In celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the Indigenous leaders, women, youth, and community innovators who continue to protect their ancestral domains, sustain their cultures, and lead their communities…

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Honoring Indigenous Voices, Knowledge, and Resilience

The opening of the Weaving Resilience: Learning from the Ground, Sustaining the Future convergence was marked by an inspiring keynote message from H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke, whose remarks underscored…

Continue ReadingKeynote Address by H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke Opens Weaving Resilience Learning Convergence

Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke Opens Weaving Resilience Learning Convergence

Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (ECOWEB), together with its government, development, academic, civil society, and community partners, convened Indigenous Peoples (IPs), community leaders, government agencies, development partners, academe, civil…

Continue ReadingWEAVING RESILIENCE: Indigenous Peoples and Partners Weave a Shared Path Toward Sustainable, Community-Led Development

WEAVING RESILIENCE: Indigenous Peoples and Partners Weave a Shared Path Toward Sustainable, Community-Led Development

EcoWEB partners Bae Gerlyn Coguit of CADT 117 and members of the IP LORAMSECA from La Paz and Loreto municipalities in Agusan del Sur actively participated in the 2026 IP…

Continue ReadingEcoWEB partner IP Leaders join 2026 IP Women Summit

EcoWEB partner IP Leaders join 2026 IP Women Summit

In the highlands of Iligan, a Higaunon woman bends over her small patch of soil, her hands dark with earth as she plants seeds into the earth. In Zamboanga del…

Continue ReadingWeaving Culture, Enriching Future: Stories of Indigenous Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Weaving Culture, Enriching Future: Stories of Indigenous Empowerment and Sustainable Development

This workshop is a vital component of the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Building Project (IPR Project), a broader initiative aimed at enhancing the socio-economic resilience and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples (IPs)…

Continue ReadingUniting Tradition and Modernity: Integrating Indigenous Practices in Disaster Preparedness and Climate Resilience in Local Government Plans

Uniting Tradition and Modernity: Integrating Indigenous Practices in Disaster Preparedness and Climate Resilience in Local Government Plans

The need for the rehabilitation of the water system project was initially identified by the community of Barangay Amontay. In a proactive step towards bolstering community resilience, the Survivor and…

Continue ReadingStrengthening Community Resilience in San Francisco through SCLR-AA using the LDE Methodology: A Collective Effort for a Sustainable Future 🤝

Strengthening Community Resilience in San Francisco through SCLR-AA using the LDE Methodology: A Collective Effort for a Sustainable Future 🤝

(by Rockrock Antequisa, PDA, ECOWEB) In the Philippines, traditional attire is a symbol of ethnic identity. Most indigenous group have attires with elaborate distinctive combination of colors. It is unusual…

Continue ReadingResolving Conflict, Building Resilience Among Indigenous Peoples

Resolving Conflict, Building Resilience Among Indigenous Peoples

(by Rockrock Antequisa, PDA, ECOWEB) The Manobo indigenous people The Manobo are one of the the largest ethnolinguistic groups among the Indigenous Peoples (IP) in Mindanao, the second largest island…

Continue ReadingIncreasing climate resilience through boat transport project

Increasing climate resilience through boat transport project

Subsistence agriculture is a typical mode of agriculture among the indigenous Higaunon and Kolibugan tribes in Barangay Kalilangan, Iligan City. Farming families till a small farm usually half-hectare (5,000 square…

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Transforming subsistence agriculture by enhancing abaca farmer