[Anthropgrad] RMAP RESEARCH SEMINAR - Peter Walpole - 12.30-1.30pm Tuesday 11 December

[RMAP Seminars]

ANCESTRAL DOMAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES: TAKING STOCK.

Peter Walpole

Tuesday 11 December 2007 12.30-1.30pm
Seminar Room B, (Arndt Room) Coombs Building, ANU

Abstract
With the enactment of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) in 1997, 
the Philippines led Asia in formally recognising the rights of 
indigenous peoples. Ten years on, many challenges face indigenous 
communities in realising and benefiting from such rights. Earlier in 
2007, the Philippine Working Group for Community Resource Management, a 
group of professionals and practitioners from the government, NGOs, 
donor institutions, development groups, academe, and research centers, 
facilitated by ESSC, met to take stock of current issues and areas for 
future action on IPRA. Peter will share some of the findings and 
priorities identified by the group in the context of his own experience 
and work in the Philippines.

Bio
Peter Walpole is a founding member of the Asia Forest Network, a 
coalition of planners, policy makers, government foresters, scientists, 
researchers, and NGOs working to supporting the role of communities in 
protection and sustainable use of Asia's forests. He is also Executive 
Director of Environmental Science for Social Change, a Philippines based 
institution that aims to promote environmental sustainability and social 
justice through the integration of scientific methodologies and social 
processes.

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Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University

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