Monkayo Pag-asa Carbon Forest earns ASEAN recognition for showing how people, partnerships and native trees can bring a landscape back to life. MONKAYO, Davao de Oro — Four years ago, this 22.4-hectare property in Barangay Banlag was largely an underused agricultural landscape. Today, more than 22,847 native tree seedlings are taking root, wildlife is returning, local families are earning livelihoods from restoration—and the young forest they helped build is now recognized ac