the way the stone or mud walls carefully trace the

natural contours of hills and mountains.


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The maintenance of the living rice terraces reflectsa primarily cooperative approach of the whole

community which is based on detailed knowledgeof the rich diversity of biological resources existingin the Ifugao agro-ecosystem, a finely tuned annualsystem respecting lunar cycles, zoning andplanning, extensive soil conservation, mastery of amost complex pest control regime based on theprocessing of a variety of herbs, accompanied byreligious rituals.

-UNESCO


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Managementof terraces

TerracesOwners andCommunity

National andLocal

Government Collaborationof the owners,

community,and the

government


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* Use of traditional ancestral land use management traditions ofthe indigenous Ifugao community

* Individual terraces are privately owned and protectedthrough ancestral rights, tribal laws and traditional practices

* cooperative approach of the whole community based ondetailed knowledge of the diversity of biological resources

existing in the Ifugao agro-ecosystem, a finely tuned annualsystem respecting lunar cycles, zoning and planning,extensive soil conservation, and the mastery of a mostcomplex pest control regime based on the processing of avariety of herbs, accompanied by religious rituals


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lfugao Terraces Commission (1994)

-A Presidential Commission mandated topreserve the Rice Terraces.

-At the time of inscription, a 6-year Master

Plan was established, which was laterexpanded to cover a ten year period. .


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At present, the Rice Terraces is under themanagement of the Provincial Government of Ifugaothrough the Ifugao Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO)

and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

A Rice Terraces Master Plan covers management,conservation and socio-economic issues.


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The Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo)

- Organization of individuals and peoples organizations (POs) working for theprotection and preservation of the Ifugao rice terraces, UNESCO "WorldHeritage Sites" and the natural Ifugao agro-ecosystem

- Assisted in community development ranging from research, surveying,project planning, capacity-building, community-organizing, participatoryland-use and development planning, mechanical engineering, laboratoryresearch, crop intensification, environmental advocacy, participatory localgovernance, empowerment of women health workers, educational tourism,

to the development of micro-enterprises

- Uses conventional means of advocacy, such as dissemination of informationmaterials, as well as innovative methods like eco-tourism

- Helped build support for the Terraces from among the Ifugaos as well asfrom other Filipinos and even foreigners


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Collapsed Terraces


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Destroyed Irrigation System


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Abandonment of rice fields


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Poverty

Forest Degradation

Outmigration

Climate Change

Proliferation of giant earthworms

Lack of coherent land use and zoning policy


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Community-based Land Use and Zoning Program

Rice Terraces restoration of both government andprivate sector actions


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*

*Pioneered by SITMo in 2004

*Resulted to barangay land-use plans founded onindigenous land-use and zoning systems in two World

Heritage Terrace clusters.

*Implemented through a municipal ordinance.

*The process was an interface of the Indigenous Peoples

Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA Law) and the Local Government

Code of 1991.


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Vital Components:

1. Capturing indigenous knowledge on land use, conservation andresource management

2. Consultations at terraces clusters

3. Collective decision-making

4. Drafting of an ordinance indicating land use and zoning and itsimplementing regulations taking off from oral traditions to

modern governance

*


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*

1. Terraces and communal watersheds as core or protectedarea

2. Private woodlots and vegetable gardens as buffer zonesand the villages as built up

3. Other built-up areas to include government institutions,housing and tourism facilitie


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Private sector efforts, Government-funded projects and collaborations from both

sector to restore destroyed terraces


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Current legal structure:

* Ifugao Master Plan and the Local Government Code of thePhilippines which provides for local autonomy to localgovernments

* Forestry Code and the National Integrated Park Systems

* The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act which mandates the FreePrior Informed Consent of the Indigenous Peoples with regardto development projects in their ancestral lands. The law

also recognizes and incorporates traditional governancesystems in cultural communities.


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Passage of the following measures in

Congress are vital in heritage conservation:

National Land Use and Management Act(NLUMA)

Minerals and Management Bill

Forest Resources Management Bill


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Thank you very much

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