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Abstract

 Small-scale forestry (community-managed or individually-owned) has emerged as an important activity in the Philippines over the last decade (Harrison et al. 2001; Aggangan, 2001). Private small-scale plantings for multiple objectives (e.g. for timber production, fuelwood, food, fodder, windbreaks, soil stabilization and property demarcation) and with multiple designs (pure stand, mixed with agricultural crops, planted in blocks or scattered along homesteads, roadsides, streambanks and canals) are sporadically established and reflect the major paradigm shift of forest management by the forestry department (Mangaoang 2002).