47 4 for survival and therefore have a greater importance to locals. Most of the residents have their own kaingin and therefore get their food sources from their own harvests. Trees were also significant sources for construction and fuel. However, only a few species were identified for these categories because residents were not able to point to individual stands of specific trees and would instead use general terms such as kahoy sa lasang (trees in the forest) to refer to those trees. Medicinal plants have the highest number of species among all categories. The use and preparation of these medicinal plants can be verified by studying their biochemical components. References RCE-Cebu 2006. Concept Paper, http://www.ias.unu.edu/resource_centre/ RCE%20Cebu.pdf Accessed 29 August, 2012. Regional Center of Expertise-Cebu. 2008. Socio-Demographic Community Survey of Barangay Camp 7, Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines. Toledo, B, L. Galetto and S. Colantonio. 2009 Ethnobotanical Knowledge in Rural Communities of Cordoba (Argentina): The Importance of Cultural and Biogeographical Factors. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 5:40, doi:10.1186/1746.-4269-5-40.
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