work; (d) conduct of orientations on CARP for judges in lower courts; and, (e)
provision of social protection (i.e. livelihood programs) for farmworkers who lose
their jobs due to their participations in agrarian reform activities.
Review the agrarian reform community (ARC) approach, towards establishing
more effective mechanisms in the national and local levels to strategically plan and
coordinate the delivery of services to ARBs. Implement the mandates for support
services under RA 9700 and the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) such as the
provision of socialized credit to existing ARBs, start-up capital for new ARBs,
allocation of five (5) percent of agency budgets for gender and development
activities, and ensuring equal access to support services for women ARBs.
Enact into law the National Land Use Act (NLUA) to rationalize land use, and protect
agricultural lands and prime arable lands against continued conversion.
On agrarian reform in public domain lands
Conduct a program-wide impact assessment of the implementation of CARP in
public lands focused on tenure security, welfare, and livelihoods of beneficiaries
and forest dwellers. Assess the CBFM organizations in terms of their internal
governance, capacity and effectiveness, as well as the effectiveness of the groupapproach such as CBFM in ensuring the flow of benefits to the household level.
For DENR to complete the inventory of all forest-dwellers, along with their tenure
status. Also, conduct an inventory of all remaining lands in the public domain
(outside of ancestral domains and claims) that are suitable for agriculture and
can be redistributed under agrarian reform.
Address the issue of future tenure security for ISF/CBFMA holders whose 25-year
leases have expired and have not been renewed.
For government and civil society to ensure the participation of organizational
representatives of non-IP forest dwellers in decision-making bodies, as well as in
dialogues, fora, and discussions.
On indigenous people’s rights under IPRA
Revoke the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) 1 of 2012 among DAR, DENR and NCIP.
From the IP perspective, the JAO has not been able to prevent land conflicts
and issues of overlapping rights arising from the continued issuance of titles
and tenure instruments by different government agencies. Instead, since 2012,
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