Citing cases in various Southeast Asian uplands but focusing on a specific Philippine upland illustration in Bukidnon in Southern Philippines, this feature story looks at the relationship between development and the state of a country's natural resources. While asserting that development per se is not to be blamed, it cautions, however, that development--the kind which disregards and does not take into account good environmental and natural resources management for sustainability--cannot proceed without taking a corresponding toll. Hopefully, therefore, the residents of communities will take it upon themselves to be vanguards and protectors of their own ecosystems as they pursue the development path.
Implementation Crucial to Sustainable Environmental Management: On Development Policies, Institutions and Upland Environment of Southeast Asia
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