Mindanaw, Institute of Land Governance (ILG), and Philippine Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID) jointly organized through the Joint Action for Land Rights Project (JALR), the policy dialogue on “Overlapping Land Claims in Northern Mindanao and Bukidnon” last 20 June 2017 in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental. This paper has been presented and finalized by PAFID after the said regional policy dialogue. Introduction to Northern Mindanao: Region X The island of Mindanao has a total land area of 9,753,000 million hectares. Of these, six million hectares are classified as forests, of which 4.1 million hectares are classified as alienable and disposable (A&D) lands. Table 1. Mindanao Land Area and Classification (in hectares) Alienable and Disposable Mindanao Region X % of Mindanao Forestland Total 4,131,306 6,068,580 10,199,886 817,669 897,134 1,714, 803 19.7 14.7 16.8 Northern Mindanao is an administrative region in the Philippines located in the island of Mindanao. Designated as Region X, the area is composed of five provinces, namely, the island of Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon, and Misamis Occidental and two cities classified as highly urbanized. All of these provinces are situated in the north-central section of  the island of Mindanao  including the island-province of Camiguin. Cagayan De Oro is the Regional Center of Northern Mindanao. According to the latest Philippine Forestry Statistics of the DENR, Northern Mindanao has a total land area of 2,045,851 hectares with at least half (or 52 percent) of its land area classified as forestland. Population Based on the 2015 Census of Population (PSA, 2015), Region X has a total population of 4,689,302, broken down as follows: Bukidnon with 1,420,000 8 The Joint Administrative Order No. 01 series of 2012: A Policy Review