Building Self-Reliant Communities through Peoples Initiatives
📢 PUBLIC STATEMENT 🌿 Several Aeta communities in Mount Pantingan, Bataan have united to express their collective concern over ongoing and proposed activities within their Ancestral Lands. For generations, these lands have sustained their way of life and remain deeply rooted in their cultural identity and traditions. The communities report that activities such as mining […]
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Consultation on the Proposed Magna Carta for Fisherfolk Stakeholders convened today at the Ambion Room, UP College of Law in UP Diliman, Quezon City, for a meaningful dialogue on the proposed Magna Carta for Fisherfolk. Led by the Peoples Development Institute and the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea (IMLOS), the
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Recent Changes in FPIC in the Philippines Recent discussions have highlighted possible changes in the implementation of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) in the Philippines. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples is reviewing current guidelines to improve how consultations with Indigenous communities are conducted for projects that may affect their ancestral domains. Many Indigenous