“Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras” was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1995 and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2001. It is the first site inscribed on the World Heritage List as cultural landscape related to agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry. It is meaningful to study the heritage conservation of this site in order to draw the future vision for sustainable rural community.
In this article, the author analyzes the domestic and international policies/discussions for the conservation of the rice terraces. As the result, the author found the following three steps of the conservation:1) Before the inscription of World Heritage List(WHL) (1966-1993), 2) mainly after the inscription of WHL (1994-2000) and 3) After the inscription of the List of World Heritage in Danger (2001-). Each step indicated the process of the participation of the local governments and communities.
