Decoding Fairness in the Value Chain of the Tagbanua Wild Honey Community Forestry Enterprise. Poster on Tropentag 2016

One of the traditional livelihood practices of indigenous Tagbanuas in Palawan, Philippines is wild honey gathering from the giant honey bee. In order to analyse the linkages of the social and ecological systems involved in this indigenous practice, we conducted spatial, quantitative, and qualitative analysis on field data gathered through GPS mapping, community surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. We found that only 24% of the 251 local community members surveyed could correctly identify the giant honey bee. Inferential statistics showed that a lower level of education and higher household vegetation contribute to correct identification of the giant honey bee. Spatial analysis revealed that mean NDVI of sampled nesting tree areas has dropped from 0.61 in the year 1988 to 0.41 in 2015. This reduction on vegetation cover may contribute to reduced bee-human interactions and may also be an indication that commercialising non-timber forest products is not fulfiling its objective of development alongside conservation. Indigenous wild honey hunting and gathering as an ICDP shows the complexity of the social-ecological system of forest communities. It also shows the difficulty of getting a win-win situation out of simultaneous pursuit of forest conservation and rural development. Knowledge shifts can, indeed, occur from the interaction of ecological and social factors and we see that if resource management interventions do not employ a systems approach, it can overlook important feedback. NGO interventions should not only facilitate the learning of visible resource managers like wild honey hunters but of the community as a whole. Purpose: This poster has been presented at Tropentag 2016 session ---> 3.4 Knowledge systems.

菲律宾巴拉望省土著塔甘瓦人的传统生计方式之一，便是采集巨型蜜蜂的野生蜂蜜。为探究此传统生计方式中社会生态系统之间的关联，本研究通过对通过GPS测绘、社区调查、焦点小组讨论和关键信息提供者访谈收集的实地数据进行空间、定量和定性分析。研究发现，在调查的251名当地社区成员中，仅有24%的人能够正确识别巨型蜜蜂。推论统计显示，教育水平较低和家庭植被覆盖率较高有利于正确识别巨型蜜蜂。空间分析揭示了采样巢树区域的平均NDVI值自1988年的0.61下降至2015年的0.41。植被覆盖度的减少可能导致了蜜蜂与人类互动的减少，也可能表明将非木材林产品商业化并非在发展与保护并行的目标下实现其目标。作为文化多样性保护计划的一部分，土著野生蜂蜜狩猎和采集活动揭示了森林社区社会生态系统的复杂性，同时也展现了在追求森林保护和农村发展过程中实现双赢的困难。生态与社会因素的交互作用确实能引发知识变革，我们观察到，如果资源管理干预措施不采取系统方法，可能会忽视重要的反馈。非政府组织干预不仅应促进野生蜂蜜猎人等可见资源管理者的学习，还应促进整个社区的学习。目的：本海报已提交至2016年Tropentag会议的第3.4节——知识系统。