Community-based management planning and payment for environmental services : the case of the Subanen of Misamis Occidental, Philippines
2015
Salvador-Canceran, M.G. | Lasco, R.D. | Anit-Evangelista, K.P.A. | Bantayan, N.C. | Calderon, M.M.
This paper explores the use of Community-Based Management Planning (CBMP) in developing a Payment for Environmental Services (PES) scheme for the conservation of Layawan watershed, particularly the services that the Subanen Tribe provides. The study used the participatory three-dimensional modeling (P3DM) as a tool in community-based management planning. This tool served as guide in identifying land uses and the management strategies to be used for the management planning. Community-based management plans were developed with the vision of uplifting the Subanen's status of living and at the same time conserving and protecting the Layawan watershed. However, the communities do not have sufficient means of livelihood to support their needs, and if this is allowed to continue, it can make them turn to extractive and possibly destructive activities within the watershed. Recognizing Subanen's important role in protecting the watershed and securing watershed services, there is a need to support the Subanen, possibly through a sustainable financing mechanism such as PES. Through P3DM, the communities were able to visualize their current situation in a holistic way. They were able to appreciate the connection between their livelihood and the surrounding environment, paving the way for their willingness to participate in a PES scheme as environmental services (ES) providers of the Layawan watershed. The communities recognized that the conservation and protection of the Layawan watershed is also to their best interest because the area is not only a source of natural resources but also serves as their home and ancestral domain. They believed that the agroforestry system is a strategy to address their problem on low household incomes thus, they will be able to conserve and protect the watershed even as they enhance their income-generating capacity.
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