SOUTHERN SIERRA MADRE WILDLIFE CENTER PROJECT

Part of Angat Watershed It is a Protected Area It is also a historical place Different caves and rivers The terrain is mountainous; however there are

cement tracks located inside the national park. The park itself is developed by the local Peoples

Organization together with the Local Government.

Biak-na-Bato is a popular tourist destination in the Philippines.

From 1997 to 2004, Miriam-P.E.A.C.E. assisted in protected area management of Biak-na-Bato National Park through capacity-building of stakeholders, ecohistorical tourism and environmental education.

Five people’s organizations were organized and strengthened, bringing about their transformation from resource users to co-managers of the park.

Local guides and caterers were trained and provided with initial capital as they participated in community-based ecohistorical tourism that made Biak-na-Bato National Park to be the third highest earning protected area in the country.

Currently, Miriam-P.E.A.C.E., maintains 16 hectares of reforestation area in two parts of the park.

• Headwaters • Residual forests• Wildlife• Waterbodies (falls)• Caves• Indigenous peoples (Dumagats & Remontados)

THE PROJECT SITE #2:THE PROJECT SITE #2:KALIWA WATERSHEDKALIWA WATERSHED

BARANGAY: Laiban, Tanay Rizal

ETHNIC ORIGIN: Dumagats & Remontados

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: Agriculture

FACILITIES: Electricity for limited households, poor road conditions, poor school condition

THE COMMUNITY

The project aims to create a sustainable and replicable wildlife conservation

model in the Kaliwa Watershed that will serve as a

Window to the Sierra Madre.

Project is covered by a 25-year MOA with DENR-Region 4

OBJECTIVES OF

SOUTHERN SIERRA MADRE WILDLIFE CENTER

THREATS TO CONSERVATION

23 hectares reforested in Tanay, Rizal

Training on rainforestation

Provide basic literacy among Dumagats and Remontados

Backyard nurseries

Almost 60 - 100 households benefited from the purchase of seedlings that has been used for the project.

Almost 100 families and individuals benefited from the land preparations as workers.

School Year Total # of Scholars Total Graduates2006-2007 13 2 GS2007-2008 14 4 GS2008-2009 no data no data2009-2010 30 3 HS, 1 COL2010-2011 31 14 GS, 3 HS, 1 COL2011-2012 33 13 GS, 2 HS2012-2013 17 7GS, 1HS, 1COL

2013-2014 8 1HS, 1COL

Households benefited (Scholarship)

Lingap Bulilit:

-different trainings to the teachers and day care personnel, based on what the area needs.

Gurong Lingkod: teacher volunteers

•Numeracy and literacy•Sports clinic

EducationEquipmentsFacilitiesVolunteers

LivelihoodSkills Training