Institute of Agroforestry (IAF). Elevated in June 1998 from the University ofthe Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) Agroforestry Program, the Institute of Agroforestry (IAF) functions to undertake research and extension activities and coordinate the development of curricular programs in agroforestry.
Kalahan Educational Foundation is a foundation established to protect the ancestral lands and culture of the Ikalahan, a forest dwelling people living in the Northern Luzon mountains. It has the first communal lease agreement in the country, giving it the legal right to develop their land into a multi-use forest.
KASAPI is the largest and remaining active national network/coalition of regional organization and community-based indigenous people organizations in the country. It has been assisting communities, individual IPOs as well as regional/provincial IP coalitions.
Philippine Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID). A social development organization which aims to assist indigenous communities regain and secure their ancestral domain, PAFID has nationwide base and offices in Luzon, Mindoro and Mindanao.
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is a non-stock, non-profit organization that aims to improve the quality of life of the Filipino poor - cultural communities, marginal upland farmers/forest dwellers, lowland small farmers, urban poor, sustenance fishermen and landless rural workers.
PhilDHRRA is national network of social development organizations (SDO) committed to the pursuit and realization of agrarian reform and rural development in the Philippines. It is a part of the chain of DHRRA networks throughout the Asian region aspiring for a common vision of rural development in their respective countries.
The Social Development Research Center (SDRC) of the De La Salle University was established in 1979 as the Integrated Research Center. Firmly committed to the development of the Philippines and its people, the SDRC believes that research should be relevant, appropriate, policy-oriented, responsible, and multidisciplinary.
TK is a non-stock, non-profit and non-governmental organization doing public interest lawyering in the Philippines. It was incorporated in January 1, 2001, after 13 years of being the environmental law office of Haribon Foundation.
Upland Marketing Foundation, Inc. (UMFI) started in 1992 as a development program -- Upland Marketing Program (UMP) of the Upland NGO Assistance Committee (UNAC) . It initially provided training, information dissemination, technical assistance, and marketing services to UNAC’s target beneficiaries.
UNAC in Action
UPLAND NGO ASSISTANCE COMMITEE
Collectively assisting NGOs and POs engaged in serving upland communities by:
- assisting them in possessing land rights and responsibilities
- enabling them to utilize ecologically sound methods to produce, process and market goods for maximum returns to the communities
- supporting them in developing, protecting and managing all local resources for their own and national benefits
MEMBER INSTITUTIONS: Kalahan Educational Foundation, Institute of Agroforestry - University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Institute of Philippine Culture - Ateneo de Manila University, Philippine Association for Intercultural Development, Philippine Business for Social Progress, Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas, Social Development Research Center - De La Salle University, Tanggol Kalikasan, Upland Marketing Foundation, Incorporated, Kapisanan ng mga Katutubong Samahan ng Pilipinas