Publication
A social contract for biodiversity: Institutional solutions to environmental conservation in the Philippines
Details
Author(s):
D. Garrity
Type of Document:
Research Brief
Publisher/Journal:
SANREM CRSP, University of Georgia
Date of Publication:
2001
Place of Publication:
Watkinsville, GA
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Description
This brief addresses the questions: How to reconcile the diverse needs and claims of indigenous people, farming households, government agencies, and environmentalist groups? How to capitalize on local communities’ commitment and conservation ethic for the enforcement of protective boundaries?
How do tribal ancestral domain rights relate to conservation Goals? This brief draws from articles by Dennis Garrity et al. in: Seeking Sustainability: challenges of agricultural development and environmental management in a Philippine watershed. Edited by I. Coxhead and G. Buenavista. PCARRD, Los Banos, Laguna, 2001.
