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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 a 288 km2
area claimed by the Higaonon / Talaandig Indigenous
Peoples as their Ancestral Domain. Pangantucan
Bukidnon, Philippines (Yr 2000).
Method:
PGIS including P3DM,
GPS and GIS
The model has been instrumental - among others - in
gathering evidence supporting ownership of the ancestral domain,
resolving boundary conflicts, delineating boundaries, filing the
CADC/CADT applications and preparing the Ancestral Domain
Management Plan required by law. |
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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. |
Model produced by Indigenous Communities
in the Philippines with the assistance of the Philippine
Association for Inter-Cultural Development (PAFID). |
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