Tagbanwa, Philippines


		Tagbanwa People Ancestral Domain Claim

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last updated on:
June 21, 2011

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	P3DM for self-determination and cultural survival: Ancestral domains claims in the Philippines

1:5,000 scale model of Coron Island, Palawan, Philippines (Yr 1998).
The focus of the Yr 1998 model is the ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa People.

The domain includes terrestrial and marine components and covers a total area of 22,284 hectares.

Images and map courtesy of PAFID

The model has been instrumental - among others - in gathering evidence supporting ownership of the ancestral domain (terrestrial and marine), delineating boundaries, filing the CADC and subsequent CADT applications and preparing the Ancestral Domain Management Plan required by law.

Method: PGIS including P3DM, GPS and GIS

Recommended readings:

Kail Zingapan and Dave De Vera. 1999. Mapping the Ancestral Lands and Waters of the Calamian Tagbanwa of Coron, Northern Palawan, PAFID

Maurizio Farhan Ferrari and Dave de Vera. 2004. A Choice for Indigenous Communities in the Philippines Human Rights Dialogue 2.11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs

Model and derived map produced by Tagbanwa People in the Philippines with the assistance of the Philippine Association for Inter-Cultural Development (PAFID).

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