Indigenous people and local communities depend on natural habitats and resources for their livelihoods and culture. GWC engages indigenous people and local communities as guardians and legal owners of their natural resources, while also preserving their cultural heritage and linguistic diversity.
Most of the world’s major protected areas are managed by government staff, but Indio Maíz is very different. Here, conservation has been led and implemented from the grassroots. We are honored to work alongside this community to develop a visual protected area management action plan.
Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park encompasses ancestral lands of the Tau-buid and Buhid indigenous tribes, making them key stakeholders in any decisions related to management of the park. GWC partners closely with these communities to protect the park as well as the Critically Endangered Tamaraw that live within it.
Top photo by: Robin Moore, GWC
