120 ANGOC In defense of land rights: A monitoring report on land conflicts in six Asian countries LIST OF ACRONYMS ANGOC Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development ARB agrarian reform beneficiary ARBO agrarian reform beneficiary organization ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AVA agribusiness venture arrangement BSP Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) CADC Certificate of Ancestral Domain Claim CADT Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title CALT Certificate of Ancestral Land Title CARL Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program CHR Commission on Human Rights CLOA Certificate of Land Ownership Award CSO civil society organization DA Department of Agriculture DAR Department of Agrarian Reform DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DICT Department of Information and Communications Technology DILG Department of Interior and Local Government DOE Department of Energy DOF Department of Finance DOJ Department of Justice DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways DTI Department of Trade and Industry ESCRC Economic-Social-Cultural Rights Center FMB Forest Management Bureau FOI Freedom of Information FPIC free and prior informed consent HRD human rights defender HRV human rights violation ICC indigenous cultural community IFMA Integrated Forestry Management Agreement ILC International Land Coalition IPs indigenous peoples Kaisahan Kaisahan tungo sa Kaunlaran ng Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan (Solidarity towards the Development of Rural Areas and Agrarian Reform) LAO Legal Affairs Office (DAR)