Re: Saving not only the Sacred Forest of the Higa-onon tribe in the Philippines
by Hinrich Paulsen
Hi Steve,
thank you very much for this very important comment.
Yes, it is a challenge to make sure that once the land is sold to Datu
it does not get resold and destroyed. According to plans the sale will
be duly notarized and beneficiary will be the community represented by
(probably) the Tribes and Natures Defenders Inc., a Sustainable Business
Enterprise which aims to preserve the land for future generations.
Datu has agreed to share the legal document publicly and I have
suggested to add a clause regarding the protection of the land
safeguarding against future sales that would deviate from the
conservation objective.
Best regards,
Hinrich
2 years, 4 months
Saving not only the Sacred Forest of the Higa-onon tribe in the Philippines
by Hinrich Paulsen
Dear list,
during Global Landscape Forum Biodiversity Conference in October of 2020
(https://events.globallandscapesforum.org/biodiversity-2020/) I met Datu
Lanelio Sangcoan
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/datu-lanelio-sangcoan-a16a2988/), who is a
tribal leader from the Philippines. His story, in very short, goes like
this:
Approximately 50 clans live in the Philippines on an area of about
20,000 hectares of which only about 5,000 hectares remain. The rest have
been lost to outsiders who have bought the land and started logging,
mining as well as oil palm and coconut plantation operations. Currently
their sacred forest, about 100 hectares, which is used for ceremonial
purposes, is under severe threat of also being sold to companies because
of food insecurity and poverty amongst their people. The area as a
whole, not only the sacred forest, is a hotspot of biodiversity but also
the basis for the livelyhoods of the indigenous people.
Over the past 3 months Datu and I have been working on creating a first
map of the area so that the tribes have some digital data to work with,
also for use in our platform for ecosystem restoration HERMOSA. However,
the process of losing their land is ongoing, since poverty entices the
elders to sell the land. At 500 USD per hectare the land is not that
expensive, depending on where you are coming from. It is Datu's idea to
buy the land so that it can be protected and serve future generations.
The biggest problem of this idea is the lack of money. I suggested that
he set up a crowdfunding campaign, which you can find here:
https://gogetfunding.com/have-mercy-on-us-save-mount-kalabasiyon-sacred-f...
In the meantime I have set up a support campaign which you can access here:
https://gofund.me/72b9d70e
https://gofund.me/72b9d70e
Since the HERMOSA platform is about restoring ecosystems, I have been in
conversation with a lot of specialists over the past 3 years and they
all seem to agree that the restoration of ecosystems costs anywhere
between 2,000 and 5,000 USD per hectare. For 100 hectares this would be
200,000 to 500,000 USD. And then it is only restored and probably not in
the original, pristine state.
Here is the question: Why do we not spend 25% or 10% percent of the
above price tags (see crowd-funding campaign above) to have predestined
custodians of the forest conserve the original state instead of spending
so much more later on for inferior quality combined with a lot of
biodiversity loss, erosion, environmental pollution and personal
hardships in the meantime?
This should get everybody (banks, funds, corporations, philanthropists
etc.) thinking who are considering investing in ecosystem restoration.
Imagine being able to save 75% to 90% or making your money go the extra
mile(s) while making the planet a better place and a lot of people very
happy.
Since this discussion has been taking place on LinkedIn over the past
months Datu and I decided to take it to this mailinglist in the hopes of
having more people join in and find a solution for the tribes in the
Philippines. With a bit of luck and perseverance we might come up with a
solution that serves as blueprint for other tribes too who are in the
same dire situation.
Looking forward to some creative discussions and actions.
Best regards,
Hinrich
2 years, 4 months
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2 years, 4 months
[HERMOSA]: Happy New Year 2021!
by Hinrich Paulsen
Dear list,
even though the year is well under way I would like to wish you all a
happy, healthy and prosperous year 2021, may it be less dramatic than
the year gone by but not less successful!
The HERMOSA team is geared up for lots of wonderful action this year and
is looking forward to collaborating with you all. We are slowly but
steadily getting into our rhythm of releasing a new version of the
HERMOSA platform about once a month and so far we have developed some
really cool functionality:
* implementation of a rights and role management so that users have
control over their projects and data
* Automated training data generation (in addition to the manual
creation) for Sentinel-2 optical data
* Analysis of Sentinel-1 RADAR data, which is especially interesting
in the tropics where there are usually lots of clouds
* Access to Very High Resolution (VHR) data (spatial resolution down
to 0.5 meters)
* Access to some global data sets regarding soil, land use, elevation
etc. More are in preparation and will be rolled out in the course of
the year.
* and many more, which would be too much for this mail
Best regards from all of us at mundialis and terrestris,
Hinrich
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