CPA PUBLISHES LAND
IS LIFE
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) announced on December 20 the
publication of Ti Daga Ket Biag (Land is Life), a 232-page compilation
of selected papers from three Cordillera multi-sectoral land congresses
in 1983, 1994 and 2001.
According to Joanna K. Cariño, CPA Advisory
Council member, Ti Daga Ket Biag represents the long-standing effort
being put in by the peoples movement in the Cordillera in
trying to clarify and to help in the eventual resolution of various
land issues in the region.
While the data in many of the early papers
may already be outdated, and there has been new research conducted
since we decided to publish these in order to put on record and
make available to the wider public the CPAs efforts through
the years to study and clarify some of the complicated land issues
in the Cordillera, Cariño said.
With a total of 13 papers from all three land congresses
spanning 18 years, the book contains five papers from the first
Cordillera Multi-Sectoral Land Congress in March 1983; four papers
from the second in July 1994; and four from the third in December
2001.
Only the first Land Congress papers were published
in the collection Dakami ya Nan Dagami , now out of print.
The book also features 12 full-color 8.5×11
thematic maps of the Cordillera region, which summarizes an immense
volume of data such as topography, population density, ethnolinguistic
distribution, land classification and natural resources, among others.
Cariño said the book is dedicated to
all the martyrs of the Cordillera peoples struggle in the
defense of land. She also said missing CPA leader James Balao
had been deeply involved in the past land congresses and that his
spirit pervades this publication.
A CPA regional officer said Ti Daga Ket Biag is
now being distributed to non-governmental organizations and offices,
schools, libraries, bookstores and other commercial and non-commercial
outlets.
Two formal launch dates for the book are being scheduled
for January, one in Baguio City and another in Manila. # Pio Verzola
Jr.
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) announced on
December 20 the publication of Ti Daga Ket Biag (Land is Life), a
232-page compilation of selected papers from three Cordillera multi-sectoral
land congresses in 1983, 1994 and 2001.
According to Joanna K. Cariño, CPA Advisory
Council member, Ti Daga Ket Biag represents the long-standing effort
being put in by the peoples movement in the Cordillera in
trying to clarify and to help in the eventual resolution of various
land issues in the region.
While the data in many of the early papers
may already be outdated, and there has been new research conducted
since we decided to publish these in order to put on record and
make available to the wider public the CPAs efforts through
the years to study and clarify some of the complicated land issues
in the Cordillera, Cariño said.
With a total of 13 papers from all three land congresses
spanning 18 years, the book contains five papers from the first
Cordillera Multi-Sectoral Land Congress in March 1983; four papers
from the second in July 1994; and four from the third in December
2001.
Said congress papers and proceedings were earlier
published in 1984, in the collection Dakami ya Nan Dagami, now out
of print.
The book also features 12 full-color 8.5×11
thematic maps of the Cordillera region, which summarizes an immense
volume of data such as topography, population density, ethnolinguistic
distribution, land classification and natural resources, among others.
Cariño said the book is dedicated to
all the martyrs of the Cordillera peoples struggle in the
defense of land. She also said missing CPA leader James Balao
had been deeply involved in the past land congresses and that his
spirit pervades this publication.
A CPA regional officer said Ti Daga Ket Biag is
now being distributed to non-governmental organizations and offices,
schools, libraries, bookstores and other commercial and non-commercial
outlets.
Two formal launch dates for the book are being scheduled
for January, one in Baguio City on January 22, 2008 and another
in Manila in February. # Pio Verzola Jr./CPA Research Commission
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