each case and shall take into consideration the particular policies, rules, jurisdictions, and mandates of the concerned agencies. The Manual contains clear guidelines about the jurisdiction of each of the agency concerned over lands of public domain and ancestral domains. As an example, the Manual states that the “DENR has jurisdiction over all lands of the public domain (i.e. agricultural lands, forest or timber lands, national parks, and mineral lands) except those placed by the law and/ or other issuances under the operation jurisdiction of other government agencies.” Furthermore, the DENR is also responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country’s environment and natural resources, as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as provided by existing laws. Pursuant to Sec. 4 of Republic Act 657 as clarified in Joint DAR-DENR Memo Circular No.9, series of 1995 and Joint DAR-DENR Memo Circular No. 14 and 19, series of 1997, the jurisdiction of the DAR is affirmed in several categories of lands. These are all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable to agriculture which were: (1) proclaimed by the President as DAR resettlement projects and placed under the administration of DAR for distribution to qualified beneficiaries under CARP; (2) placed by law under the jurisdiction of DAR; and, (3) previously proclaimed for the use of government departments, agencies and instrumentalities and subsequently turned over to DAR pursuant to E.O. 407 series of 1990, as amended by E.O. 448 and 506 series of 1992. The DAR also maintains jurisdiction over all lands of the public domain in excess of the specific area limits as determined by Congress in the preceding paragraphs; all other lands owned by the government devoted to or suitable for agriculture; and all private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture regardless of the agriculture products raised or that can be raised thereon. The Manual also defines the jurisdiction of the NCIP. These include the following: the recognition of the rights of the ICCs/IPs, agrarian reform beneficiaries and patentees who are ICCs/IPs; adoption of the NCIP guidelines on the indigenous concept of land ownership, oversight and ANGOC and PAFID 15