Based on the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), indigenous peoples/communities (IPs/ICCs) have four-fold rights, and the pressing issues and concerns related to these rights are presented below: ⧫ Right to Ancestral Domain/Ancestral Land (AD/AL) ➢ Delineation process or Certification of AD Title (CADT) applications: ▪ Unresolved boundary conflict between and among the Muyadan ICCs/IPs of Manabo, Abra and Masadiit-Belwang-Balatoc ICCs of Boliney, Abra sparked by the CADT application of the former; Tri-boundary dispute among Tubo, Besao and Quirino, Ilocos Sur arising from the Cadastre survey of the DENR; ▪ Conflict between the Banao-Gubang-Mabaca ICCs of Malibcong, Abra and the Binongan ICCs of Baay-Licuan arising from the CADT application of both ICCs over their respective domains hence their CADT application was suspended; ▪ Calaoan AD’s application suspension due to conflict with Pinukpuk, Kalinga and Tuao, Cagayan; ▪ Boundary dispute between Lenneng, Kabugao, Apayao or the Isnag ICCs and Conner and Calanasan, Apayao that originated from the former’s application for conversion of their CADC to CADT; ▪ IP residents within a portion of Happy Hollow, Baguio City being prohibited to introduce improvements on their property by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) which claims the same area as theirs; ▪ Boundary conflict between Sison, Pangasinan and Tuba, Benguet preventing the completion of the delineation of Tuba AD; ▪ Unresolved boundary conflict between Bayyo, Bontoc, Mountain Province and Nunggulunan, Hungduan, Ifugao stoked by their respective CADT applications; ▪ Unresolved boundary dispute between Aguinaldo, Ifugao and Natonin, Mountain Province unveiled during the delineation of Aguinaldo AD; ▪ Application of Sadanga, Mountain Province for recognition of their AD which was met with objections by Tinglayan, Kalinga on their boundary; ▪ Overlapping of approved CALTs (Certificate of Ancestral Lands) on the BSU proclamation (e.g. CALT of Bato Timoy) and PLGU claims (e.g. CALT of Esteban); ▪ DENR’s issuance in Baguio City of provisional permit for a Townsite Sales Application which is contrary to the Baguio City Government’s prohibition to build without the necessary permits. AL owners’ building permit applications were then denied by the Baguio City Government; ▪ Overlapping of land claims within Mt. Pulag National Park between the IPs of Kabayan, Benguet and DENR who continues to manage the park instead of the Kabayan IPs/ICCs by virtue of 29 P a g e CHR CAR REGIONAL HR SITUATION REPORT – JANUARY to JUNE 2020