Nicholas F. Emtage ABSTRACT Landholder typologies are potentially useful to assist in the design and administration of tree planting support programs. This paper reports a review of relevant literature on the nature of landholder types in regard to tree planting and upland farming in the Philippines, and some preliminary impressions of landholder types in several …
Steve Harrison1, Tyron Venn1, John Herbohn2, Peter Dart3 and Sharon Brown4 ABSTRACT This paper examines the findings of a socio-economic research project carried out to examine the financial performance, adoption progress and impediments to adoption, of a range of Australian tree species in the Philippines. This ACIAR-supported project was an extension of research into transfer …
Jerome K. Vanclay ABSTRACT The Simile programming language provides a powerful and relatively easy to use medium for developing models and simulating the behaviour of forestry systems. This is a highly visual approach to modelling, in that the flow diagram is in effect the computer program. This paper provides a simple introduction to use of …
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Eduardo O. Mangaoang and Arturo E. Pasa ABSTRACT This paper reports on the research experiences of students and faculty members at the College of Forestry of Leyte State University on smallholders’ preferred tree species for smallholder forestry in Leyte, Philippines. Results reveal that farmers have high preference for ‘premium’ native trees, i.e. those with high …
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Willie Oita ABSTRACT Community-Based Resource Management is a $US50M project financed by the World Bank and the Philippine government, designed to address the twin objectives of ameliorating rural poverty and resource degradation through support for locally generated and implemented natural resource management projects. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of local communities in forest, …
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John Herbohn ABSTRACT This paper discusses the collection of information to establish a reforestation baseline in community forestry in Leyte. Philippines. The paper outlines how baseline information about current nursery practices, including an assessment of seedling availability and quality and current levels of tree planting, will be used to assess the testing of intervention measures …
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Eduardo O. Mangaoang1 and Steve Harrison2 ABSTRACT This paper critically reviews tree farming and community forestry in four municipalities in Leyte. It examines problems and issues experienced by the local people in communities with respect to forestry, and makes observations about the progress of tree planting in both community and farm forestry. Field visits and …