REVISED GUIDELINES ON THE FORMULATION OF THE ANCESTRAL DOMAIN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION PLAN (ADSDPP) Pursuant to sub-paragraph (o), Sec. 44 of R.A. 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and other related provisions, the following guidelines are hereby promulgated: ARTICLE I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Section 1. Constitutional and Legal Framework. The State shall recognize and promote all the rights of indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) within the framework of national unity and development and shall protect the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral domains to ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being. The State shall likewise recognize the inherent right of ICCsjiPs to self-govemance and self-determination, and respect the integrity of their values, practices and institutions as well as guarantee their right to freely pursue their development and equally enjoy the full measure of human rights and freedoms without distinction or discrimination. Section 2. Policy Statement. The sustainable development and protection of the ancestral domain by the ICCs/IPs themselves is the manifestation of their rights to self-govemance and self-determination. To guarantee the exercise, enforcement and realization of these rights, the ICCs/IPs shall prepare their own ancestral domain sustainable development and protection plan (ADSDPP) in accordance with their customary practices, laws and traditions. Section 3. Objectives. These guidelines shall provide guidance in the formulation of the ADSDPP as a tool for the empowerment of ICCsjiPs towards the fulfillment of the general well-being of the current ICC/IP generation without compromising the needs of future generations. The ADSDPP shall, among others: (a) ensure the compliance of ICCsjiPs to their responsibilities to maintain ecological balance, restore denuded areas as well as to observe the requirements of the IPRA; (b) facilitate the conduct of the FPIC process; and (c) provide a checklist of prioritized development programs/projects as ready reference for collaborative efforts with development partners and/ or grant of assistance to ICCs/IPs in an ancestral domain. Section 4. Approaches. The ICCsjiPs' view on development that puts emphasis on the inter-generational responsibility of the present generation to comprehensively and sustainably manage their ancestral domain and all resources found therein so that future generations may enjoy them. The realization hereof requires appropriate development standards and culturally sensitive approaches, thus: 4.1. Rights-Based Approach to Development. The ADSDPP is a framework for the process of human development that is normatively based on, and operationally directed to, the recognition, promotion and protection of fundamental human rights and rights as indigenous peoples. 4.2 . Holistic/Comprehensive and Integrated. The ADSDPP shall be an instrument through which the ICCs/IPs' rights to ancestral 1