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The Ifugao Rice Terraces Philippine Project Framework. Conservation and Adaptive Management of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

Year of publication 2006

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 17 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Category Programme / project report

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Ifugao Rice Terraces (IRT) of the Central Cordillera Region, Northern Philippines is one of the pilot system of the FAO’s global project Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS1/). Its objective is to promote the dynamic conservation and adaptive management of globally significant agricultural biodiversity harbored in Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

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