JOINT DAR-DENR-LRA-NCIP ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 01-12.

This Administrative Order is enacted for the purpose of clarifying, restating and interfacing the respective jurisdictions, policies, programs and projects of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in order to address jurisdictional and operational issues between and among the agencies.
For the indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs), the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) recognizes and promotes ownership of their ancestral domains (ADs) and ancestral lands (ALs) and their rights to control, manage and develop the same. In the course of implementation of IPRA and other relevant laws, these laws have, however, created not only issues of overlapping jurisdiction between the DAR, DENR and NCIP but also operational issues and conflicting claims in the implementation of their respective programs. This order addresses these issues. The Order shall apply to the coverage of lands and/or processing by DAR, DENR and NCIP and registration with LRA of Land Titles embracing lands or areas which are contentious or potentially contentious as enumerated in Section 12 hereof.