
Tropical secondary forests regenerating after shifting cultivation …
2016年3月8日 · In the Philippines, shifting cultivation, locally known as kaingin, is a major land-use in upland areas. We measured the distribution and recovery of aboveground biomass carbon along a fallow...
Farmers said kaingin meant they cleared the forest, using small wood for fuel and selling the big logs (illegally), burnt it, cropped it for two years (maize and sweet potato) then interplanted coconuts and abaca and converted it to perennial plantation.
(PDF) The occurrence of 'kaingin' within the Cleopatra's Needle ...
Our study confirms that regenerating secondary forests following kaingin holds greater conservation value as compared to the undisturbed forests, and can be considered as a cost-effective ...
Kaingin in the Philippines: is it the end of the forest?
Shifting cultivation in the Philippines is widely referred to as 'kaingin', but as this paper reported, different communities attached different meanings to the term. The most common local definition was slash-and-burn with no return to forest, and farmers in all areas attributed deforestation to kaingin rather than to commercial logging.
Flora – Negros oriental's Floras and Faunas
2016年8月29日 · The bark is light red. Origin: Philippines, Sulawesi, Halmahera Conservation Status: Endangered. Depleted due to logging, kaingin making.uses. Very few mother trees found in the forest of Negros. Ecological Role: Habitat stabilization and good water reservoir. Economic Value: Wood is used for cabinet-making, plywood and construction materials.
(PDF) Tropical secondary forests regenerating after shifting ...
2016年3月8日 · In the Philippines, shifting cultivation, locally known as kaingin, is a major land-use in upland areas. We measured the distribution and recovery of aboveground biomass carbon along a fallow...
(PDF) Shifting cultivation in the upland secondary forests of the ...
2016年5月9日 · In the Philippines – a country overwhelmed with rich biodiversity and species endemism, shifting cultivation is locally known as kaingin and represents a dominant land-use in upland rural areas.
Regenerating forests create important carbon sinks in the Philippines
2016年3月16日 · In a paper published in Nature Scientific Reports, the researchers looked at shifting cultivation (known as kaingin in the Philippines), in which land-holders cultivate fields temporarily, then...
Tropical secondary forests regenerating after shifting cultivation in ...
In the Philippines, shifting cultivation, locally known as kaingin, is a major land-use in upland areas. We measured the distribution and recovery of aboveground biomass carbon along a fallow gradient in post- kaingin secondary forests in an upland area in the Philippines.
The Philippines' Dwindling Forest – Climate Tracker Asia
2021年11月3日 · Illegal logging, slash and ‘kaingin’ farming, fuel-wood collection, illegal hunting of endangered animals, and residential expansion are prevalent within the Sierra Madre Biogeographic Zone. This equates to 1,400 hectares of forest degradation per …