Comments: The Ifugao Rice Terraces at Banaue (Ban-ow'-ee) of northern Luzon Island, Philippines, is a GMO-free World Heritage site. This civil engineering project by the native Ifugao people of the ...

Indigenous communities have lived with changes to the climate for centuries. Their adaptations over those many years are ...

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BAGUIO CITY—The centuries-old rice terraces of Ifugao—a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and a living symbol of the Cordilleras’ ...

Learn how Indigenous terrace farming manages climate change through water control, soil conservation, and resilience.

The Banaue Rice Terraces are sometimes called the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’. Perched 1,500 metres up on the side of the Cordillera mountains in Ifugao, Philippines, the network of fields is as old ...

The beautiful, UNESCO-listed Tegallalang Rice Terrace, located north of Ubud, is actually an ancient irrigation system, dating back to the ninth century. Its series of emerald-green, sloping rice ...

For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred ...

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The centuries-old rice terraces of Ifugao—a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and a living symbol of the ...