Traditional environmental practices of the Eva Aetas: The value of indigenous knowledge in rehabilitation

• Main Authors: Vince Cruz, Chona Camille E., Abeledo, Ryanorlie B.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Upland conservation > Philippines > Bataan; Aeta (Philippine people)—Social life and customs; Environmental protection > Philippines > Bataan; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3598; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4600/type/native/viewcontent/S1466046614000519.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Eva Aetas are custodians of a degraded upland environment in Sitio Pita Bayan-bayanan, a small community in the town of Orion, Bataan, the Philippines. Having lived there for seven decades, they have watched their ancestral land decay from a lush forest to barren grassland. Acknowledging the fac...