MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 7 June) – There’s one interesting, if worrying, thing about the news report written by Chris V. Panganiban titled “Agusan water
MALAYBALAY CITY – There’s one interesting, if worrying, thing about the news report written by Chris V. Panganiban titled “Agusan water district rejects Lumad group’s claim over watershed area” . It’s the statement of San Francisco Water District general manager Elmer Luzon that the processing of the ancestral domain claim application of the Oyay Mansaloay Antod Ogow Bando Ugong Tribal Clan Organization is being funded by a mining company, AbaCore.
Nonetheless, the intervention of a mining interest should be a cause for concern especially if the claim covers a watershed and other ecologically significant areas. For, while applying for a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title is a legitimate right, the IPRA being a means to correct the historical injustices done against the Indigenous Peoples, so are the rights of the general population to a healthful ecology and sustainability of water sources.
For instance, while Section 3 recognizes traditional resource rights, it provides that such rights shall be exercised in a sustainable manner. The IPRA itself affirms the responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples occupying a duly certified ancestral domain “to preserve, restore, and maintain a balanced ecology in the ancestral domain by protecting the flora and fauna, watershed areas, and other reserves” , and “to actively initiate, undertake and participate in the reforestation of denuded areas and other development programs and projects subject to just and reasonable remuneration .
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