harmony with other government agencies. The IPRA is a special law and rightfully challenges the status quo in order to correct the centuries of injustice suffered by the IPs. The NCIP should take the lead in challenging the national legal system. The very basis of the IPRA is the Native Title, which in itself is already a strong message that IPRA does not recognize the Regalian Doctrine. § This study supports and reiterates the recommendations of the COA Audit team, which in its report in 2017 recommended that the NCIP: (a) revisit the omnibus rules on the recognition and titling of ancestral domains/land on the process flow of delineation; (b) formulate policies to expedite the compliance of the concerned provincial offices to the delayed implementation on the delineation and recognition of ancestral domain/ land titles; and, (c) the submission of the necessary reports so as not to further delay the issuance of a CADT. (COA, 2017) § In this regard, equal effort and resources should be allocated to the strengthening of the capacities of communities to active and effectively engage other stakeholders. This shall enable the communities to effectively enforce their traditional governance over their ancestral lands and domains. n Cited references: Commission on Audit (COA). Executive Summary. COA NCIP Annual Audit Report Executive Summary. For various years, 2002-2017. Retrieved from: https://www.coa.gov.ph/ phocadownloadpap/userupload/annual_audit_report/NGAs/2011/National-GovernmentSector/Office-of-the-pres/NCIP. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). (1992). DENR Administrative Order 2, Series of 1993. Metro Manila: DENR, Republic of the Philippines. Grimes, B. F. ed. (1992). “The Philippines” in Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 12th ed. Dallas, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 61. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). (2001). Rural Poverty Report 2001: The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty. Rome: IFAD. Liu, D. S., Iverson, L. R., and Brown, S. (1993). “Rates and Patterns of Deforestation in the Philippines: Application of Geographic Information System Analysis.” In Forest Ecology and Management, 57: 1-16. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. Lynch, Jr. O. J. (1982). “Native Title, Private Right and Tribal Land: An Introductory Survey.” In Philippine Law Journal, pp. 268-306. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). (2018). Distribution of approved CADTs Nationwide. Quezon City: NCIP. [Data set]. Republic of the Philippines. (1992). Republic Act No. 8371: Indigenous People’s Rights Act. Metro Manila: Congress of the Philippines. Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) 87