Shrinking Spaces for the Lumad vis-a-vis Corporate Plantations

98 Pages·2017·2.14 MB·English

Shrinking Spaces for the Lumad vis-a-vis Corporate Plantations
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Shrinking Spaces for the Lumad vis-a-vis Corporate Plantations
Rosario Bella Guzman
The Point of Development:
Shrinking Spaces for the Lumad
vis-a-vis Corporate Plantations
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The Point of Development
In Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, farmers make up a large percentage
of the population. But most of them still don’t have their own
lands to till, a large portion of which are allocated to multinational
companies for export crops. (Photo: Pau Villanueva)
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the Hurt’ Project partners do not guarantee that information
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Author: Rosario Bella Guzman
Lay-out: Shaun Bonje
Photos: Pau Villanueva, Gary Ben Villocino, Reclaim Opol
This book is produced by the Mindanao Interfaith Institute
on Lumad Studies, and published by RMP-NMR Inc and the
‘Healing the Hurt’ Project partners.
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Come harvest time, these pineapple workers
separate the ripe fruit from the tops. The tops
are tossed in the truck and are saved for the next
planting season. (Photo: Pau Villanueva)
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Table of
Contents
viii Acronyms
xiii FOREWORD: Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
01 Introduction
03 TNC control in global agriculture
Facilitated rapid global expansion
09 The rise of corporate plantations in the Philippines
Fake land reform program
Government promotion
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17 Main target: Mindanao
Bukidnon
Misamis Oriental
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Lumad in the areas
45 UNDRIP and Corporate Plantations
51 Structural impacts on the Lumad
59 Conclusions
63 Works Cited
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List of Acronyms
ABERDI A. Brown Energy and Resources Development Inc.
AFLA Agroforestry Farm Lease Agreement
AGC Agumil Group of Companies
AMS Group of Companies Alberto M. Soriano (AMS) Group of Companies
ANFLOCOR Anflo Management and Investment Corporation
AO Administrative Order
API Agusan Plantations, Inc.
ARB Agrarian Reform Beneficiary
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AVA Agribusiness Venture Agreements
BFI Bukidnon Forests, Inc.
BOPCC Bali Oil Palm Plantation Co.
BIMP-EAGA Brunei Darussakam, Indonesia, Malayasia, Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area
BUSCO Busco Sugar Milling Company
CADC Certificates of Ancestral Domain Claim
CADT Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title
CALT Certificate of Land Transfer
CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
CARPER Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms
CDE Centre for Development and Environment
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFAP Community Fund for Agricultural Development
CIRAD Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
CLOA Certificates of Land Ownership Award
CMU Central Mindanao University
COSLAP Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems
CPO Crude Palm Oil
DA Department of Agriculture
DA-MRDP Department of Agriculture-Mindanao Rural Development Program
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DAVCO Davao Agricultural Development Company
DBP Development Bank of the Philippines
DCDB Dumaguete City Development Bank, Inc.
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DMFP Del Monte Fresh Produce
DMPI Del Monte Philippines, Inc.
DMPL Del Monte Pacific Limited
DOLEFIL Dole Philippines Inc.
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DUCOMI Dumaguete Coconut Mills Inc.
EU European Union
FARMSCO Farmers Alternative Self-Reliance Multi-Purpose Cooperative
FEDCO Federation of Cooperatives
FLGLA Forest Land Grazing Lease Agreement
FPPI Filipinas Palm Oil Plantation Inc.
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FPIC Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
ICC Indigenous Cultural Communities
ILC International Land Coalition
IPRA Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
IP Indigenous Peoples
FGV Felda Global Ventures
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