... believe is very significant. Leaving the agenda of the NGO as a price that comes with a gift that a lot of these marginal communities deserve, consider the good that comes from this new dynamic. In exposing environmental worries that threaten livelihood [excessive logging, fishing, environmental degradation, poor resource management, etc.] these organizations are capable of educating people who are seen on the edge of political approach. Marginal groups are given a voice through the NGO propaganda. They are elevated from sovereignty and submission to governmentality, NGOs construct a citizenry that is capable of protecting their freedoms (Bryant, 2002). Practices of citizenship are only possible so long as one is aware and free to demand one's rights. As in the example of Biodiversity Conservation in the Philippines where protests and collective action was used to create priority sites, funding was allotted while citizens' participation was encouraged and awareness created by education. ...

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