BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2021//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2021 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Prague X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Prague BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T040400 UID:euroseas-2021-transforming-tropical-forests-and-islands-human-management-of-the-environments-of-the-philippine-archipelago-in-long-time-1 SUMMARY:(P72AB) Transforming Tropical Forests and Islands: Human Management of the Environments of the Philippine Archipelago in Long Time (1) LOCATION:K10 | 3.05 DESCRIPTION:The tropical forests of the Philippines have played a fundament al role in the character of the archipelago for millennia, providing susten ance and resources to indigenous peoples and offering high quality resource s for commerce and construction. Now, their increasing absence as a result of mass-deforestation quickens erosion and amplifies the vulnerability of t he islands to storms, landslides, and nutrient depletion. A straightforward narrative of accelerating and capacious environmental devastation coincide s with ‘Anthropocene’ tropes, but also unconsciously advances a myth of the pristine and ancient forest prior to the industrial era. The forests of th e Philippines archipelago and their veritable bounties of\nendemic flora an d fauna have experienced anthropogenic manipulation and exploitation since at least 2,500-2,000 BCE, when agriculture first arrived in the Philippines . From the selective cultivation of various plant species by nomadic people s to the practice of swidden agriculture in permanent settlements, from the construction of vessels from molave to the mass clearing of forests inspir ed by regional and global market demand, the character of Philippine forest s has been altered and maintained by humans. Studying how these forests hav e transformed in the previous four millennia requires interdisciplinary col laboration that utilizes palaeobotanical, archaeological, and archival data . This panel draws upon case studies in\nhistory and archaeology to focus o n moments of change and transition, when shifting anthropogenic demands and knowledge of forests prompted local and ultimately regional ecological tra nsformations. By exploring this socio-environmental relationship over the l ongterm, from the beginnings of agriculture in the archipelago through the proto-historic and colonial periods, this panel will take a first step towa rds contextualizing twenty-first century Philippine deforestation within th e larger story of how humans actively modify tropical forests they inhabit to meet their biological and commercial needs. URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/transforming-tropical-forests-and-islands-human-management-of-the-environments-of-the-philippine-archipelago-in-long-time DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210909T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210909T103000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241222T040400 UID:euroseas-2021-transforming-tropical-forests-and-islands-human-management-of-the-environments-of-the-philippine-archipelago-in-long-time-2 SUMMARY:(P72AB) Transforming Tropical Forests and Islands: Human Management of the Environments of the Philippine Archipelago in Long Time (2) LOCATION:K10 | 3.05 DESCRIPTION:The tropical forests of the Philippines have played a fundament al role in the character of the archipelago for millennia, providing susten ance and resources to indigenous peoples and offering high quality resource s for commerce and construction. Now, their increasing absence as a result of mass-deforestation quickens erosion and amplifies the vulnerability of t he islands to storms, landslides, and nutrient depletion. A straightforward narrative of accelerating and capacious environmental devastation coincide s with ‘Anthropocene’ tropes, but also unconsciously advances a myth of the pristine and ancient forest prior to the industrial era. The forests of th e Philippines archipelago and their veritable bounties of\nendemic flora an d fauna have experienced anthropogenic manipulation and exploitation since at least 2,500-2,000 BCE, when agriculture first arrived in the Philippines . From the selective cultivation of various plant species by nomadic people s to the practice of swidden agriculture in permanent settlements, from the construction of vessels from molave to the mass clearing of forests inspir ed by regional and global market demand, the character of Philippine forest s has been altered and maintained by humans. Studying how these forests hav e transformed in the previous four millennia requires interdisciplinary col laboration that utilizes palaeobotanical, archaeological, and archival data . This panel draws upon case studies in\nhistory and archaeology to focus o n moments of change and transition, when shifting anthropogenic demands and knowledge of forests prompted local and ultimately regional ecological tra nsformations. By exploring this socio-environmental relationship over the l ongterm, from the beginnings of agriculture in the archipelago through the proto-historic and colonial periods, this panel will take a first step towa rds contextualizing twenty-first century Philippine deforestation within th e larger story of how humans actively modify tropical forests they inhabit to meet their biological and commercial needs. URL:https://euroseas2021.org/panels/transforming-tropical-forests-and-islands-human-management-of-the-environments-of-the-philippine-archipelago-in-long-time DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210909T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20210909T123000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR