![]() The monopoly farming of this plant started when the encomienda system was established by the Spaniards together with other cash crops. ![]() In fact, the Spanish government made cloth made from abaca legal tender for the payment of taxes. When Magellan arrived on the shores of our archipelago in 1521, the weaving industry was already well established. Abaca: What you may have not known about this miracle plantĭid you know that Philippines is the largest producer of abaca fibres supplying about 87% of the world’s requirement for the production of making rope and cloth, for hats, slippers, brooms, fish nets, rugs, braided doilies, rice sacks, mosquito nets, cosmetics and skin care products, grocery bags, composites for automotive and construction and other industrial applications? Though its current status is of near threatened, let’s work hard to raise awareness about this amazing primate and de-elevate its endangerment status back to least concern. Since that time, forest conversion processes and trapping have resulted in population declines. The Philippine Long-tail macaque was abundant until the 1960s. Turns out humans aren’t the only good swimmers in the primate world. However, if there is a predator that becomes a major threat, the matsing can jump into nearby water and swim to safety. During the day, they spend their time foraging for food on the ground and in trees. It is endemic to the Philippine forests and woodlands, but especially in the mangrove forests of western central Philippines in Palawan. As a result, they are either hunted and killed. They are often regarded as an agricultural pest as they tend to raid crops when farms are established near their home range. It is a subspecies of the crab-eating macaque, known in various Philippine languages as matsing or the more general term unggoy. Part of the Filipino Deco II design also includes the Philippine long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis philippensis) that is found in all major Philippine islands. ![]() It is a recognition and reverence to one of our likas na yaman (natural resource) that represents our national identity and a reexamination on why it should also be acknowledged as our national plant. The design shows the different parts and stages of the abaca plant, including its fruit, leaves, blossoms, and a cross section of its heart (which is the part where all the blossoms come from). The design for Filipino Deco II is an iconographic representation of the Abaca (Musa textilis) for its cultural value and the economics behind the textile, fibre industry, and its important and various uses in the Philippines, and the world over.
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