In the southern Philippines’ Misamis Oriental province, Indigenous Higaonon practice a forest management tradition known as panlaoy. Panlaoy requires immersion in the forest, with participants ...
What do we mean when we say “indigenous”? In biology, a plant or animal is indigenous to a place if it has adapted so well to the environment after millions of years of evolution. In social science, ...
Manila, May 27, 2024 – Increasing Indigenous Peoples’ access to water and sanitation, education, health services, and economic opportunities, while still preserving their cultural identities, could ...
The island of Mindanao in the Philippines is ringed by beaches and covered in volcanoes and gardens of exotic orchids. Mindanao has been home to the Indigenous Lumad peoples for centuries, but ...
THE Philippines is a country of festivals. Many of these celebrations carry religious undertones, such as the Ati-Atihan in ...
The main objective of the World Bank’s Indigenous Peoples Engagement Strategy is to enhance the visibility of IPs in the Philippines and increase awareness of the need to address their development ...