A 10-hectare ethnobotanical learning facility will be established in New Clark City to support Aeta communities in Pampanga and Tarlac, according to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
BCDA signed memoranda of agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office III and the Pampanga State Agricultural University for the establishment of the facility.
The Ayta Ethno Botanical Center will serve as a model for food forests and can be replicated around the green areas of New Clark City.
BCDA plans to develop adjoining protected and forest reserve areas into an ecotourism spot.