Administrative Order No. 96-34 November 12, 1996 SUBJECT : Guidelines on the Management of Certified Ancestral Domain Claims. Pursuant to the policies embodied in Executive Order NO. 192 dated June 10, 1987, Republic Act No. 7586 also known as NIPAS Act of 1992, DENR Administrative Order NO. 02, Series of 1993 and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations, the following guidelines on the management of ancestral domain claims are hereby promulgated for the guidance of all concerned. ARTICLE I Basic Concept, Objectives and Policy Sec. 1 Concept. In keeping with the spirit and intent of the Constitution specifically Section 22, Article 1 which mandates the State to recognize and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framework of national unity and development and Section 5, Article XII which further mandates the State, subject to the provisions of the Constitution and national development policies and programs, to protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands to ensure their economic, social and cultural wellbeing, and pending the enactment of a law to operationalize these Constitutional provisions, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has, in the exercise of its powers and functions under existing laws, decided to issue Certificates of Ancestral Domain Claims (CADCs) and Certificate of Ancestral Land Claims (CALCs) to indigenous cultural communities, also referred to as Indigenous Peoples (IPs), and members thereof, respectively. These CADCs and CALCs are intended to guarantee within the bounds of E.O. No. 192 and DAO 159

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