TY - CONF T1 - Land-use management towards increased biodiversity of ecosystems T2 - Workshop on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development Y1 - 1992 A1 - Paciencia P. Milan A1 - Josef Margraf KW - aquatic resources KW - biodiversity KW - fishing KW - indigenous farming KW - Leyte KW - Philippines AB - Farmers on the island of Leyte are utilizing a range of ecosystems along a catena that can reach from primary mountain forest to the pelagial of the adjacent sea. Being a farmer during daytime and a fisherman at night requires a wide range of skills but has historically not brought about a need for the development of a sustainable land use management. This parodistic situation has drastically changed within this century of increasing human population and led to severe degradation of most accessible ecosystems. Research is undertaken to generate new and compact widely scattered indigenous knowledge on the highly diverse flora and fauna of all major ecosystems. The results are translated into environmental awareness and pilot projects. While for the aquatic ecosystems protected reproduction zones are recommended, our efforts to sustain human food production and simultaneously preserve the biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems and their vital functions for mankind, led to the development of a "Closed Canopy & High Diversity Forest Farming System." The system is aiming to replace the more destructive forms of kaingin practices, form a buffer zone around the primary forests, help maintain the water cycle of the island, and provide our farmers with a stable and higher income. (author) JF - Workshop on Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development U5 - 12 pp. ER - TY - Generic T1 - The use of indigenous knowledge in analyzing resource allocation at the farm level: A new approach to economic analysis Y1 - 1986 A1 - Randolph Barker A1 - Thomas F. Weaver A1 - Julie Leones A1 - Daniele Perrot-Maitre KW - cognitive anthropology KW - economic analysis KW - economic anthropology KW - economics KW - ethnolinguistics KW - ethnoscience KW - ethnosemantics KW - Farming Systems Development Project-Eastern Visayas (FSDP-EV) KW - indigenous knowledge KW - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) KW - Leyte KW - Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) KW - Philippines KW - University of Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB) KW - Visayas State College of Agriculture (ViSCA) KW - World Bank AB - Too often we hear of superior technology in the experiment station which farmers are either unable or unwilling to adopt. This research proposal takes a new approach to the problem. The first step will be to understand the production process from the perspective of the farmers. Then, this farmer-generated framework will be used to specify resource management domains, analyze efficiency in resource use, and identify potentials for development of new technology. U5 - 30 pp. JO - The use of indigenous knowledge in analyzing resource allocation at the farm level ER -