LEYTE ISLAND, Philippines, Mar 07 (IPS) – This feature part of IPS coverage of International Women’s Day on Mar. 8Eluminada Roca has lived all her life next to the Leyte Sab-a Basin peatlands. The grandmother from of San Isidro village in Philippines‘ Leyte island grew up looking at the green hills that feed water to the peatland, she harvested tikog—a peatland grass to weave mats—and ate the delicious fish that was once in abundant in the waters.
But today, the land is losing its water, the grass is disappearing and the fish stock has drastically decreased.
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Source: Island Women Take the Lead in Peatland Restoration
