Gilbert P. Lobo Jr. St.

Teresa
Marynelle Vegafria Practical Research 2

Title of Research: Cultural Practices of Mandaya and Involvement in the Community Based Forest
Management (CBFM) in the Municipality of Tarragona, Davao Oriental
(Pangaldin & Pechora, 2017)

1. What is the Criterion Variable?

- Involvement in the Community Based Forest Management (CBFM)

2. What is the Predictor Variable?

- Cultural Practices of Mandaya

3. “Though numerous researches have been done regarding cultural practices of ethnic groups in
the Philippines, the Mandaya in Tarragona, Davao Oriental are one of the least known and studied
groups in the Philippines (Ompang, 2011).”
- Present Study

4. “Worldwide, the incorporation of cultural practices in global forest management is evident

considering the important role of communities in utilizing forest products particularly in developing
countries (Sunderlin, Larson, & Cronkleton, 2012).”
- Scenarios: Global

5. “The United Nations Development Programs Regional Initiative on Indigenous People’s Rights and
Development (2007) asserted that by studying the cultural practices and its involvement in
community based forestry; one can make recommendations on ensuring that the cultural practices
are sustained or improved. Additionally, Dove (2006) stated that a Community Based Forest
Program can assist the cultural communities in their pursuit for self- determination as well as
articulating and legitimizing their land and resource claims.”
- Connection of criterion to predictor variable

6. “The literatures of Bagani (1980), Valderrama (1987), Yengoyan (1988), Fuentes and Dela Cruz
(1980), and Ompang (2001) focus only on the cultural dimension of Mandaya but non is mentioned
soecially about their involvement in community forestry program.”
- Reseach Gap

7. “The World Wildlife Federation (WWF, 2008) declared that cultural communities are among the
earth’s most important stewards. However, the World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED, 2007) sees that various cultural practices all over the world are about to
diminish due to…”
- Utgency

8. “The full and effective involvement of local cultural communities to promote their rights and
traditional knowledge is thus highly significant in the viable management of forest resources (Epple,
Dunning, Dickson & Harvey, 2011).
- Importance of the predictor variable

9. “Forest land is one the richest natural resources in the Philippines. It also serves as habitat to
over 12 million peoples group (Aquino & Daquio, 2014). Yet, the link between cultural practices of
people and government agencies are currently underdeveloped (Magno, 2011)”
- Problem of the criterion variable

10. “Recently, the Government of Germany signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the
government of Davao Oriental for the implementation of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD).”
- Scenarios: Global and local