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P3DM for self-determination and cultural survival: Ancestral domains claims in the Philippines |
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 1:5,000 scale model of
the ancestral domain (10,054 ha) of the
Higa-onon
Peoples. Municipality Impasug-ong
Bukidnon, Philippines (Yr 2001-2004). The area includes the
forests of Mt. Kimangkil, rivers, waterfalls and
sacred spaces.
Note:
Actors included inhabitants from Sitios of Mintapod, Agtulawon,
Kiudto, Amosig,Tug-onganon, Kabagtukan, Buntongon.
Method:
PGIS (including sketch
mapping, P3DM and
GPS)
Reading:
Randy Abeto, Zeff Calilung, Joan Pauline Talubo
and Benny Cumatang. 2004.
Community Mapping
in the Philippines: A Case Study on the Ancestral Domain Claim
of the Higa-onons in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon.
Text and images courtesy PAFID,
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Background: The Agtulawon-Mintapod Higa-onon
Cumadon (AGMIHICU) applied for a CADC in May 1995 under the
Ancestral Domains Office at the DENR. The CADC was awarded
in February 1998. The boundaries set down by the actual
survey claim were far from what the community elders
identified as the extent of their domain, thus the size was
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Lessons learned:
3D Model:
Helped the community determine the past, present and future
land-use of their lands. Boundary conflicts both within and
outside the community were resolved through the use of the 3D
model.
Maps:
Instrumental in their negotiations with the government and other
entities. Maps equipped the community members with better
knowledge of their land and served as a common language for
addressing the conflicting views of different entities involved.
GPS Survey:
Enhanced the legitimacy of the Higa-onon claim and allowed
members of the communities to become the actual actors in the
process. The survey gave a sense of ownership to the community. |
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As the second largest island in the Philippine
archipelago, Mindanao covers a third of the country's land
resources. It is home to a quarter of the nation's indigenous
or lumad peoples, who are rapidly losing their land and its
natural resources to warlords and the island's economic elite.
The Mapping the ancestral domains of the indigenous peoples in
Mindanao project, as carried out by the
Philippine
Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID), has
been set up to secure the land tenure rights of the indigenous
communities over their ancestral domains. The passage of the
IPRA (Indigenous Peoples Rights) Act has provided the
legal backbone to achieve this.
The mapping and determination of the ancestral
domains is based on a highly participatory mapping process,
which consists of on-ground surveys utilizing both traditional
methods and state-of-the-art technology such as the
Global Positioning System
(GPS) to ensure the accuracy of the gathered data and to
minimize costs. The mapping process also involves the creation
of 3-D models of the
ancestral domains by community members, enabling them to
easily grasp the basic concepts of spatial, biophysical
analysis in determining the current resource base and
boundaries of their ancestral domain. |
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Model produced by Indigenous Communities
in the Philippines with the assistance of the
Philippine
Association for Inter-Cultural Development (PAFID). |
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