Camille Requinala

Ma. Charlene Calimlim

Glaiza Tuazon

How can development projects, modernization and globalization affect the lives of indigeneous
peoples in terms of social, political. Economic and cultural aspects?

Because indigenous people frequently lack the authority and influence necessary to defend their
ways and lands against the interests of more powerful outsiders, indigenous cultures are most at risk of
cultural loss due to cultural globalization. Based on the case study "E Chico River, Basin Development
Project A Situation Report" that Joanna K. Carino gave, we can observe that there is an influence on the
life of the indigenous people that reside there. Indigenous peoples currently face a globalization juncture.
Indigenous peoples pose several challenges to the underlying tenets of globalization. They reject the
notion that the development of a global consumerism culture will be advantageous for humanity.
Indigenous peoples are acutely aware of the fact that consumer societies advance and flourish at the
expense of other people and the environment because of their own terrible experience over the previous
500 years. Indigenous people are negatively impacted by globalization as well. Capital is intensified by
globalization, which leads to resource exploitation in various locations, including those that are still home
to indigenous people. As a result, indigenous people frequently lose their homes. The rights of indigenous
people are being threatened by factors such as climate change, biodiversity loss, exclusive environmental
conservation, and significant development initiatives.

What are the factors that contribute to the existeng issue of land grabbing of ancestral
domains among indigenous communities?

The right of Indigenous peoples to administer their ancestral areas is recognized under the
Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997. According to the law, ancestral domain includes all lands, inland
waters, coastal regions, and natural resources that Indigenous peoples either own or control directly or
via their ancestors. Indigenous communities face several issues related to it, including issues of violence
and brutality, ongoing assimilation policies, marginalization, dispossession of land, forced removal or
relocation, denial of land rights, effects of large-scale development, abuses by military forces and armed
conflict, and a variety of other abuses. Numerous of the 110 ethno-linguistic indigenous communities
living in the Philippines are subjected to prejudice, depletion of their resource bases, and violent warfare.
The unemployment, underemployment, and illiteracy rates are quite high among IP communities, which
are often found in unique ancestral areas. As for the most frequent issues affecting indigenous people,
land disputes are frequently the cause of conflict because indigenous peoples are up against powerful
political and economic interests that frequently use state institutions (such as the police, military, and
courts) and state laws to try to gain control over their lands and exploit their resources.

How can we create a balance in pursuing economic development without compromising

the welfare of indigenous communitites?

By promoting and protecting indigenous people's rights, such as the right to have indigenous languages
recognized in constitutions and the law, we may strike a balance in pursuing economic growth without
compromising the welfare of indigenous communities. They also have the right to live without facing
linguistic prejudice. They have their own rights despite being an indigenous people. For thousands of
years, indigenous peoples have protected biodiversity. They are responsible for a large portion of the
global agricultural biodiversity, which includes many varieties of crops, animal breeds, and distinctive
landscapes. Indigenous Peoples control 80% of the world's surviving biodiversity, even though they only
own, inhabit, or use a quarter of its landmass through farming and their cultures. Indigenous people have
inherited important information and skills about how to cope with climate change and catastrophe risk.
One of the biggest risks to indigenous culture is when some of its inhabitants decide to leave for better
opportunities. The term "indigenous" sometimes conjures up images of prehistoric, village-type
communities in some tropical region. In the Philippines, programs like Ancestral Domain/Land
Recognition, Assistance to Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP)
Formulation, and IP CULTURE SERVICES are used to assist the indigenous population.

How important is IPRA in this context for creating for protecting the right of indigenous people?

The legislation recognizes that IPs and ICCs have the right to specific measures to manage, develop, and
safeguard their sciences, technologies, and cultural expressions, including their IKSPs, under Republic
Act No. 8371, also known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA). In order to maintain their culture,
traditions, and institutions and to guarantee that all of their members are treated equally and without
discrimination, the Act includes provisions for the promotion and recognition of the rights of Indigenous
Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs). In terms of indigenous people's rights, IPRA is one
of the most cutting-edge legislation in the world. It makes it quite evident that these people own the
lands, woods, and resources that they have historically relied on for survival. Indigenous people are
deeply connected to their lands, territories, and resources on a spiritual, cultural, social, and economic
level; this is essential to their identity and way of life, and it is for this reason that we must defend their
rights.
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