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1INTRODUCTION
visitor center or interpretive center designed to educate people about nature and the
environment. Usually located within a protected open space, nature centers often have
trails through their property. It helps us learn more about Nature on how it functions.
Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with their physical
environment. There are five levels of the discipline of ecology, Organism, Population,
Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere. Firstly the Organism is an individual that lives in
that specific habitat. Then there’s the Population, it is a group of organisms of the same
species that live in the area at the same time. The Community consists of all the
populations of different species that live in a given area. Community ecologists focus on
interactions between populations and how these interactions shape the community.
An Ecosystem consists of all the organisms in an area, the community, and the abiotic
factors that influence that community. Ecologists often focus on flow of energy and
system. There are many Ecological Centers in the Philippines mainly in the Natural parks,
Wildlife Sanctuary, and Marine natural parks. Currently in Mt. Canlaon National park,
Apo Reef, Mt. Apo National park, Siargao Island, etc. (Teodora Bagarinao PhD). The
Status of these ecological parks in the Philippines are prone to natural disasters,
lying as it does astride the typhoon belt, in the active volcanic region known as the “Pacific
Ring of Fire,” and in the geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian
agricultural lands, deforestation, soil erosion, air and water pollution, improper disposal
of solid and toxic wastes, loss of coral reefs, mismanagement and abuse of coastal
Mt. Canlaon is an active volcano which the current problem is largely deforestation due
to “kaingin”. Because of that the Ecology of the Natural Park continues to decline.
Therefore my proposal of an Ecological Center in the city of Canlaon, can help provide
awareness of the current problems of the Natural Park and discover an alternative to the
“Kaingin” system of agriculture. It can educate people who were used to these old systems
and integrate them to the new and sustainable way of agriculture which gives and takes
The Ecological center provides an essential aspect in the agricultural field for the city or
even for the province. It aims to be a research center for new methods in agriculture that
addressing in the city of Canlaon or even in the province of Negros. The main factors that
affect the local agriculture is that it lacks new information from irrigation techniques,
technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance
both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations
a. Human sustainability aims to maintain and improve the human capital in society.
knowledge and skills are all programs under the umbrella of human
sustainability.
b. Social sustainability aims to preserve social capital by investing and creating
services that constitute the framework of our society. The concept accommodates
Ecological awareness:
The sense in which we use the term "ecological" is associated with a specific philosophical
school, founded in the early 1970s by the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess (1912-2009) with
the distinction between "shallow" and "deep" ecology. Since then, this distinction has been
widely accepted as a very useful term for referring to a major division within contemporary
environmental thought.
nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or "use," value to nature.
Deep ecology does not separate humans — nor anything else — from the natural environment.
It does sees the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that
are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Deep ecology recognizes the intrinsic
value of all living beings and views humans as just one particular strand in the web of life.
Agricultural development depends on innovation. Innovation is a major source of
emerging economies, and plays an important role in creating jobs, generating income,
farmers, agribusinesses, and even nations are to cope, compete, and thrive in the midst
This study will be most significant for it shall help guide and provide knowledge gaps
between sustainability in architecture and agricultural farming. Forming an Ecological
Center.
The study shall be a reference for an Ecological Center that provides innovative design
that promotes sustainability through planning and right coordination with the
Community. This will provide a positive effect on the Agricultural sectors of the province.
Community of Canlaon City:
The efforts of this research will pave the way for new methods of design in the agricultural
field of the City. This research will also provide awareness for those who still use the
environmentally unfriendly methods of farming.
Agricultural Sector:
This result of the study shall be significant to the Agricultural sector of the country as
Which may join the preservation of our natural ecosystem and the sustainable agriculture.
This study will mainly focus on the planning and design aesthetics of an
Ecological center. The study will be directed towards the formulation of a sustainable
agricultural center that studies the relationships of an ecosystem that can benefit our way
of farming. It shall only cater the ecological aspects of the Province of Negros.
With the gathered statistical data, it is assumed that a properly planned ecological center
is a necessity for the Province of Negros Occidental in order to cater the argiculture in the
province.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS:
-Population, it is a group of organisms of the same species that live in the area at the
same time
-Community consists of all the populations of different species that live in a given area
-Ecosystem consists of all the organisms in an area, the community, and the abiotic
factors that influence that community
-Kaingin is the burning of trees for shifting cultivation purposes. Kaingin is noted to
be one of the principal causes of deforestation.
-Agricultural development means providing assistance to the crop producers with the
help of various agricultural resources
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CHAPTER 1
“A PROPOSED CANLAON CITY ECOLOGICAL CENTER”