Migration Characteristics of Communities in the Forestlands in Ifugao, Philippines

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The Ifugao province as a mountainous land of indigenous people, described as a watershed framework that provides domestic and agricultural services. Greater portion of the province was declared as Forestland. Due to increase in population, communities tend to occupy and possess certain part of the forest to provide their basic needs. Understanding the migration characteristics on the Forestlands in the province of Ifugao may lead to a solution harmonizing the role of different stakeholders in maintaining the biological, physical and social aspect of the upland for a sustainable development. The study employed qualitative method of research and adopted the purposive sampling technique, in data gathering wherein, respondents are certified migrant in the forestlands of Ifugao province. It revealed that migration in the Forestlands in Ifugao province is being influenced by many combined factors and being prompted by poverty and aggravated by climate change. Socio-economic aspect is the primary reason why people tend occupy portion of the Forestland. They acquire portions of the Forestland as a source of living as they are engaged in farming as their main source of livelihood.