Bendum forests and biodiversity

Forest and water guardians: Young Pulangiyēn dedicated to land rights and education

Manuela Balett, Managing Director at Stiftung Jesuiten weltweit Schweiz In Bendum, a small village in the highlands of Mindanao in southern Philippines, a young generation of leaders of the indigenous Pulangiyēn community is taking responsibility for protecting the forest, caring…
Read more

A tertian in Bendum

John Shea SJ “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” This quote from John Muir (1869-1914), the well-known American naturalist and conservationist credited for establishing the national park…
Read more

The Generation Canopy Walk 2050

This is going to be a story of the land the youth of today will share with their children. Part of this area is envisioned to become the Generation Canopy Walk 2050 because all the 20 pillar species are planted…
Read more

Relationships in sustaining community water

As an indigenous community, the Pulangiyēn respect the water source as it gives life and sustain local needs. Water is obtained from the source which is the regenerating forest. Having good relations with the environment for the water, the community…
Read more

Sustaining the old corner forest with the new

Experiencing new life are these remnant trees from the time of logging 50 years ago that was followed by farming on five areas by the Linantad, Almahan, Limbago, Nabas, Sat-ao, and Piping families, leaving the trees in their shared corner…
Read more