Bataan Land Tenure Improvement
The Peoples Development Institute is committed to helping the farmers and indigenous people maintain and strengthen their land rights.
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Danny Salonga (BUKAL Chairman) with some PDI staff attended a NCIP meeting on National Guidelines for the selection of Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMR) on barangay, municipal and provincial levels in the Province of Bataan.
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Aeta PO leaders attended a NCIP meeting on the construction of San Miguel Corporation Coal plant inside the Ancestral Domain land of Brgy. Biaan. Aetas are against the construction of the coal plant.
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National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) meeting with Indigenous Peoples organizations in Bataan, where the Aetas are asking about their claims in their ancestral domains.
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Meeting of Indigenous Peoples discussing their ancestral domain clain in Limay, Bataan.
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In a delineation process, Aeta magbukon tribes in Abucay, Orani, Samal, Bagac, Balanga, Bataan put up a foundation landmark for their ancestral domain.
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Land Rights workshop for IPs and Farmers held at UP College of Law and facilitated by Professor Donna Gasgonia and Atty. Leo Battad together with law intern students. Professor Gasgonia (left) is lecturing on land rights and legal aspects.
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Danilo Salonga, Chairman of Bukluran ng mga Katutubo sa Luzon (BUKAL), an indigenous peoples federation, pointing to the google map a gold mining site in Bataan targetted for extraction by a mining company threatening Aeta ancestral domain in the area..
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Danilo Salonga, Chairman of Bukluran ng mga Katutubo sa Luzon (BUKAL), an indigenous peoples federation, pointing to the google map a gold mining site in Bataan targetted for extraction by a mining company threatening Aeta ancestral domain in the area..
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PDI President Aurea Miclat-Teves (3rd from left), explaining land rights for indigenous peoples like the Aetas
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A law intern student (right) ask question to the facilitator and also their adviser Professor Gasgonia about land rights for indigenous peoples.
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MOA signing and collection of samples for DNA testing of Hamog Family in Limay, Bataan by UP Manila
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MOA signing with Family Bagsik regarding research on DNA of Ayta-Magbukun in Limay, Bataan for additional scientific data to AD