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Towards the Development of a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for the Conservation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines

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  • Margaret M Calderon

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

  • Josefina T. Dizon

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

  • Asa Jose U. Sajise

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

  • Rogelio T. Andrada II

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

  • Nathaniel T. Bantayan

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

  • Myranel G. Salvador

    (College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of The Philippines, Los Banos)

Abstract

This study from the Philippines shows that tourism revenue could finance a significant part of the restoration and preservation work that is needed to save one of the country's most important cultural treasures. The study focuses on the key challenges that are facing the Ifugao Rice Terraces. The Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995. These terraces have been deteriorating steadily in recent years and they have been the subject of a number of under-funded and delayed 'action plans' that have failed to halt their decline. The challenges facing the terraces include a declining water and labour supply. The study finds that capturing tourists' willingness-to-pay for the conservation of the rice terraces could generate revenues of P 6.65 million or more a year. The study also finds that the water supply problems in the terraces would be reduced if deforestation was tackled and irrigation systems and damaged terrace walls were repaired. The study recommends that a labor subsidy payment should be introduced for Ifugao farmers. This would help them to continue to farm the terraces, would go some way to solving labour supply problems and would also help finance costly maintenance and terrace repair work.

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  • Margaret M Calderon & Josefina T. Dizon & Asa Jose U. Sajise & Rogelio T. Andrada II & Nathaniel T. Bantayan & Myranel G. Salvador, 2009. "Towards the Development of a Sustainable Financing Mechanism for the Conservation of the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines," EEPSEA Research Report rr2009071, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), revised Jul 2009.
    • Handle: RePEc:eep:report:rr2009071
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    1. Pavel CIAIAN & Sergio GOMEZ y PALOMA, 2011. "The Value of EU Agricultural Landscape," JRC Research Reports JRC65456, Joint Research Centre.
    2. Gu, Hongyan & Jiao, Yuanmei & Liang, Luohui, 2012. "Strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of forest-dependent communities: The case of the Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan, China," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 53-59.
    3. Lulu He & Qingwen Min & Chuanchun Hong & Yongxun Zhang, 2021. "Features and Socio-Economic Sustainability of Traditional Chestnut Forestry Landscape in China: A Case of Kuancheng County, Hebei Province," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Guannan Zhu & Xiande Li & Yongxun Zhang, 2021. "Multi-Stakeholder Involvement Mechanism in Tourism Management for Maintaining Terraced Landscape in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (IAHS) Sites: A Case Study of Dazhai Village in Longji Terra," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-21, October.
    5. Yongxun Zhang & Qingwen Min & Heyao Li & Lulu He & Canqiang Zhang & Lun Yang, 2017. "A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-12, February.

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