Conflicting laws, overlapping claims : the politics of indigenous peoples' land rights in Mindanao
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9789719250753
Category
Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Alternative Forum for Research, Philippines
Pages
vi, 204 pages
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Land tenure -- Philippines -- Mindanao Island.
Abstract
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This book gives a detailed view on the rights of four indigenous groups over the land and resources in Mindanao. This book analyses the indigenous people’s ownership and effective control over ancestral land and territories can be ensured with the interface of customary laws and state laws on the land tenure and resource use within the Philippine legal systems. This book also looks into the status of ancestral domain claims and the extent of IPRA implementation in Mindanao. This book is a valuable contribution to the scarce literature on the rights of indigenous people to claim land in Mindanao.
This book gives a detailed view on the rights of four indigenous groups over the land and resources in Mindanao. This book analyses the indigenous people’s ownership and effective control over ancestral land and territories can be ensured with the interface of customary laws and state laws on the land tenure and resource use within the Philippine legal systems. This book also looks into the status of ancestral domain claims and the extent of IPRA implementation in Mindanao. This book is a valuable contribution to the scarce literature on the rights of indigenous people to claim land in Mindanao.
Description
This book is available at Davao Doctors College Library, Notre Dame of Marbel University Library - Koronadal and Ateneo de Davao University Library.
Number of Copies
3
