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Article courtesy of Global Land Tool Network : https://gltn.net/2019/07/11/towards-viable-landscape-governance-systems-training-indigenous-peoples-communities-in-bukidnon-philippines/

In a fast-changing world, land tenure and food security has become a great concern for many, especially in the developing countries. In Northern Mindanao, Philippines, a forum was conducted on April 30, 2019 facilitated by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), UN-HABITAT and the Regional Land Use Committee (RLUC) of the National Economic Development Authority –...

To improve tenure security of smallholder farmers in select areas in the Philippines, Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) and UN-Habitat has launched the ground implementation of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) with eight (8) local enumerators on April 9, 2019 at Sitio Tinaytayan, Brgy. San Miguel, Talakag, Bukidnon.   XSF staff assists a local...

  NEDA-10 Regional Director Myla Faye Aurora B Carino presented NaLUA’s salient features to the plenary. Representatives from several partner Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs) from Bukidnon enthusiastically shared their insights on the proposed National Land Use Act (NaLUA) during a forum co-hosted by Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) and the National Economic Development Authority-10 (NEDA-10) at their office in Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao Region on April 10, 2019....

VALENCIA CITY – Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) has successfully turned-over the Tribal Hall (Tulogan) and the Bantay sa Yutang Kabilin (BYK) equipment to the Bayawon, Lucday, Lungayan, Pendonay, Tandacol Tribal Association, Inc. (BLLUPENTTRAS Inc.) on March 22, 2019, at Sitio Tandacol, Barangay Lilingayon, Valencia City, Bukidnon. The Tribal Hall (Tulogan) construction started last October 2018 and it was completed in 88 days. The project was funded by the Forest Foundation Philippines...

Xavier Science Foundation Inc. wishes His Excellency Most Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, D.D., one of its Board of Trustees, a happy happy...

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines – The Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. (XSF) in partnership with the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) and the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) facilitated the three-day training of 27 local enumerators on the use and application of the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM) on February 21-23, 2019 held at the Philippine Library Materials Project Foundation Building, Manresa Complex, Cagayan de Oro City. An on-site practical...