Bio-diversity

ELAC will be assisting four (4) groups of Indigenous people belonging to the Tagbanua and communities in Barangay Cabayugan and Barangay Tagabinet in activities that will help lessen the dependence of the local people, particularly the members of the Community-Based Sustainable Tourism (CBST) organizations, on resource extractive activities by increasing their income from agriculture, production of non-timber forest products, souvenir shop, livestock dispersal, and retail store; specifically this will be achieved through 1) establishment of a display center for souvenir items in Sitio Manturon, Bgy. Cabayugan for Cabayugan Community Tourism Association (CCTA); 2) provision of financial capital to CCTA for rice trading business in Cabayugan; 3) provision of financial capital to Cabayugan CADC for their production of non-timber forest product (rattan) and for their retail store; 4) provision of financial capital to Tagabinet CTA for their sustainable agriculture project, livestock dispersal and retail store in Tagabinet; 5) provision of financial capital to Samahan ng mga Tribu sa Kayasan (SATRIKA) for their sustainable agriculture and livestock dispersal project in Kayasan CADC; and 6) increase the capacity of these Community-Based Sustainable Tourism (CBST) organizations in managing sustainable livelihood projects in their areas within the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP).

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