Multi-sectoral Participatory Urban Forestry Development in Philippines＇ Metropolitan Manila

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文献类型 期刊论文

文献题名 Multi-sectoral Participatory Urban Forestry Development in Philippines＇ Metropolitan Manila

作者 DONOSOLeonitoAcosta 

作者单位 ForestryDevelopmentCenterCollegeofForestryandNaturalResources 

母体文献 中国林业科技: 英文版 

年卷期 2005,4(1)

页码 74-84

年份 2005 

分类号 F334.162  S731.2 

关键词 菲律宾  马尼拉  城市森林  城市绿化  城市生态环境  生态效益  社会参与性  植树造林 

文摘内容 Metropolitan Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, initiated urban forestry projects to showcase its environmental benefits. Metro Manila was once a part of a tropical mangrove forest dominated by small trees locally called nilad (Scyphiphora hydrophyllaceae). The fast-paced urbanization transformed the original ecosystem into a bustling metropolis subjected to environmental decay. The establishment of urban forestry is one of the interventions sought by the government to mitigate the environmental conditions.Thus, the concept of participatory urban forestry was formalized in 1988 by the national government.However, it was during the early years of the 1970s that the idea of exerting collective effort in greening Metro Manila started through the Green Revolution, with the primary motive of uplifting the economic condition of the people rather than on ecological enhancement. The project was forced on the people to plant vegetables and fruit trees with less emphasis on forest trees species. Although the project was not successful,the government realized that the citizenry could be a great partner for a collective worthwhile undertaking。