Pantaron Mountain Range
Agusan del Sur
Pantaron Mountain Range, also called the Central Cordillera of Mindanao, Philippines is a mountain range straddling across the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur.
The range contains one of the last remaining old growth or primary forest blocks in Mindanao. Major rivers in the island also has their headwaters i ...
n the mountain range including Mindanao River, Pulangi River, Davao River, Tagoloan River and major tributaries of Agusan River.
Ethnic tribal communities such as the Manobos, Higaonons and Bukidnons are the inhabitants of the area. Ancestral domain claims within the boundaries of the mountain range has also been identified by the government for these ethnic minorities.
Pantaron Mountain Range News
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Lumad Woman Warrior Hailed As Hero For Environment
The lone living woman warrior and chieftain of the "lumad" community was hailed as an unsung hero for the environment in this years Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan (GBK) Awards.
Abiok Ligkaian Bigkay, also known as Bai Bibiaon, was conferred the most distinguished award on Thursday at the University of the Philippines Diliman in recognition of her leadership in asserting the rights of the Talaingod Manobo to their ancestral domains in the Pantaron Mountain Range in Mindanao.
Bestowed by the Center for Environmental Concerns and partner organizations, the award is given in recognition of an ind ... -
Mother Of Lumad Crusading Manobo Chieftain 92 Gets Tandang Sora Award From UP
Manobo chieftain Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, 92, known for fighting for the rights of indigenous people and respect for their ancestral domain, has been awarded the 2017 Gawad Tandang Sora by the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo lauding her as the "mother of the lumad".
During the festivities on Thursday, Bigkay became the third person to receive the award named after the Mother of the Philippine Revolution, Melchora "Tandang Sora" Aquino, since it was first given in 2010. She ... -
Manobo Lumad Woman Warrior Chieftain Is Recipient Of UPs Gawad Tandang Sora Award
Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, a popular Lumad woman leader from Talaingod, Davao del Norte will be this year's recipient of University of the Philippines' Gawad Tandang Sora award.
Bai Bibyaon is the first woman Manobo chieftain and warrior n Pantaron range, which comprises the ancestral domain also shared by Salugpongan of Talaingod in Davao del Norte province. She is known for her defiant stance against the entry of logging operations in their community back in 1990s.
Jocelyn Caragay, dean of College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD), said the award, which is named after ... -
Xavier University MisOr Bukidnon Forest Protectors Share On Program Partnership Opportunities
In partnership with the Xavier Science Foundation Inc (XSF), the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation Inc (PTFCF) gathered forest management stakeholders from Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental for a consultation from October 17 to 18 at the Xavier University - Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (SEARSOLIN).
Government agencies, the academe, civil society organizations, and indigenous peoples' communities managing and conserving the mountain ranges of Kitanglad, Kalatungan and Pantaron in Bukidnon and Mt Balatukan in Misamis Oriental gathered to learn about community- ... -
Support to Mindanao peoples defense of land environment urged
"The Talaingod Manobos who are now just returning to their lands are still in need of food, medicines, blankets and other materials in order to rebuild their lives. They need our support in filing complaints and lobbying against the military before the Commission on Human Rights, Philippine Congress, Philippine courts, and up to the level of the United Nations."
What is happening in Mindanao today, based on reports of participants in the recent National Humanitarian and Fact-finding Mission, is an intense, costly and savage military campaign being conducted by the Aquino government, using p ... -
Mindanao natural resources protectors under siege
Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) warned that the largely undocumented biodiversity in Pantaron Range might disappear, along with the indigenous knowledge of the Talaingod Manobos who have protected the forests of the mountain range over the past decades, if they continue to be driven out of their ancestral domain as a result of massive troop deployment and military operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
This is a familiar story by now ??" once upon a time, the Philippines had an extensive forest cover. Then, large-scale 'legal' logging concess ...