Dissenting Opinion - 21 - G.R. No. 224469 neither Section 3(a)58 nor Section 7 (a) 59 and (b) 60 of the IPRA make mention of any right of ownership of IPs over natural resources. On the one hand, the former merely defines the coverage, extent, and limit of ancestral domains. On the other hand, the latter merely recognizes the "right to claim ownership over lands, bodies of water traditionally and actually occupied by indigenous peoples, sacred places, traditional hunting and fishing grounds, and all improvements made by them at any time within the domains." But these provisions do not confer or recognize any right of ownership over the natural resources. Their purpose is definitional and not declarative of a right or title. 61 In view of the foregoing, the Court, speaking through Justice Kapunan, held in Cruz that certain areas claimed as ancestral domains may still be under the administration of other agencies of the government such as the DENR with respect to timber, forest, and mineral lands. While these areas may be certified as ancestral domains under the IPRA, the jurisdiction of government agencies over the natural resources thereon does not terminate for the government is mandated by law to administer the natural resources for the State. To construe the IPRA as divesting the State of jurisdiction over the natural resources within the ancestral domains would be inconsistent with the established doctrine that all natural resources are owned by the State, for the People. 62 58 SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following tenns shall mean: a) Ancestral Domains - Subject to Section 56 hereof, refer to all areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, iniand waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit, stealth or as a consequence of government projects or any other voluntary dealings entered into by government and private individuals/corporations, and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare. It shall include ancestral lands, forests, pasture, residential, agricultural, and other lands individually owned whether alienable and disposable or otherwise, hunting grounds, burial grounds, worship areas, bodies of water, mineral and other natural resources, and lands which may no longer be exclusively occupied by ICCs/IPs but from which they traditionally had access to for their subsistence and traditional activities, particularly the home ranges of ICCs/IPs who are still nomadic and/or shifting cultivators; 59 SECTION 7. Rights to Ancestral Domains. - The rights of ownership and possession of ICCs/IPs to their ancestral domains shall be recognized and protected. Such rights shall include: a) Right of Ownership. - The right to claim ownership over lands, bodies of water traditionally and actually occupied by ICCs/IPs, sacred places, traditional hunting and fishing grounds, and all improvements made by them at any time within the domains; 60 b) Right to Develop Lands and Natural Resources. - Subject to Section 56 hereof, right to develop, control and use lands and territories traditionally occupied, owned, or used; to manage and conserve natural resources within the territories and uphold the responsibilities for future generations; to benefit and share the profits from allocation and utilization of the natural resources found therein; the right to negotiate the terms and conditions for the exploration of natural resources in the areas for the purpose of ensuring ecological, enviromnental protection and the conservation measures, pursuant to national and customary laws; the right to an infonned and intelligent participation in the fonnulation and implementation of any project, government or private, that will affect or impact upon the ancestral domains and to receive just and fair compensation for any damages which they may sustain as a result of the project; and the right to effective measures by the government to prevent any interference with, alienation and encroachment upon these rights; 61 Cruz v. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, supra note 49, at 1062. 62 Id.at 1071.