shall be prepared by the community itself according to its own
indigenous knowledge systems and practices with the option to
avail of external assistance under terms and conditions
determine by the community.
3.2
The primacy of customary laws shall be recognized and
respected.
3.3
Ancestral Domain Management Plans shall embody the
following general concerns that basically affirm the IPs’ right to
self-determination, to wit:
3.3.1
Recognition and enhancement of the rights of IPs to
their ancestral domain claims;
3.3.2
Promotion of their cultural integrity;
3.3.3
Enhancement of their self-reliance and empowerment as
a people;
3.3.4
Protection of the environment and the sustainable
management and development of the natural resources
within ancestral domain claims;
3.3.5
Recognition and protection of their traditional resource
rights which refer to the rights of IPs to use, manage,
protect and conserve: a) land, air, water, and minerals;
b) plants, animals, and other organisms; c) collecting,
fishing and hunting grounds; d) sacred sites and e)
other areas of economic, ceremonial and aesthetic value
in accordance with their indigenous knowledge, belief
systems and practices; and
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