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Improving governance of tenure: enhancing guidance for the issuance of a unified tenure system : final report

Forest Governance Programme in cooperation with the National REDD+ System Philippines Project. (2015) .Improving Governance of Tenure: Enhancing Guidance for the Issuance of a Unified Tenure System : Final Report. Quezon City : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

This commissioned study “Improving the Governance of Tenure in the Philippines” was conceptualized in response to the continuing deforestation and degradation of forest ecosystems and communities in the Philippines. These problems are further compounded by the lack of clear land use rights, bringing forth the insecurity of tenure for the public lands and the various peoples dependent on them. The study has the following objectives:

  1. To conduct stocktaking and assessment of existing tenure and management options;
  2. To develop policy recommendations toward a unified tenure system; and
  3. To enhance of the development of harmonized guidelines for the issuance of a unified tenure system.

The assessment of the land tenure regimes in forest lands, including those in protected areas as well as those held by indigenous peoples, was done at two levels of analysis: at the policy level and at the implementation level. The assessment and the formulation of alternatives were done in the context of whether the country’s policies and practices adhere to the principles specified in the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Lands, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security” (VGGT), developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 

 

The general research strategy of this study rested heavily on archival research and fieldwork to generate both secondary and primary data. The research team carried out three major research activities from July to September 2015, namely: (1) extensive archival review of available literature, reports, and studies on various tenure instruments that have been operational across the country; (2) conduct of key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) with national policy actors; and (3) fieldwork on three case sites considered as representative of the forest lands covered by various tenure instruments. These case study sites included Davao Oriental, Iloilo, and Isabela.

Subject: 
Land tenure
File: 
PDF icon 20160104_Land Tenure Study_FINAL.pdf
Physical Location: 
CD REDD+ 2015kp_1
Project Title: 
National REDD+ Mechanism for Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Conservation of Biodiversity in the Philippines (REDD+ Mechanism)
Publication Type: 
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