or community). It defines the bundle of rights as well as the responsibilities of
the rights holder, in the form of ownership, leasehold rights (with a fee), user
and management rights, or extraction permits. The tenure instrument also
defines the duration of these rights – e.g., in perpetuity (for private property),
25-year leases (for Community-Based Forest Management/CBFM Agreements)
or annually (as in the case of Municipal Fishery Registries) (Table 1).
Support services. Asset reform programs are usually accompanied by
government support services designed to help the “beneficiaries” make the most
productive use of the redistributed assets. These may come in the provision of
infrastructure, facilities, credit and capital, extension services, livelihood support,
as well as broader community services in health and nutrition, education and
welfare. While there is emphasis on the delivery of services, of equal importance
Table 1. Tenure instruments issued under Philippine asset reforms.
Tenure
instrument
Issuing
authority
Description
CLT
DAR
Individual
transfer
certificate
CLOA
DAR
Individual/
collective
transfer
certificate
Leasehold
contract
Private
Land Title
or TCT
Period of
tenure
Bundle of Rights
Lease/
rent
out
Assign/
sell
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Enter/
Access
Harvest
Use/
Plant
Exclude
others
Inherit
rights
––
P
P
P
P
P
––
P
P
P
P
P
Private
contract
Usually 1-5
years
P
P
P
P
P
LRA
Title
Perpetuity
P
P
P
P
Land
patent
DENR
Original
title
Perpetuity
P
P
P
CBFM
Agreement
Collective
land lease
25 years,
renewable
for +25 yrs
P
P
DENR
Municipal
fishers
registry
LGU
Permit to
harvest/
fish
One year,
renewed
annually
P
P
CADC
NCIP
Domain
Claim
––
P
CADT
NCIP
Collective/
Native Title
Perpetuity
CALT
NCIP
Individual
Title
Perpetuity
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