prospects to support their families that traditional livelihood otherwise couldn’t. “Malaking tulong talaga ‘yung mga resorts,” echoes Cards. ‶Kasi kapag may bagyo, wala kang saka, mahirap magbenta.”
Foraging for whatever is readily available in the environment has always been the natural order of things but the growing developments and dependence onmethod has much to do with the middle path it walks between maintaining what exists and promoting what is favorable to their economy.
Even before the ideology was coined, Linsangan had already developed a fascination for environmental sustainability. “Ang nag-ignite sa akin ay mga illegal fishermen. Instead na isumbong or ipakulong sila, we involve them in tourism.” “Nung nag-guide ako way back in 2000, pag-alis namin sa destinations, sinisira naman ng mga illegal fishermen. Sabi ko, after several years, ubos na ‘to. Ubos na ‘yung fish, wala pa kaming turismo. So I immersed myself in the community for two years and lived with the Tagbanuas. There was a transformation after two years.