The Banaue Rice Terraces are sometimes called the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’.
Perched 1,500 metres up on the side of the Cordillera mountains in Ifugao, Philippines, the network of fields is as old as some Egyptian pyramids.
But now climate change and the appeal of higher wages in the tourism industry are putting these ancient green steps at risk.
Why are the Banaue Rice Terraces culturally and historically significant?
Just 250 kilometres north of Manila, this network of rice fields is known locally as the “stairs to heaven”. The entire valley is covered with green steps, carved into the mountain by hand by the ancestors of the Igorot people at least two millennia ago.
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