The use of non-wood forest products by migrants in a new settlement

Experiences of a Visayan community in Palawan, Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID4635646
AuthorsCeleste Lacuna-Richman (University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume2
Issue1
Pages36-36
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-4269 • E-ISSN: 1746-4269
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/1746-4269-2-36
PMID16959026
PMCIDPMC1586005
OpenAlexW1776288778
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

Migrants are often constrained by a lack of knowledge regarding their new environment and require new skills for their livelihood. In Palawan, some of these necessary skills and knowledge are related to the collection and use of non-wood forest products (NWFPs), many of which the migrants were previously not familiar with. The predominantly Visayan migrants have been successful in familiarizing themselves with the NWFPs in the surrounding forests, with assistance from some of the local indigenous people, in this case the Tagbanua, and from previous migrant settlers. The NWFPs they know about and the extent of use are presented. Currently, except for almaciga (Agathis philippinensis Warb.) resin and house-building materials, NWFPs are considered as supplements to agricultural products, not as main source of either subsistence or income

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Business · Geography · Indigenous · Livelihood · Settlement (finance · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Traditional knowledge · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Philippine History and Culture · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Ecology

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