Thus, there is a need to assess the state of land and resource tenure reforms in the Philippines. This 2018, CARL marks its 30th year, while IPRA (Indigenous Peoples Rights Act) and the PFC (Philippines Fisheries Code) commemorate their 21st and 20th year, respectively. With the sole exception of the agrarian reform program, there are no comprehensive assessments on the implementation of the other asset reform programs. Meanwhile, new issues have arisen in public discourse that will have future implications on land and resource tenure reform – i.e., the shift to a federal system of government, along with the proposed rewriting of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, a Bangsamoro Basic Law, and policy responses to environmental degradation and climate change that may impact on tenure rights. This 2018 assessment of the “State of Land and Resource Tenure Reform in the Philippines” provides a performance review of the implementation of reforms, from the perspective of civil society and the basic sectors of farmers, indigenous peoples, rural women and municipal fisherfolk. Overview of the Study Objectives. The study is aimed at assessing the state of public reform on land rights in the Philippines. Specifically, it seeks to: 1. Show the extent of implementation of land and resource tenure reform laws on private and public agricultural lands, ancestral domains, and municipal waters; 2. Provide an assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), and the Philippine Fisheries Code (PFC); 3. Discuss the emerging issues in relation to the implementation of such laws; and, 4. Recommend measures for the effective implementation of land and resource tenure reform programs. Methodology. This paper is based mainly on secondary sources. These include official government reports and data – mainly from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Land Bank of the Philippines 16 Status of Land and Resource Tenure Reform in the Philippines 2018