The course tackles ecotourism principles and practice in the context of sustainable tourism and PRRM’s community-centered area development. Learners will discuss the emergence of ecotourism as a reaction to the social and environmental impacts of mainstream tourism. They will look at ecotourism practices in and outside PRRM areas of operation and evaluate considered best cases. They will do participatory rapid appraisal and design a simple ecotourism plan for a community.
The PRRM Council of Advisers, whose members were nominated and elected by the PRRM Board of Trustees, had its inaugural meeting on March 28, 2008 at the PRRM National Headquarters in Quezon City. Six of the seven members of the Council attended its first meeting.
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CSN in AF Board
PRRM President Ding Navarro was recently elected as trustee of the Association of Foundations (AF) during its 36th General Assembly held at The Linden Suites, Ortigas Center, Pasig City last April 24-25, 2008.
PRRM Chair Bobby Tañada files appeal to Supreme Court on the coconut levy
OLDEST NGO RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PRRM Prez Ding talks with Camarines Norte POs.
PRRM President Ding Navarro shares a story on cooperative development to leaders of partner POs in Camarines Norte during a visit last August 1, 2007.
Community-Based Land Use Planning in Ifugao
The Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement (SITMo) has piloted a community-based land-use planning framework for the UNESCO heritage sites. The framework methodically integrates Ifugao land use concepts and culture into a coherent whole to come out with a land use plan with strong emphasis on rice terraces conservation.
After undergoing a 3-month process of land use planning, the two heritage villages of Nagacadan and Julongan in the municipality of Kiangan have had enacted its land use ordinances. The power point show (downloadable) illustrates the step-by-step process of the land use planning. |Download PPS|
Cheating, Manipulation and Harassment
During the 2004 Presidential Elections, several groups and concerned political personalities joined efforts to gather evidence, analyze and expose the extent and magnitude of election manipulation carried out by the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) administration.