INDIGENOUS GROUPS in southern Palawan stand firm to take full control in the management of their ancestral lands than allowing the Protected Areas Management Board (PAMB) take care of it if Mt. Mantalingahan is declared a ”protected area.”
This is the contention of the Brooke’s Point Federation of Tribal Councils (Brofetrics) that opposes the proposal of some non-government organizations (NGOs) to declare the whole of Mt. Mantalingahan as a protected landscape and disallow the entry of mining explorations and operations.
Juanito Lacubtan, the adviser of the Brofetrics, said that Conservation International (CI), together with its funders, has offered them livelihood projects but the indigenous peoples have chosen to remain strong in their stand not to allow any organization to encroach over their rights to manage their ancestral lands.
”Many groups have come here but nothing good has happened to our lives,” he said, adding they believe that if the mountain range becomes a protected area under PAMB, the IPs will be deprived of utilizing the resources within its area.
”Our lives depend on that land. We want to benefit from the bounty that Mantalingahan has,” said Reina Dulay, president of the Brofetrics.
Dulay said what the members of the Brofetrics want is for them to be guided in making their Ancestral Domand Sustainable Development and Protection Program (ADSDPP) as a means to wisely manage their resources.
The ADSDPP is ”in consonance with the Constitutional mandate to ensure the best interest of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/Indigenous Peoples (IPs), the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) or Republic Act 8371 that was promulgated to recognize, promote and protect the rights of ICCs/IPs to their ancestral domains, including their inherent right to self-governance and self-determination and their right to freely pursue development and equally enjoy the full measure of human rights and freedoms without distinction or discrimination.”
In addition, it ”may also facilitate the conduct of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) process as it provides a checklist of development programs and projects identified by the ICCs/IPs themselves. As a long term plan, the ADSDPP forms the basis of convergence of efforts of the government and other development entities for ICCs/IPs.
”We don’t need the PAMB, what we need is for us to be taught how to come up with an ADSDPP,” Dulay said.(PalawanTimes)
June 12, 2008 at 8:36 am |
kasi una sa lahat yung mga tao sa paligid ng mt. mantalingahan eh medyo sumosobra sa paggamit o pang-aabuso.. kaya tuloy nakaisip ang kung sino mang may matabang utak na gawing protected area yan.. at alam nyo naman ang nagyayari sa mga protected area, nagkakaron ng negosyo… basta yun na yun…
June 12, 2008 at 8:38 am |
pero… (may pahabol) yung mga indigenous people kawawa… hindi ba nasa batas na ang mga indigenous people ay exempted sa mga kasong ganito katulad ng halimbawa yung pagkain sa sarimanok… extinct na yun at bawal na hulihin pero since indigenous people sila exempted sana magkaron ng exemption para sa mga katutubo…
barangayrp:
ang mga katutubo ay may simpleng pamumuhay lamang.
ang pakinabang lang naman nilang hinahangad ay ang makapangalap ng pantawid-gutom sa araw-araw dyan sa kanilang sariling lugar. ano ba naman ang alam nila sa negosyo? sa malawakang pagmimina? sa illegal logging? sa turismo?
simple lang naman ang hiling nila. pabayaan silang mamuhay ng tahimik sa kanilang lupang minana.
yung mga matatabang utak, ang nais ay pakinabangan pa yung natural na yaman ng lugar para magkamit ng limpak na pera. at lagi nang nasasagasaan ang mga katutubo ng ganitng klaseng mga interes.
kaya nga nila tinahi ang batas na “magpoprotekta” umano sa mga ancestral domain. pero kabaliktaran ang nagaganap sa reyalidad. Ang batas pang iyan ang nagtutulak sa mga katutubo papalabas sa kanilang lupa.
June 12, 2008 at 9:13 am |
korek!