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