会议名称：“2022世界木材日”研讨会暨第四届国际林联（IUFRO）林产品文化研究组讨论会
会议时间：2022年3月21日

报告嘉宾：Aragon A. Dechimo Jr.
嘉宾简介：菲律宾师范大学维萨亚斯校区 三级讲师/菲律宾大学洛斯巴尼奥斯菲分校博士研究生

摘要：

Ethnobotanical data as an important component to a holistic analysis of a protected area in aid of planning for management initiatives and strategies for biodiversity conservation is seldom utilized due to its rarity or absence in Northern Negros Natural Park. This study aims to 1) determine the plant bioresource utilization of the local communities in Northern Negros Natural Park, and 2) determine the Institutional Management Regime for Northern Negros Natural Park. The data gathering involved household survey, key informant interview, and focus group discussions. The secondary data were also accessed from the office of the protected area superintendent and the local government units. Results showed that 51 species were collected and used for food (26%), ornamental (24%), herbal or medicinal value (19%) construction (12%), commercial (9%), charcoal and fuel wood (8%) and craft (3%) of the 643 households from 11 cities and municipalities covered by the protected area. The results also showed that threats like housing and settlement and annual and non-perennial timber crop cultivation were recorded high. The “context” and “planning” components were the strength of the protected area management scoring 64% and 53.8% respectively per Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) analysis. 69 There is only one clear law utilized in the regulation of bioresource harvesting in the protected area, the Republic Act 11038 or also known as the Expanded National Integrated Protected Area System (ENIPAS). Other than that, village and cooperative-imposed policies were applied to regulate bioresource use and harvesting. These results provided a vital socioeconomic and institutional understanding of the landscape ready for the interventions and management plans to address the issues that concerns bioresource utilization in the protected area.

Key words: Protected Area, Socioeconomic Assessment, Institutional Assessment, Management Effectiveness Tracking Toll Analysis, Ethnobotany and Northern Negros Natural Park

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