OWNERSHIP VERSUS STEWARDSHIP:

MODELING LAND USE AFTER ANCESTRAL DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS PLAN (ADSDPP)

Research Paper

Submitted to

PROFESSOR ANTONIO GABRIEL M. LA VINA

Graduate School of Law
San Beda University

For the Course

JSD 603 –REGALIAN DOCTRINE, PHILIPPINE LAW ON PROPERTY

AND IP RIGHTS

By

Maria Lulu G. Reyes

OWNERSHIP VERSUS STEWARDSHIP:

MODELING LAND USE AFTER ANCESTRAL DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE
PROJECTS PLAN (ADSDPP)

Outline

I. Introduction

II. Land Ownership and the Maximum Utility of Natural Resources

A. Jura Regalia and Land Ownership

B. State Ownership and Complete Exploitation or Underutilization of Natural Resources

III. ADSDPP and the Principle of Land Stewardship

A. Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development Protection Plan

B. Principle of Land Stewardship
C. Incompatibility of Sustainable Development and Land Ownership
D. Sustainable Development under Stewardship Framework

IV. The Challenges to Stewardship

A. Philippine Cultural Diversity

B. The Rigors of Industrialization

V. Land Partnership – Embodying both State Ownership and Stewardship

I. Introduction

According to the Business Mirror, there is a rapid rate of biodiversity loss in the Philippines. This loss is attributed to forest
degradation caused by human activities, including agriculture, mining, logging, timber poaching and wildlife trafficking.
The massive destruction of coastal and marine environment because of unsustainable fishing practices and pollution
aggravates the situation and paints a dim picture of the future of the Philippine economy. 1.

1
Mayuga, J. (2017). PHL’s natural resources near brink of depletion. Retrieved February 7, 2018, from Business Mirror:
https://businessmirror.com.ph/phls-natural-resources-near-brink-of-depletion/