Author(s)

Arneil G. Gabriel, Teodora Luz S. Mangahas

Department of Chemistry and Environmental Management, College of Arts and Sciences, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Cabanatuan City, Philippines.

The focus of the study is to measure the level of awareness of Indigenous People on Climate Variation. It inquired into their observations and organizing strategy to cope with the early impacts of climate change on their socio-economic and cultural beliefs. The organization’s adaptation and mitigation practices to protect the environment are also discussed using as basis of analysis the multi-stakeholders framework of forest protection. The study documented and recognized the Indigenous Peoples contributions to the preservation and protection of forest resources in Caraballo mountain and a shift in paradigm to Indigenous People’s centered forest resources management is recommended.

Indigenous People, Community Based Forest resources, Participatory Forest Management, Climate Change, Case Study

Gabriel, A. and Mangahas, T. (2017) Indigenous People’s Contribution to the Mitigation of Climate Variation, Their Perception, and Organizing Strategy for Sustainable Community Based Forest Resources Management in Caraballo Mountain, Philippines. Open Journal of Ecology, 7, 85-100. doi: 10.4236/oje.2017.72007.