Hike from Banaue to Cambulo and Batad, tracing ancient paddies to Tappiya Falls while meeting the Ifugao community sustaining ...

The Ifugao State University (IFSU) commemorates the 30th anniversary of the designation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its 14th anniversary as a Globally ...

Hand-carved in the hillsides some 500 years ago, the scenic rice terraces of the Philippines’ Ifugao province are recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and are a major draw for domestic and ...

For Joy Poligon, life is simple, if harsh. “If I don’t go to our rice field every day, we will have nothing to eat.” It takes her an hour for a return trip to Batad, traversing rough terrain to reach ...

September 2001, IUCN/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission. 2005 Report of the Reactive Monitoring Mission to the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, 29 May - 5 June 2005 2002 UNESCO Mission ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Revenue from a small hydropower plant that cost little more than a supercar to build, will help preserve 2,000-year-old Philippine rice terraces dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the ...

BANAUE, Philippines (Reuters) - As the Philippines grapples with its worst food crisis in years, many farmers in its cradle of rice cultivation are abandoning farming for more lucrative trades. Sign ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jun 2016) (14 pages) ABSTRACT. The social-ecological systems of rice terraces across Southeast Asia are the result of centuries of long-term interactions between ...

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