This publication features land and resource tenure reform assessment studies conducted in four
sectors, namely: agrarian reform in private lands, agrarian reform in public lands, ancestral lands,
and aquatic resources. In the past 30 years, the combined area covered by land and resource
tenure reforms has been significant. Asset reforms in the Philippines have brought about the
transfer of ownership rights covering a total area of 12.74 million hectares (approximately
42 percent of the country’s land area). However, as the study suggests, there is need for the
enforcement of land rights, an enabling environment and support services to help poor rural
households make their lands productive, basic social services accessible, and effective systems
of governance where the voices of poor sectors are heard and addressed.
Status of Land and Resource Tenure Reform in the Philippines 2018
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