COMMUNITY-BASED

PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR

SELECTED TREE AND VINES IN
SUPPORT OF THE FURNITURE
AND HANDICRAFT INDUSTRIES
 Objectives
– General: In general, this project aims to develop
community-based production models for tree and
vine/climber species in support of the furniture
and handicraft industries.
– Specific:
• Document and/or improve current and indigenous
propagation, maintenance and harvesting practices for
the selected species.
• Improve and increase current raw material sources
through introduction of alternative species and
innovation of existing silvicultural practices.
• Develop economically-feasible, environmentally-friendly
and socially-acceptable schemes of forest production
and management.
 Partner People’s Organization
• Kapit-bisig Farmers
Association, Inc.
(KBFAI)
– Sta Catalina,
Atimonan, Quezon
– CBFMA holder
– Established: August 7,
1991
– Members: 327
– Area: 2,207.03 ha
 Partner People’s Organization
• Gabriela Multi-
Purpose Cooperative,
Inc (GMPCI)
– Gabriela, Diffun,
Quirino
– CBFMA holder
– Established: June,
1991
– Members: 64 (M-51;
F-13)
– Area: 1,627.10 ha
 FRAMEWORK

Environmental Rehabilitation
of degraded
degradation uplands;
Indigenous Existing practices/ biodiversity
knowledge conservation
technologies
Pervasive
upland poverty Improved socio-
PARTNER economic
POs/IPs Scientists conditions of
Dwindling raw
SHIP upland dwellers

materials for
wood industry Sustainable
Community-based production of
wood and
Production System vine raw
materials
Natural
Resources Mgt Production and
Policies marketing support
Vibrant
wood
Market industry
conditions
 Activities Implemented
• Species selection
& ranking
• Planting stock
production
• Tree Management
• PO-led monitoring
scheme
• PO protection
scheme
 Use of Indigenous trees for
Restoration

Polycias nodosa

Madhuca betis

Pittosporum
Melia dubia pentandrum
EXTENSIVE GMELINA ARBOREA PLTN
 Use of Vine Species for
Restoration
• Silong Pugo – Pericampylus glaucus
(Lam.),
• Banot (Timbangan) – Aristolochia tagala
Cham.,
• Gugo – Entada phaseoloides (L.) Merr.,
Malakatmon - Tetracera scandens (Linn.)
Merr.,
• Hingiw –Ichnocarpus volubilis Merr.
 Planting Stock
Production
• Use of sterilized soil
to prevent soil-borne
diseases - used soils
from charcoal pits
• Learned about seed
dormancy and
designed their own
version of “warm
stratification”
 Community-
based Monitoring
 Community-
based fire control
 How did the PO-researcher
partnership worked?
• Project introduction
• Participatory
planning, monitoring
and evaluation
• Incentives for project
implementation
• Cross-farm and
institution visits
• Planning for
sustainability
 Lessons Learned

• Basic tree farming knowledge of People’s Organizations can

be enhanced thru training and actual farm-trials
• POs interested in field trials and experimentation to enhance
their current knowledge and skills and improve current raw
materials production
• POs have developed systems for planning, decision-making;
project implementation; M & E; feedback (researchers
capitalized on this)
• POs lack capital; partnership linked them to capital (e.g.
project development)
• Dynamic/dedicated leadership vital to project implementation
(risk: changing leaders)
• Forest restoration is best done using indigenous tree & even
vine/NTFP species
 Lessons Learned
• Sustaining the Community plantings
– Participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation
is of paramount importance
– Benefit-sharing mechanism should be set in
place.
– Project Development for sustained financing (e.g.
agroforestry, small-scale furniture projects);
– Skills development, e.g. product processing for
value adding
– Remove institutional obstacles that bars the PO
from harvesting and selling the trees they planted
 Expanding/Replicating
Community-based Plantations
• Embed in Forest Landscape Restoration
approach
• Links to markets/processing plants
• Promote diversity of products/services
• Adaptive management
• Advocate for farmer-friendly policies
• Strengthen indigenous knowledge/science
interface
Thank you
very much!