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Protected Areas’ Latent Functions and Social Consequences: A Case from Mount Hamiguitan, Philippines

https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v4i2.10485
Eva Natividad Mendoza
Central Mindanao University
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2962-5015
Roy G. Ponce
Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-3273
Sheryl Mae A. Soria
Central Mindanao University
Victor B. Amoroso
Central Mindanao University

Corresponding Author(s) : Eva Natividad Mendoza

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Forest and Society, Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020): NOVEMBER

Abstract

While protected areas (PAs) are established primarily for biological diversity conservation and provision of ecological services, social dimensions comes into play. This paper extends the discourse on PAs’ impact to local communities by focusing on the latent functions and social consequences utilizing Robert Merton’s Functional Analysis. Based on in-depth interviews among community leaders and elders, and forest custodians around Mount Hamiguitan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is revealed that establishment of PAs entails varied consequences beyond what are being intended and manifested. While communities availed of some latent benefits from the declaration of the PA, they also have responses that limit the success of conservation initiatives. Hence, forest protection is a complex social and political process that demands more integrative response on community’s social, cultural, and political structures and dynamics.

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Forest Management Biodiversity Conservation Social Forestry
Mendoza, E. N., Ponce, R. G., A. Soria, S. M., & Amoroso, V. B. (2020). Protected Areas’ Latent Functions and Social Consequences: A Case from Mount Hamiguitan, Philippines. Forest and Society, 4(2), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v4i2.10485
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Eva Natividad Mendoza, Central Mindanao University
Chairperson, Department of Behavioral Sciences
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