Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines

Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines

Thisarticle historicizes the use of exotic trees in Philippine greening projects. Highlighting the development of Mount Makiling into a forest laboratory where different exotic species were experimented on before their transplantation, it shows that colonial understanding regarding the roleof exotic...

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Main Author: Pagunsan, Ruel V.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol71/iss1/2
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-11522024-08-07T03:42:03Z Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines Pagunsan, Ruel V.; Thisarticle historicizes the use of exotic trees in Philippine greening projects. Highlighting the development of Mount Makiling into a forest laboratory where different exotic species were experimented on before their transplantation, it shows that colonial understanding regarding the roleof exotic species in reforestation continued to shape postcolonial efforts. I argue that the use of Makiling as a “natural laboratory” for countrywide projects produced conflicting discourses about the relationship between nature and nation, and that the changing appreciation toward exotic treeswas guided not only by biological studies but also by interests framed within the ideas of national identity and development.KEYWORDS: POSTWAR FORESTRY • FOREST REHABILITATION • EXOTIC TREES •NATURAL LABORATORY • NATIONAL SCIENCE 2023-04-20T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol71/iss1/2 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1152/viewcontent/Greening_20with_20Exotics_20_5Bvol._2071_20no._201_20_282023_29_2017_E2_80_9336_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle historicizes the use of exotic trees in Philippine greening projects. Highlighting the development of Mount Makiling into a forest laboratory where different exotic species were experimented on before their transplantation, it shows that colonial understanding regarding the roleof exotic species in reforestation continued to shape postcolonial efforts. I argue that the use of Makiling as a “natural laboratory” for countrywide projects produced conflicting discourses about the relationship between nature and nation, and that the changing appreciation toward exotic treeswas guided not only by biological studies but also by interests framed within the ideas of national identity and development.KEYWORDS: POSTWAR FORESTRY • FOREST REHABILITATION • EXOTIC TREES •NATURAL LABORATORY • NATIONAL SCIENCE
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author Pagunsan, Ruel V.;
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Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
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title Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_short Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_full Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_fullStr Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Greening with Exotics: Mount Makiling and Reforestation Discourses in the Twentieth-Century Philippines
title_sort greening with exotics: mount makiling and reforestation discourses in the twentieth-century philippines
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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