Acknowledgment

The project team would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) for the financial support most especially DOST project managers Jewel Arianne M. Medina, Mer-va Francisco Crisostomo, and Melissa C. Bulao, and to the members of the technical panel Dr. Amelia Guevarra, Dr. Evangeline Amor, and Dr. Irene Villasenor. We are also indebted to the curator of UPB Herbarium Dr. Teodora Balangcod and the research assistants of TLDC Project 1, CHED-DARETO, and DDHP who helped us in the digitizing process and improvement of the design and functionalities of this website. For the continuing support of the UP Baguio System Network Office headed by Mr. Jose Kym Alvaro and staff Don Oliver Alebin, the finance officers and administration of the implementing agency, University of the Philippines Baguio, we thank you all.

We would also like to acknowledge the participation of the different communities we were able to visit:

• Barangay Nangalisan, Tuba, Benguet
• Barangay Sagpat, Kibungan, Benguet
• Municipality of Atok, Benguet
• Municipality of Kapangan, Benguet
• Municipality of Mankayan, Benguet
• Municipality of Sablan, Benguet
• Communities near Mount Polis, Mountain Province