6. Unresolved policy conflicts of the IPRA with the Local Government Code and the Fisheries Code of the Philippines will continue to undermine implementation of the progressive of the above-mentioned laws. Potential benefits that can be derived from the aforementioned laws by poor fisherfolk and the indigenous peoples cannot be secured unless contradicting provisions on coverage, mandate and jusrisdiction are resolved. Moreover, overlaps in jurisdiction can become flashpoints that may lead to bigger conflicts not only within Government but among the fiusherfolk and Indigenous peoples sector who are competing for access to a very scarce resource. Recommendations 1. The Tagbanwa participants in their report articulate that environmental degradation brought about by the practice of illegal fishing methods continue and the the unabated expansion of the toursim industry still threaten Image 1 .The Coron CADT (NCIP, 2002). their livelihoods and tenurial security over their acestral domains. While, the three CADTs have brough relief to some Tagbanwa communities, other groups who have yet to get their titles continuously face problems that threaten their livelihoods and survival. 2. Since the approval of the Coron CADT (CADT No. RO4-PUE-0404-023) of the Tagbanwa communities in Coron Island (see Image 1), two other CADTs which include ancestral waters in the Calamianes group of islands in Northern Palawan have since been approved. These are 1) CADT No. R04BUS-0308-062 of the Tagbanwa community in the island of Calauit, which was approved in 2008 and awarded in 2010 and 2) CADT No. R04-COR-0110-150 covering three barangays in the Municipality of Coron (Tara, Malawig, and Buenavista) and a portion of the Municipality of Busuanga, including Sinul, Licatug, Napascud and its bounding seas which approved in 2010 but has yet to be formally awarded. As of August 2017, 21 CADT applications have been filed and are at various stages of the application process with the NCIP (refer to Map 2 and Table 2). Table 2. Status of CADTs in Northern Palawan as of September 201715 Area/Location 1. TBA Status Titled (for awarding) 2. Decabobo New Claim filed 3. San Nicholas New Claim filed 4. Decalachao New Claim filed 19