BSU documents Karao-Ekip forest practices
>> Sunday, June 24, 2012
By Jennelyn Sabado-Tabangcura
BOKOD, Benguet -- Indigenous forest conservation
practices of the people of Karao and Ekip in this remote town will be published
in a coffee table book and a documentary film titled, “Nu naguarey chontog,
egkiyaman biyag (without
mountains, we will not live).”
The book and film will contain the sustainable values and
beliefs of the Karaos concerning their trees, rivers and rice fields that have
sustained them for generations.
The contents of the book and film are all gathered
through community consultations, meetings, interviews and field visits.
One practice documented is the ‘tongil’ which
involves the pruning of tree branches for fuel wood rather than cutting down
the whole tree.
Generally, the Karaos put so much value to their
mountains that community members who burn forests and cut too much trees than
what is needed are despised and scolded by community elders.
The research is titled, “Indigenous Forest Conservation
Practices and Farming Systems in Karao and Ekip, Bokod, Benguet.” It is a part
of a research program titled, “Documentation of Healthy Indigenous Knowledge on
Agriculture and Environment Conservation in the Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR)”
which involves the State Universities and Colleges of the Cordillera
Administrative Region Research and Development Consortium (SUCCARDEC), CAR
Association of State Universities and Colleges (CARASUC) and the Cordillera
Indigenous Knowledge Network (CordiKnown).
The BSU research team included Dr. Ben D. Ladilad,
Erlinda A. Alupias, Filmore Y. Awas, Matyline A. Camfili, Maria Luz D.
Fang-asan, Rachel B. Kiong, Christine Grace B. Sidchogan, Constantino T.
Sudaypan, Jumar B. Yago-an and this writer.
1 comments:
ma'am/sir..how about your video documentary regarding that.??
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