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July 2017. The pine forests above Malico are where locals are allowed to harvest timber for subsistence use. Evidence of development including terraced hillsides and cleared areas on most of the ridges dominate the view. Japanese Alder (Almus sp) seen in the foreground have been planted in an attempt to reforest the landscape and bring back nitrogen to the soil. Malico, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. Photograph by Jason Houston for USAID