Pantaron Range Manobo
San Fernando, Bukidnon
One of the largest remaining old growth forests in the Philippines is located in the Pantaron Mountain Range. It covers 1.8 million hectares and supplies the water of major rivers in Mindanao. The natural forests of the region support immense biodiversity and links important breeding sites of the Philippine eagle at Mount Kitanglad and Mount Apo. The Talaingod Manobos are considered guardians of t ...
he Pantaron Mountain Range and Kalikasan PNE warned that the largely undocumented biodiversity in Pantaron Range might disappear, along with the indigenous knowledge of the Talaingod Manobos if both the range and the Talaingod were not protected.
Pantaron Mountain Range Manobo News
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Endangered Virgin Forests Threatened Indigenous Peoples In Mindanao
The Talaingod Manobos renew call to defend their ancestral land from the entry of destructive corporate projects, and to end the military operations in their area.
The Pantaron Mountain Range swathes the provinces of Bukidnon, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur, covering 1.8 million hectares or 12.4% of the entire Mindanao region.
It is where one of the largest remaining virgin or primary forests in the Philippines is located, supplying the water of major rivers and their tributaries in Mindanao.
It is also where the Talaingod Manobo ... -
Local Knowledge On Biodiversity In Pantaron Range Might Vanish Along With Flora And Fauna If Displacement Land Grabbing Continues
The 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 that have protected the forests of the mountain range over the past decades, if the displacement of the indigenous Lumad communities caused by the militarization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) persists.
This was among the major conclusions of the environmental group during their participation in a National Solidarity Mission (NSM) organized by national and local peopl ... -
Davao Del Norte Manobo Vow To Resist All Threats To Their Land And Way Of Life
We want peace here in Talaingod. But if they take away our land, we will fight. We will fight with our native weapons."
This was the message of several datu of the Talaingod Manobo led by the fugitive Datu Guibang Apoga, who has become a local legend, when they faced a group of journalists in the hinterlands of Davao del Sur on May 14.
Wearing their traditional outfits, the tribal leaders said they used to live in peace in the mountains of Talaingod, including the Pantaron Range, home to one of the few remaining tropical rainforests in the Philippines.
But operations by the Army's 10t ...