04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly concentration of said communities. Each Provincial Task Force on Ancestral Domains shall effect the identification, delineation and recognition of ancestral domain claims of indigenous cultural communities in its area of jurisdiction as well as the formulation and execution of strategies and plans for the sustainable development of the natural resources in these territories. Accordingly, it shall determine, undertake and/or coordinate all activities necessary for the proper discharge of this function; provided, that the actual survey of ancestral domain claims shall be planned and executed by the Office of the Regional Executive Director concerned. Likewise, each Community Special Task Force shall, on the basis of applications filed by individual or indigenous corporate (families or clans) claimants, cause the identification, delineation and recognition of ancestral land claims in its area of responsibility. For this purpose, it shall undertake and/or coordinate all activities necessary for the proper discharge of this function, including the investigation and ocular inspection of such claims. (CA Rollo, pp. 20-37). [4] "Pursuant to Section 22, Article II; Section 5, Article XII and Section 6, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution which provide for the recognition and protection of the rights of the indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands to ensure their economic, social and cultural well-being; Executive Order No. 192 which empowers DENR to exercise exclusive jurisdiction on the management and disposition of all lands of the public domain; and R.A. No. 7586 which provides for the due recognition of ancestral domains and other customary rights in protected areas, the following rules and regulations are hereby promulgated for the guidance of all concerned." xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Sec. 9. Issuance of Certificates of Ancestral Land Claims.- The Community Special Task Force on Ancestral Lands shall prepare and submit to the Provincial Special Task Force on Ancestral Domains a report on each and every application surveyed and delineated. Thereafter the PSTFAD, after evaluating the reports shall endorse valid ancestral land claims to the office of the Regional Executive Director for further review and evaluation. Should the office of the Executive Regional Director find such claims meritorious, it shall endorse the same through the Special concerns Office to the Secretary for the issuance of Certificates of Ancestral Land Claims(CALC), declaring and certifying the claim of each individual or corporate (family or clan) claimant over ancestral lands." [5] Application no. BG-J-319. [6] Montoya, J., ponente, JJ. Vidallon-Magtolis and Cosico, concurring. [7] Court of Appeals decision, pp. 4-5. [8] Sections 2 and 10, RA 7586. (1992). elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/50008 6/7