Minter Tessa, van der Ploeg Jan, Pedrablanca Maria, Sunderland Terry, Persoon Gerard A
Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
Cagayan Valley Program on Environment and Development (CVPED), Cabagan, Philippines.
Hum Ecol Interdiscip J. 2014;42(5):769-778. doi: 10.1007/s10745-014-9673-5.
Increased attention for indigenous rights in relation to nature conservation has in the Philippines resulted in legislation formalizing indigenous peoples' participation in protected area management. We discuss the implementation of this legislation, based on the case of the Agta inhabiting the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park. The Agta are hunter-gatherers who settle along the coasts and rivers of northeast Luzon. Being indigenous to the park, they hold one third of the seats in its management board. However, our content analysis of this management board's meetings, combined with qualitative observations of the Agta's position in the park, show that their participation in its management is hampered by socio-cultural, practical, financial and political barriers. We demonstrate that formalizing indigenous participation in protected area management is not enough to break through existing power structures that inhibit marginalized stakeholders to defense of their interests in natural resources against those of more powerful actors.
在菲律宾，对与自然保护相关的原住民权利的关注度不断提高，这促使立法将原住民参与保护区管理的行为正式化。我们基于居住在北马德雷山脉自然公园的阿格塔人的案例，讨论这项立法的实施情况。阿格塔人是狩猎采集者，定居在吕宋岛东北部的海岸和河流沿岸。作为公园的原住民，他们在公园管理委员会中占有三分之一的席位。然而，我们对该管理委员会会议的内容分析，结合对阿格塔人在公园中地位的定性观察，表明他们参与公园管理受到社会文化、实际操作、资金和政治等方面障碍的阻碍。我们证明，将原住民参与保护区管理正式化不足以打破现有的权力结构，这些权力结构抑制了边缘化利益相关者捍卫其在自然资源方面的利益，以对抗更有势力的行为者的利益。
